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Riel in Glory (note the severed noose) li Exovede & Métis Names List

580 Franco-Métis, Anglo-Métis, ,1 Whites, Patriots, Conscripts, Dominion Sympathizers, Traitors, Men and Women, Elders, Child-Soldiers, and others involved in the 1885 Canadian Invasion of the North-West Territories, the Resistance, and the Occupation of the Stolen South Branch Lands

Based on Veterans and Families of the 1885 Resistance, 2009, and The People of the Métis Nation and/or Dictionary of Métis Biography by Lawrence Barkwell

Compiled By

Darcy John Bouchard. Li Exŏuīle © 12/2012

1 For a complete list of First Nations participants refer to Barkwell, "Gabriel Dumont's Allies"... In 1870 it had taken the Canadian army three months to get to Manitoba... but, by 1885, the CPR had reached into the plains - within ten days, the first troops had arrived, and within the month more than 5000 soldiers were in place. The army of invasion, NWMP, and the militia were under General Frederick Middleton. Within months all resistance to foreign rule had been obliterated. The Natives had been pacified and their leaders were captured and imprisoned. The Occupation of the Stolen South Branch lands had commenced immediately following the Fall of Batoché. Continued conflict resulted in an Indian War initiated by the NWMP against the Plains and Woodland and Assiniboine of the North-West Territories. The Patriots were labeled Rebels; the defense of their homes, a Rebellion; the imprisonment of their heroes, and hanging of Riel, called justice. The Dominion of hade come into existence! The land was cut up into squares and flooded with immigrants. The Métis and First Nations were classified and treated as second-class citizens, and their offspring's future was stolen by the generations and given to the foreign-born who had brought with them their language and culture - whilest Native Traditions were outlawed.

li Exovede & Métis Names List

Names (age in 1885) - biographical notes, if any

Alphabetically arranged

A

Acanmachini (The Rock Used To File Bones) - One Arrow Band - one of the bravest warriors at li Coulée des Tourond's Adams, Charles (47) Alexander, Josie - Lt-Col. Otter's NWMP scouts, dispatch riders and interpreters Allard, Antoine (36) Amyotte, Arthur (27) - signed the 6 August 1880 petition for a Métis Reserve in Montana - sent by to General Nelson A. Miles Anderson, Caleb (25) - he, his son Jean-Baptiste, and his brother Jean-Baptiste, were active in the Resistance Anderson, Charles (23) Arcand, Alexandré "La Biché" (47) Arcand, François Regis (42) Arcand, Jean-Baptiste Sr. (45) - at Duck Lake with Dumont Arcand, (Jean)-Baptiste (15) - Métis Child-Soldier - on Philippe Garnot's List he is mistakenly shown as the son of Jean-Baptiste père, who was in fact his uncle Arcand, Jean Napoleon (~18) Arcand, Joseph (52) - he was plunged in misfortune at the time of the Invasion with the loss of two children and took no part in any fight, but was sent to guard prisoner's in 's camp, where his conduct was kind and considerate - tried for treason-felony and sentenced to a jail term of one year on 14 August 1885 Armstrong, Robert - on May 15th, Riel surrendered him unto three scouts: Robert Armstrong, William Diehl, and Tom Hourie... Atkinson, Philip - dispatch rider at Atim-wah-you (Pierced Sky or Dog Tail) - headman of One Arrow Band - sentenced to two years in jail Ayimisis (Little Bad Man) - son of Mistahi-maskwa () - Ayimisis and the war- chief Kapapamahchakwew (Wandering Spirit) killed nine white men, including two Oblate priests, at Frog Lake in an incident that became known as the

