Table of Contents

Contents A Note on Terminology Introduction Maps U.S. Plains, circa 1870s Southern and Central Saskatchewan and Alberta, circa 1880s Part One: The Life of Robert Armstrong Chapter One: Before Robert Armstrong Chapter Two: Youth to 1885 Chapter Three: 1885 Chapter Four: 1885 to 1940 Part Two: Robert Armstrong's Memoir Preface to Armstrong's Memoir Robert Armstrong's Memoir ? Appendices Appendix 1: Riel's Apprenhension: Many Versions Appendix 2: Riel's Apprehension: Accounts by the Three Captors Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

John D. Pihach received a BSc degree in physics from the University of British Columbia and studied studio fine arts at Vancouver Community College. He has spent many years wandering about Asia and Europe and has made a dozen trips to Eastern Europe, where he has done genealogical research at several archives. He works as a weather observer and is the library chairperson of the East European Genealogical Society in Winnipeg and is the author of several articles in Galician genealogy.

Reviews

"A really interesting read." -- Keith Carlson, author of The Power of Place, The Problem of Time