Winchester skwulesh
kw lever action, multi-shot skwulesh sold u tu thi quantities ukw tu civilian market, tu Winchester skwulesh many models xwu uystuxw tu xwulunitum, soldiers 'i' xwulmuxw stamish.
1885
nem sawq'
hakwush military force tu americans tu ni hay kwthu resistance u kwthu western expansion tus 1877, tu Dominion 'utl' Canada’s only armed force west 'utl' Great Lakes nilh tu Northwest Mounted qiququls. nilh p'e' paramilitary qiququls hakwushus light armaments,uwu te' thuytum ukw xilux suq'a tu xwulmuxw. Tu Canadian government relied on treaties suq'a tu xwulmuxw, 'i' ni' kwunet tumuxws 'ukw' settlement. uwu te' agreement suq'a tu Metis, nilh tuxwulmuxw kwan suniw tu unions unwulh European fur traders 'i' xwulmuxw slheni. uwu te' treaty guaranteeing tu tumuxws 'i' uwu te' thiqun government, ni lhxilush tu Metis 1869, nilh p'e' charismatic ex-seminary student Louis Riel tu skwish. i ni wulh hay tu uprising ukw defeat, tu Metis qulatuxw xwte' tu Canadian authority 'i' Louis Riel nem' haye'namut shaqwul tun ni tu American border wulh hith 'ul' ni xwuintense tu situation.
Tu Cree, Ojibwe, Assiniboine 'i' Stoney ni ni si'em ukw tu tumuxws suqa' tu iron confederacy, qi'es ni' xwu 'uw' uwxin 'ul' tu puffalo 'i' fur trade 'i' nem'ustuxw tu musteyuxw ukw ruin 'i' kweykwi. ha tse nem' ptemuts kwthu canadian goverment tthixwum tth'xwimutaalxw, uwu ts'ekhumutum elhtun 'i' nu xwutetiyuq' tu xwulmuxw. xwuqulqul tu canadian goverment nemustuxw tu sweqe' nem survey tu tumuxw, suw shtewun tu metis nilh uw salh tumuxw.
'uw' xwusaas 'ul' xwunemut tu uxwin fur trade,ni nem' q'unq'inum' tu tu Louis Riel in 1884 tu silanum. kwthu lhiawq' silanum, tu metis 'i' Iron Confederacy’s xwu tetiyuq', ni wulh wil tu lhxilush. 'itst hinuts'a state nuts'amaat suw thuts tu Riel 'i' tu council 'utl' Metis. hay tu ni tathut kwunet 'i' disarm kw Metis Militia Riel 'i' Gabriel Dumont tu sii'em' uw tun ni' duck lake, xwun xutu ni wil kwthu xilux tl'wunuq tu militia. uwu te' hith tu Cree, Assiniboine 'i' Ojibwe stamish 'utl' bands tu shyuwunqshun Big Bear (Mistahimaskwa) 'i' Poundmaker (Pîhtokahanapiwiyin) ni' nem' looted Battleford 'i' attacked kw settlement tun ni' Frog Lake, despite tu shqwelwuns u kwthu sii'em'. stulqutum ukw tu shushumentul, ni wulh thuyt kw militia army 'i' nemustuxw 'utl' west tu Canadian goverment. almutsus cananda tu Siksika hiwaq' Crowfoot, hakwushus tu si'em nem' xilux tu Blackfoot Confederacy.