B

Badger, William (65) Pte. Ballenden (Ballendine), Adam (21) - treaty Indian - Battleford Home Guards No. 1 Co. - both he and his mother were members of Peter Bell's Band at La Pas... both withdrew from treaty in Battleford, 1886 Ballendine, Frederick Samuel (57) Pte. Ballenden (Ballendine), Peter (49) - father-in-law HBC Factor William Rowland - he entered HBC service in 1859 and worked at Cumberland House, , and Fort Pitt - he ran Battleford post in the 1870s - a free trader - interpreted Treaty Six at Fort Carlton in 1876 and Battleford in 1878 (when Chief Mosquito signed) - he was a scout for Col. Otter - Battleford Home Guards No. 2 Co. Pte. Ballenden (Ballendine), Samuel (51) - worked for the HBC at Fort Carlton and Fort Edmonton and for the Palliser Expedition between 1857-59 - farming instructor at Sweet Grass Reserve before 1885 - Crozier's messenger to Big Bear and Lucky Man - Battleford Home Guards No. 2 Co. Barbeau, Jean-Baptiste Batoché - see Letendré Capt. Bélanger , Abraham1 père (36) Bélanger , Bernard (20) Bélanger , John (32) Bélanger, Joseph (14)2 - Métis Child-Soldier Bélanger , Norbert (25) Beaugrand dit Champagne - see Champagne Belgarde, Pierre (26) Big Bear - see Mistahi-maskwa (Gros Ours)

1 (Called Antoine in some documents...) 2 Barkwell has Joseph Bélanger (14) listed as a Resistance Activist in Families of the 1885 Resistance, 2009 - and his spouse is listed as Elise Villebrun (age 6 in 1885). This is obviously wrong - they may have married later but there is no way that they were married so young. As the eldest son, he may or may not have accompanied his father to meetings and other armed gatherings, and could plausibly have participated in the Resistance alongside his father, Capt. Abraham Bélanger père, but it is doubtful. Cf. child-soldier Alexander Flammand (age 7) , who accompanied his father Maxime Flammand (23) from Boggy Creek, near Regina (SK), northwest to support the Métis Freedom Fighters at Batoché... or the child-soldiers Isidore Lafond (12) and Isidore Ledoux (12). Bird, Charles George Sr. (45) - a Prince Albert Métis leader who corresponded with Riel in Mach 1885 that he - along with Alexander McKay - agreed with grievances but would not resort to arms Bird, James (37) - a dispatch rider between Battleford and Fort Pitt on the Canadian side Birston (Burston), Magnus Bernard (57) - appointed tot he Council of Assiniboia on 6 August 1868 and St-Paul delegate to the Convention of Forty - he worked for Hillyard Mitchell and was left in charge of his store at Duck Lake before the battle - he may have looted the store and burnt down Mitchell's house - he was the only other Métis besides Riel to be tried for treason-felony and appeared before Judge Richardson on Monday, 26 October 1885 Blondin, Edward Pierre (~26) - Frog Lake Massacre Boucher, ("Old Boss") Charles Eugene, MLA (21) - assistant secretary to the Council of the Provisional Government in 1885 - left in charge of François-Xavier's Batoché store in 1884 when he fled to his trading post in the Carrot River region to avoid the rumoured war - he became an elected MLA for the Batoché district in 1892 - and was re-elected in 1984 Boucher, François père (61) - Carlton/Muskeg Lake vicinity Boucher, François fils (16) - Métis Child-Soldier Capt. Boucher, Jean-Baptiste père (47) - a member of Riel's 16 man Exovedate Council at Batoché - moved to Fort Assiniboine, Montana after the Occupation Boucher, Jean-Baptiste fils (24) Boucher, Solomon (23) - signed a 19 November 1883 petition protesting the 1883 Order in Council transferring Métis lands at St-Louis to the Prince Albert Colonization company - fought the Canadians at li Coulée des Tourond's and Batoché - one of a group of seven men fighting as a dizaine on the last day of battle at Batoché Boucher (Busha, Bushie) William Pierre Bourassa, Alexandré (22) Bourassa, Louis (39) Bourassa, Modeste (~23) Pte. Bourke, William (22) - 90th Rifles Battalion and fought against his cousins - served six years with the 13th Field Battery Militia - patented land in St-François-Xavier in October 1885 and served on the Municipal Council - Reeve of the Municipality of Assiniboia, as well as secretary-treasurer of the School Board - Alderman and Mayor of Brandon, Manitoba Bousquet, Baptiste (19) Bousquet, Cyrille (31) Bousquet, Louis (36) Boyer, Alexandré (19) Boyer, François Côté (33) - wounded at Coulée des Tourond's on April 24th - died 3 days later Boyer, Gregoire (19) - died after the fighting at Batoché, on May 25th Boyer, Isidore (56) - died during the last day of fighting at Batoché - buried in a mass grave at Batoché Boyer, Jean-Baptiste (40) - fled to Qu'Appelle after the - his store at St-Laurent was used as a prison for Riel's hostages - he returned to his business after 1885 Boyer, Magloire (23) Boyer, Napoleon (27) - he and Charles Nolin came under suspicion and the Exovedate had them arrested Boyer, Raphael1 - listed be Garnot as a Resistance Activist Capt. Boyer, William (45) - he and Charles Nolin came under suspicion of their loyalty and the Exovedate had them arrested Ernestine (née Breland) Tourond (22) - wife of Elzéar Tourond (27) Breland, Gilbert (47) - scout who warned the Métis at Coulée des Tourond's that Middleton's troops were approaching - he was also active at Batoché Breland, Josué (30) Bremner, Alexandré (48) Bremner, Alexandré (28) Bremner, Charles (45) - Anglo store-owner/trader falsely accused of rebellion activities and robbed by Gen. Middleton - the scandal ruined Middleton - he returned to England Bremner, Joseph (24) Bremner, Moïse (23) Bremner, William père (61) Bremner, William fils (26) Bruce, William (24) Brunelle, Eugene - Battleford Rifles Cst. Burke, Patrick "Paddy" - NWMP trumpeter - killed at Cut Knife Hill

