Sam Steele and the Northwest Rebellion

Sam Steele and the Northwest Rebellion is a 144-page trade paperback that walks through the spring of 1885, when unrest in the Canadian West brought armed conflict to the prairies. With Louis Riel’s Metis provisional government at Batoche and the Cree forces led by war chief Wandering Spirit, the campaign drew in an elite scouting unit from the Alberta Field Force under Sam Steele of the North West Mounted Police.

This account follows Steele’s Scouts—North West Mounted Police, ex-militiamen, and Calgary cowboys—as they pursued Cree warriors and prisoners through the western Saskatchewan wilderness, often at close quarters. It’s an unforgettable look at the campaign that marked the end of the Wild West on the Canadian prairies.