Buffalo Days and Nights (Western Canadian Classics)

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Born in 1833, Peter Erasmus used to be a colourful and necessary character in the events that marked western Canada_s transformation from the open buffalo plains of Rupert_s Land into townsites and farmsteads. He used to be a remarkable and highly educated man, fluent in six Native languages in addition to English, Latin and Greek, and respected by Native peoples, white settlers and explorers.

Trained by the church for missionary work, Erasmus as an alternative became some of the _mixed-blood_ guides and interpreters who contributed to shaping the Canadian west. His long career as a celebrated buffalo hunter, mission worker, teacher, trader and interpreter made him a legend in his own time. His involvement in such events as the Palliser expedition, the smallpox epidemic of the 1870_s, the signing of Treaty No. Six, and the last big buffalo hunt has ensured his place in history long after his death on the age of ninety-seven.

Buffalo Days and Nights is a full of life and fascinating account of his experiences, first assembled with the assistance of Henry Thompson, an Edmonton reporter, in the 1920_s. This can be a classic in western Canadian history that offers an insider_s view into the events that surrounded the start of a new era.

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