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Author Bio

638: The great lone land A narrative of travel and adventure in the north-west of America . 1872.
Butler, William Francis (Sir) (1838-1910.)
1838-1910. Born in Ireland; British soldier; regiment sent to Canada at time of Fenian Raids, 1867; participated in Wolseley's Red River expedition as an advance scout, 1870; sent across the prairies to report on the smallpox epidemic, 1870-1871; made a trip to Lake Athabasca and on to Victoria via the Peace River, 1872-1873; rest of life spent elsewhere in British Empire (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).