C

Captola or Blue Beaver aka Chapitolata - a Dakota Sioux warrior - possibly, adopted son of White Cap - killed in battle at li Coulée des Tourond's - buried at Batoché Caplette, Louis (28) Cardinal, Alexandré "Petit Loup" (45) - he was mainly assigned to guard duties - he was shot in the hand during a buffalo hunt in 1871 - he had a broken shoulder-blade resulting from a fall form a horse, otherwise he would have been obliged to fight... Cardinal, Joseph - murdered in for speaking in defense of the South Branch Métis Caron, Jean père (52)2 Caron, Jean fils (22) Marie-Anne (née Caron) Parenteau (55) - third wife of Pierre "Pierriche" Parenteau père (68) Caron, Patrice (17) - Métis Child-Soldier

1 Raphael Boyer m. Marie-Élise Tourond daughter of Joseph Tourond and Joséphte (nèe Paul) "La Veuve Tourond" - refer to same. 2 George Kerr from Batoché depicts that he was arrested by Solomon Boucher and Modeste Rocheleau and taken to the home of Ludger Gareau, a French Canadian, after his store was raided by Riel for guns, ammunition and supplies. The houses of Jean Caron père and Ludger Garneau were (sacked and) burnt by the Canadian troops... and their artillery began shelling the houses and tents - the refuge of women and children - at Batoché - a war crime. Caron, Theophile (19) Carrière, Charles Toussaint (52) Carrière, Damase (34)1 - signed Gabriel Dumont's 4 September 1882 petition on Métis land claims at St-Antoine de Padoue - he was a part of a secret meeting on 22 March 1884 with 30 other Franco-Métis to discuss coordinated land claims with the White settlers and Anglo-Métis - he was on Riel's 16 man Exovedate Council - after the last day of battle, the Canadians mistook him for Riel, broke his leg, and tied a cord about his neck and dragged him behind a horse until he was dead - some women found him the next day - a war crime Carrière, Moïse "Trois-Ponce" (34) - he and his cousin Noel Champagne warned Gabriel Dumont that the Mounted Police were coming from Fort Qu'Appelle Carrière, Napoleon père (27) - signed Gabriel Dumont's 4 September 1882 petition on Métis land claims at St-Antoine de Padoue - sent with François Vermette on snowshoes to Prairie Ronde to get Trottier and Chief Wapahska (White Cap) Dakota/Sioux Carrière, Patrice (18) [d. 1886] Chief Cayen dit Boudreau, Alexandré "Kee-too-way-how (Sounding with Flying Wings)" (51) - a signatory of Treaty Six he resigned him to the Petequakey Reserve near Muskeg Lake - he subsequently left the reserve and took Métis script - his brother "Petequakey", who succeeded him as Chief, and his son Alexandré, were also involved in the Resistance - he was sent by the Exovedate with two good horses to the Muskeg Lake Reserve for reinforcements on 20 April 1885 - and was Gabriel Dumont's envoy to the Assiniboine - he was sentenced to a seven-year prison term - he was not present at any battle and saved the lives of teamsters after the Natives made them prisoner Cayen dit Boudreau, Alexandré fils (18) - Petequakey Band - died of tuberculosis