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1 online resource (126 pages) |
Series |
A volume in the Robert Kroetsch series |
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Robert Kroetsch series.
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Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- I Prologue -- Tape A -- II The Mound-Builders -- The work is a plain one -- In the Long Knives' country -- A Maundy Thursday -- Blood-red the sun -- Sun-red, the blood or, The sun pushed a huge crimson shoulder above the skyline -- Red the sun blood or, She has but half a smoke to live -- The red-blood sun or, The sun had scorched its green roofing leaves was sinking -- The ordinary red man -- Among the valuable things -- Entering the lodge of a Wood Cree -- Oh, Sun |
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All that remained of the H.B. Co's business at Frog LakeBullets -- The curtain drop on the last scene in this grim, emotional drama -- Tape B -- III That Little Hamlet by the Creek -- Solomon says -- Eyes -- I peeked over the bank of his horrible-looking head and my scalp felt very loose -- not the desire of the author of this work to publish -- A most unmelodious -- Write a cold, matter-of-fact statement of the event -- Gathered up a few that were scattered around in the dirt and saved them when no one was looking |
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Without giving expression to sentiments of sorrowHad I only the language at my command -- That little hamlet by the creek -- When one has nothing to write about it is hard to fill up pages -- Tape C -- IV The Inadvertent Poetry of Major-General Thomas Bland Strange -- The Queen is the supreme power in the Realm The message thus being transmitted:- -- Our Jingo found himself on the deck of a steamer -- Our jingo and B Battery reach the ice cone at Montmorency -- Rough Work: Rumour to-night Indians being tampered with -- The fibre of the iron had crystallised |
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Rough Work: Endeavouring to secure additional mountain gunsNot a blade of grass for a hundred miles -- Rough Work: The safety and peace in this country will be jeopardized -- Jingo's house -- Rough Work: If wheat and seed come by boat they will be in time -- Jingo's speech at Frog Lake on The Queen's birthday -- Rough Work: Some justifiable measure should be made to prevent escape of Riel and following -- I fear I should have lost my small army in this very big country -- Rough Work: Three french half breeds blundered south -- With field-glasses could be detected |
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I have seen miles of territory just south of the lineTape D -- V The Trial -- Mis-ta-hah-mis-qua -- And I could not refuse them, I dare not refuse them, because they would have just a likely as not blown my brains out -- Mis-ta-hah-mis-qua, Big Bear -- According to W.J. Maclean, sworn -- Mis-ta-hah-mis-qua, Big Bear, the prisoner -- According to Henry R. Halpin, sworn -- Mis-ta-hah-mis-qua, Big Bear, the prisoner -- And unofficially -- Mis-ta-hah-mis-qua, Big Bear, the prisoner, the prisoner in the dock |
Summary |
Poetic exploration of historical records of the Frog Lake Massacre (1885) links past to present |
Analysis |
Canadian Literature |
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Historiography |
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Poetry |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Frog Lake Massacre, Frog Lake, Alta., 1885 -- Poetry
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Frog Lake Massacre, Frog Lake, Alta., 1885 -- Historiography -- Poetry
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Cree Indians -- History -- Poetry
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FICTION -- General.
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Cree Indians
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Historiography
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Alberta -- Frog Lake
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Genre/Form |
History
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Poetry
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780888648198 |
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0888648197 |
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0888646755 |
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9780888646750 |
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