Collection search - "Mrs. Miserable Man"

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"Mrs. Miserable Man"

Hierarchical level:

Component

Date:

1885.

Reference:

R2547-230-5-E, Box number: 55004

Item no. (creator):

725, p. 44, bottom right

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3246037

Context of this record:

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Frederic Hatheway Peters fonds

Photographs and illustrations

Captain James Peters album 1

Pow wow with Chippeweyans / Second Ford, Loon Lake / Mrs. Miserable Man

"Mrs. Miserable Man"
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Date(s):

1885.

Place:

Saskatchewan:

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph : albumen print on paper ; image 7.3 x 10.0 cm on mount 9.7 x 12.8 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Photograph of Miserable Man's wife in Battleford, Saskatchewan.

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Photographer: Peters, James, 1853-1927

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General note:

Described by the MSTRCAGE project.
The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance) was a five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by the Métis and their First Nations allies.
Six Cree men were tried and sentenced to death for their roles in the Frog Lake Massacre: Miserable Man (Kitahwahken), Bad Arrow (Manchoose), Iron Body (Nahpase), Little Bear (Apischaskoos), Walking the Sky (Pahpahmekeesick), and Wandering Spirit. They, and two Cree men condemned for a murder committed on March 29, 1885 just before the Siege of Battleford were hanged on November 27, 1885, at Fort Battleford, in the largest mass execution in Canadian history.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

(Rectlo:) 1885 N.W. Rebellion Views / 725 / Mrs Miserable Man

Series added entry:

Volume I, Peters Album, Northwest Rebellion

Subject heading:

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Riel Rebellion, 1885

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1958-179 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil

Box [PETERS, FREDERIC HATHEWAY 1958-179] 55004

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1958-179 NPC] C-018963

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: James Peters / Library and Archives Canada / e011156622_s4 ; C-018963
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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