Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Cypress Hills Recipes 3
4. New Recruit 8
5. It is the Desire of Her Majesty to Open Up 13
6. A More Suitable Protection 16
7. On Being a Home Farm Instructor 17
8. For the Love of Drink (1) 20
9. It is the Desire of Her Majesty to Feed 22
10. Words for Buffalo 25
11. A Grander Calling: Explanations at Tea 26
12. On Conditions in Cypress Hills 28
13. Indian Act 1876, Chapter 18, Section 12 31
14. Treaty Six Adhesion, Fort Walsh, 1882 33
15. The South Saskatchewan River Will Not Recede 35
16. Big Bear’s Speech 36
17. Three Classes of Half-breeds in the Territories 38
18. Why a Clairvoyant Border Collie is Not Enough 39
19. My 1874 Phrenological Analysis 41
20. Indictment for the Crime of High Treason 44
21. Testimony: Riel’s Trial 46
22. Rules for Polite Tea 48
23. Gilbert Sanders’ Diary, 1885 51
24. Four Clocks in the Toronto Asylum: Notes on Dr Daniel Clark’s “Medical Evidence in Courts of Law” 55
25. Reporting on Prisoners 59
26. Heads Mounted on Walls 60
27. Dear Mother, Please Find Enclosed 63
28. Moral Judgment 65
29. Just Call Me the Filly From Moosomin 67
30. Notes From Interviews 68
31. Dear Father, I Am Feeling Much Encouraged 70
32. My Sister’s Recipe for “Queen Pudding” 73
33. Endeavouring to Restore Animation 75
34. Remembering St Catharines Peaches in Mason Jars 77
35. For the Love of Drink (2) 79
36. On the Beauty of the Pass 81
37. Recipe for “Indian Candy” 82
38. It Would Be Well to Have a Spy or Two 83
39. What Mr Percy Allen Looks Like 84
40. Future Writing Lessons 86
41. Indian Act 1876, Chapter 18, Section 62 87
42. Toward a Definition of Treason-Felony, Translated for the Cree 88
43. Notes on Band Behaviour During Rebellion 90
44. Reporting on What Big Bear Said at His Trial 92
45. How to Hang Eight Indians (at Once) at Battleford 94
46. Ten Steps to L-U-N-A-T-I-C on Walls 96
47. The Lunacy Commission 98
48. You’re a Patient Woman, Mrs Jukes 110
49. The Commissioner’s Report 113
50. To Punish 115
51. Four Clocks 118
52. Dictionary 120
53. On the Double Sources of Typho-Malarial Fever 121
54. Contagion 123
55. What Water Looks Like in Dreams 124
56. Historical Note and Acknowledgments 127