Alberta, Saskatchewan
The Provisional Government of Saskatchewan
tu Iron Confederacy
Dominion utl Canada
uystuxw tu yuwen success tu Metis 'i' xwulmuxw Resistance fighters tun ni' Battles 'utl' Fish Creek 'i' Cut Knife, tu Canadian Army, tu syuwanulh General Frederick Middleton, uystuxw kw hiith advantage suni skwushem 'i' logistics. hakwushus tu liloot shelh, nilh tse' resupply 'i' reinforce uw niis army'u tu nuts'a skweyul tu Middleton, tu Metis 'i' xwulmuxw resistance hwsxilux xwu uxwin 'ul' tu ammunition ts'elqum tu xilux. tu Big Bear 'i' Poundmaker nem' tuyqul 'i' evade tu Canadian Army, tu Gabriel Dumont nilh hulh lhxilush xwunemut tu Metis government’s de facto headquarters 'utl' Batoche, Saskatchewan. tu ni ulh xilux, tu Metis militia ni hakwush mobility or surprise 'i' ni' stulqut tu Canadian army’s artillery 'i'si'em skwshem. nilh tu thi defensive battle utl Batoche. thuyt tu network tu sweqe's utl Dumont ukw rifle pits tu ni xilux, uw uxwin ul tu protection 'utl' tu Canadian artillery tu metis. nilh tuodd s, ni resisted tu Canadian army’s attack u tu lhihw skweyuls tu metis,ha ni wenshum rocks 'i' nails tu Dumont’s militia. tus May 12th, tu Canadian army launched kw bayonet charge nem' wulh yuqwut tu tamun utl Metis’ 'i' kwunetum Batoche. Louis Riel 'i' Gabriel Dumont nem' wulh haye' tu hilum tu Batoche, ni wulh q'ay swes army, 'i' humeqlh or prisoners.
sqwel 'utl' hilum tuBatoche’s 'i' tu surrender 'utl' Riel tun ni May 15th,ni nemstuxw tu shock waves nem' u tu xwulmuxw tumuxw st 'i resisting tu Canadian forces. tu nan'uts'a Poundmaker, nem tun ni' Batotche suq'a the Metis, tu ni uq'nuxw May 26th. tl'wunuq tu musteyuxw 'utl' Big Bear’s tu Canadians tun ni' May 28th 'utl' Frenchman’s Butte, 'i' ni wulh hay u tu lhqetsus skweyul. ni wulh surrendered tu big bear tun ni July 2nd 1885, ni wulh hay last armed xwulmuxw resistance nem' u thu European expansion tun ni' Northwest 'i' cementing tu kwunetum tu Canadian government u tu xews tumuxw.
Poundmaker 'i' Big Bear ni wulh uqnuxw, ni' qaytwut tu Louis Riel i wulh hay tu trial which i tun ni yuqwut tu Canadian society along linguistic 'i' religious lines.
hi'nanutsa' Gabriel Dumont, nem' u tu USA sawq' utl Batoche, tu ni qiyupulenuhw tu wrath utl Canadian government. Dumont nem' suq'a Buffalo Billy Cody’s travelling show yuwen ni' pardoned 'i' nem' qun'q'inum' tawx 'utl' Saskatchewan. 'i ni elhtun rebels 'i' traitors swes syuwen, canadians xwuey'stuxw tu heroism 'i' sacrifice u kwthu si'em' ste'ukw' Louis Riel, Poundmaker, Big Bear 'i' Gabriel Dumont, 'i' nilh tu ni lhxilush.
tu nan'uts'a xwulmuxw si'em' military syuwanulh tun ni' syuwen 'utl' Canadian , ni umush tu buffalo 'i' kwintul u tu hith skweyul Metis-Dakota kwintul tu Gabriel Dumont. 'i' ni' xwu kw hardened survivor 'i' expert guerrilla fighter tu Dumont. ni' kwunetus yuselu tl'wunuq u tu Canadian forces 'i' thuts nuwu tse' nem' yuqwut tu liloot shelh, ni wulh overruled tuw nilh tu Louis Riel.
tu ni kwan kw Irish veteran 'utl' British Army,ni kwkwuntul tu General Frederick Middleton suq'a tu Maori 'utl New Zealand. tu si'em' General 'utl' Canada u tu lhsuq' army, uw niis nem crush tu Northwest Rebellion. tu ni ambushed tun ni Fish Creek nilh tu Metis militia, Middleton ni hakwush tu cautious approach ukw kwikwuntul tu Metis.