قراءة كتاب 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 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 |