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Policing the Plains
Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police

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POLICING THE PLAINS

BEING THE REAL LIFE RECORD OF THE FAMOUS ROYAL NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE

By R. G. MACBETH, M.A.

Author of "The Romance of Western Canada."

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LTD.

LONDON  NEW YORK  TORONTO

MCMXXI


CONTENTS

I A Great Tradition 7
II Enter the Mounted Police 25
III Mobilizing 33
IV The Amazing March 48
V Business in the Land of Indians 57
VI Handling American Indians 78
VII The Iron Horses 93
VIII Riel Again 106
IX Reconstruction 126
X Changing Scenery 141
XI In the Gold Country 153
XII Stirring Days Abroad and at Home 175
XIII Modesty and Effectiveness 206
XIV On Land and Sea 233
XV Glory and Tragedy in the North 255
XVI Striking Incidents 266
XVII The Great War Period 281
XVIII Great Traditions Upheld 297

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Mounted Police Rounding Up Horse Thieves (Frontispiece)
Sir John A. Macdonald 16
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie 16
Hudson Bay: R.N.W.M. Police with Dogs 17
Major-General Sir A. C. Macdonnell, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 32
Major-General Sir Samuel B. Steele, K.C.B., etc. 32
Superintendent A. H. Griesbach 33
Inspector J. M. Walsh 33
Commissioner A. G. Irvine 48
Commissioner George A. French 48
Commissioner James F. Macleod

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