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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII Winnipeg To Humboldt Arrive at W1nnipeg--Camp at "Mud Flats"--Dampness of tents--Sickness among the men--Fort Qu'Appelle--News of Fish Creek--Send off force under Lieut.-Colonel Tyrwhitt--Leave for Humboldt Commence entrenching--Joke on 'the cavalry--General Middleton criticizes me for entrenching--First day1s fight at Batoche--Lord Melgund arrives in camp--His news--Telegraph lines break down--Humboldt becomes end of the line--Obliged to take charge of telegrams--General Middleton obliged to entrench--Orders Colonel O'Brien up. We unloaded from the train in Winnipeg at daylight on a dull day, with the snow falling, and were ordered to camp on a piece of vacant land, which we christened "Mud Flats." We were put there because some railway contractor had built a shed for his horses, about one hundred yards long, and it was then abandoned and empty. This gave us a fairly good shelter for most of our horses. For the men it was not so pleasant. We pitched our tents in the snow, scraping the snow out of the interior, so that the floor of the tent was composed of a thick, clammy, greasy clay, the quality of which no one can understand who has not seen Winnipeg mud. We ordered a quantity of hay, and put that on the ground to prevent our sinking in the mud, and putting oil sheets, which we had, over the hay, we were able to lie down without getting actually wet. When we walked about the tent the mud would squeal out "chuck, chuck" every step, and the hay was damp all the time. We only expected to be there one night, but one day passed, and then another. In the first two days we had got all our saddlery and bridles mended and put in order for they had suffered a great deal of damage on the cars, loading and unloading, etc., during the North Shore trip. ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150597794
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 94
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150597798
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 181 gr


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