| Description: | Consists of correspondence between Edgar Dewdney, who served as Indian Commissioner (1879-1888) and Lieutenant-Governor (1881-1888) of the North-West Territories (later Saskatchewan and Alberta), and officals in the Indian department. The letters discuss Sitting Bull, Piapot, Poundmaker, Gabriel Dumont, sympathies of the First Nations and Metis, fears of Canadian First Nations crossing into the USA, horse stealing, farm instructors and agriculture on the reserves, and Hayter Reed's appointment and activities.
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