“charles mair”

1926. Contains Dreamland and other Poems, The American Bison, Through the Mackenzie Basin, Memoirs and Reminiscences. From the cover: Few men were so closely associated with the later history of the West as Charles Mair. He served in both campaigns against Riel. During the first uprising he was capt... More

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Charles Mair (1838-1927) was a Canadian poet and fervent nationalist noted for his organisation of the Canada First movement and his role opposing the provisional government of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870 and during the North-West Rebellion of 1885. Mair was a Freemason. T... More

Charles Mair (1838-1927) was a Canadian poet and fervent nationalist noted for his organisation of the Canada First movement and his role opposing the provisional government of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870 and during the North-West Rebellion of 1885. Mair was a Freemason. T... More

In the discussion which followed, the Duke of Newcastle declared that "it seemed monstrous that any body of gentlemen should exercise fee--simple rights which precluded the future colonization of that territory, as well as the opening of lines 'of communication through it."... More