age 26 Cayen (Cadieu) dit Boudreau, Antoine (~62) - Petequakey Band Chief Cayen dit Boudreau, Isidore "Petequakey" (40) - he did not view him as rebelling against the government since he was fighting the police - after 1885, Indian Affairs removed hi as chief and stopped payments to his band because of his activities as Duck Lake Cayen, Vitaline (19) Chamberland, Charles Adrien (58) - Exovedate headquarters quartermaster Chamberland, Philippe Charles (24) Capt. Beaugrand dit Champagne, Ambroise (41) - led a cavalry of 80 men to extricate the surrounded Resistance fighters at Coulée des Tourond's Beaugrand dit Champagne, Bazile Cleophas (32) - forced to participate in the Resistance Beaugrand dit Champagne, Emmanuel (62) - a founding family of the village of Batoché - on the 1854 Treaty List for Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi - a free trader at Pembina - he saved a number of settlers during the Minnesota Massacre of 1862 - the family was at Wood Mountain in 1870 and moved to St- Laurent by 1877 - he settled at Batoché, above li Belle Prairie and the Humboldt Trail, and ran a prosperous fur trade business - the followers of Chiefs One Arrow

1 In 1883, Damase Carrier and Napoleon Nault traveled from Batoché to St-Boniface to attend the wedding of Riel's sister Henriette to Jean Marie Poitras. At that time they discussed Métis and claims problems in the Valley with Riel. and Beardy had camped behind his house and store, which were pillaged by the Canadian troops, General Middleton stealing valuable horses and riding equipment - their losses were between $18,000 and $20,000 - he was arrested on 19 May 1885 and on 14 August 1885 pled guilty and received a conditional discharge... Beauregard dit Champagne, Jean-Baptiste (54) - a councilor for Chiefs Little Shell II and III Champagne, Legaire Champagne, Nazaire "Noel"(18) - a non-participant - he and his cousin Moïse "Trois- Ponce" Carrière warned Gabriel Dumont that the Mounted Police were coming from Fort Qu'Appelle Beaugrand dit Champagne, Pierre (46) - originally buffalo hunters from the Pembina/St- Joseph area - listed as a mixed-blood of the Red Lake and Pembina Band on the 1864 Treaty List for Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi - in 1869/70 he was one of the guards assigned to the Orangeman Thomas Scott and was one of the six man firing squad Charette, Daniel Sr. (45) Charette, Daniel Jr. (20) Charette, Joseph père (44) - died March 1890 at Duck Lake Charette, Joseph fils (18) - died November 1890 at Duck Lake HBC Chief Factor Clarke, Lawrence (53) - regarded by some as worsening the living conditions for the Métis and blamed for inciting the Franco-Métis to violence in 1885 by spreading rumours of an impending government attack - Thomas McKay, (first mayor of Prince Albert - in 1885), was Clarke's brother-in-law Collins, Maxime (41) Cromarty, William (45) - a Canadian sympathizer Cunningham, Charles (20) - Cut Knife Hill - Battleford Rifles Capt. Cunningham, Samuel - St-Albert Volunteer Co.

