1878 MAJOR BUTLER TRAVEL & EXPLORATION RED RIVER CANADA

THE GREAT LONE LAND

A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE
IN THE NORTH WEST OF AMERICA
BY
MAJOR W.F. BUTLER, C.B., F.R.G.S.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND A ROUTE MAP
EIGHTH EDITION

LONDON
1878

Sir William Francis Butler 1838-1910 was one of Canada's great military adventures. Born in Ireland he joined the British army and rose to the rank of major general. In 1870 he was commissioned by the Canadian Government to explore conditions in North-western Canada prior to its settlement and to report on the need of troops, the fur trade. the Indians etc, in Saskatchewan, following the course of the Saskatchewan, river from Carlton to the Rocky Mountains.

This work is his account of the journey and his part in the Red River expedition.

396 Pages in total plus 6 full page plates and 1 map of British America from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains showing Butler's route.

CONDITION
Rebound (not recently) cloth spine, over which the remains of the original leather spine is re-laid, marbled boards, new endpapers, the marbled paper on the boards has slight loss. A solid binding, all complete.
Size is 7½ by 5¼ inches

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