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Peel 579

Major, J. C. [info]. The Red River expedition. Winnipeg: Printed by P.G. Laurie, News-Letter Office, 1870.

Physical description: 28 p.; 17 cm.

Language: English

An account in verse of Major's experiences between Prince Arthur's Landing and Red River as one of 1,200 members of the Wolseley expedition. This was probably the first pamphlet printed in English in Western Canada. Facsimile reprint as The Red River expedition poem , Toronto: Bibliographical Society of Canada, 1953 (vii, 28p.).

Subject headings:

• Poetry
• Red River Rebellion, 1869-70