Two Edmonton Originals in the 1885 Rebellion
Two Edmonton Originals in the 1885 Rebellion
The Edmonton area’s first experience of the army came during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 when the Alberta Field Force, tasked to put down the rebellion, came through the settlement. Two of the early residents, William Fielders and William West, joined Steele’s Scouts, the “eyes and ears” of the force, formed by Inspector Sam Steele of the NWMP. In the photo of three Canadians in South Africa during the Boar War, Fielders is in the front.