D

Daniel, "Jackfish" Johnnie (38) - worked for the HBC at Fort Ellice and - he was a free trader, scout, and interpreter, for the NWMP in 1885 - he was a "treaty Indian" but withdrew after 1885 - his wife was a member of the Moosomin Band - two of his sons were killed at battle in WWI Davis, Louis (29) Decoteau (Descôtéaux), Pierre aka Peter Dakota - a Métis member of the Red Pheasant Band - he married Marie Wuttunee in 1878 - her father Wa-ta-nee was skeptical of Treaty Six and went to Carlton - Red Pheasant signed on behalf of his band - he participated with other band members at Cut Knife Hill on 2 May 1885 - he was arrested on 12 June 1885 and sentenced to two months hard labour for theft from the warehouse on Red Pheasant Reserve - he was shot to death on 3 February 1891... Delorme, Cassimer (38) Catherine (née Delorme) Ross (60) - wife of Daniel Donald Ross (63) (martyr) - she attended to her dying husband on the battlefield Delorme dit Bidou, Jean-Baptiste (53) Delorme, Joseph (36) - lieutenant - bodyguard of Riel (along with Patrice Tourond) Delorme, Joseph (36) - wounded on last day of Battle at Batoché -he was shot in the thigh and lost both testicles - when they operated on him, he laughed to show the womenfolk no fear - he was tried of treason-felony in Regina in 1885, and found guilty, but released on his own recognizance - he had been conscripted and forced to fight - he later moved his family to Calgary Delorme, Lazard Delorme, Norbert Alexis (24) Delorme, Norbert "Mankachee" Hénault (48) - he moved into the North-West Territories in 1874 - he signed a petition at Lake Qu'Appelle - he signed a petition for Métis land at in 1878 - he settled at St-Laurent in 1880 and worked a s a freighter for the HBC - he was a member of the 16 man Exovedate Council and his home served as military headquarters for the Métis campaign - Riel sent him to Battleford to enlist the support of the Natives there-at - he and Chief Rattler (Fine Day) took some prisoners at Bresaylor... Norbert was the war-chief of the Métis fighters at Cut Knife Hill1 - he fled to Montana and then moved into Alberta after 1885 Delorme, William John (27) - the family lived at North Battleford, Fort Ellice, and Batoché Deschamps, (Jean)-Baptiste (36) - fought at Coulee des Tourond's on 24 April 1885 Desjarlais, André (63) Desjarlais, François "Chief Pe-yah-sis" (61) - from Lac la Biché Desjarlais, Michel (32) - mortally wounded at Coulée des Tourond's on 24 April 1885 - he died three days later - his nurses later found a piece of his skull in the straw where he was bed down Desjarlais, Paul (32) Desmarais, Jean Michel "John" (44) - a hunter and a freighter Diehl, William - dispatch rider Prince Albert - on May 15th, Riel surrendered him unto three scouts: Robert Armstrong, William Diehl, and Tom Hourie... Donaire, Gregory Dubois, Ambroise (29) Dubois, Maxime (32) - a plains hunting family - children born at St-Albert, Fort Qu'Appelle, Swift Current, and Batoché - sentenced to seven years imprisonment but was released before 1887 - his wife had died during his incarceration... and he married the widow of Damase Carrière Ducharme, Charles (42) - fought and died during the Resistance Ducharme, Joseph McKay Comtois (~42) Christine (née Dumas) Pilon (23) - wife of (Raymond) Barthélémy Pilon (24) - she was with Mde. Riel after the Fall of Batoché on May 12th Dumas, Daniel "David" (42) - a fighter at Batoché - he reported seeing a bullet pass within three fingers above his wife's head Dumas, Isidore (34)2 - after the defeat at Batoché, Isidore fled into Montana Dumas, Joseph Patrice (22) Dumas, Michel père (65)

1 Refer to Nault, André "Nin-Nin" fils (25) - Captain of the Métis at Cut Knife Hill... 2 Isidore Dumas recounts: "The Battle of Tourond's Coulee was the most difficult one. At Batoché, we knew that we could escape, but at Tourond's Coulee we were surrounded and in a hole. I can honestly say that I was scared." War in the West: Voices of the 1885 Rebellion, Rudy Wiebe and Bob Beal, Editors, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1985: 90. Dumas, Michel (36) - one of the four men who traveled to Montana to get Riel - he was the One Arrow farm instructor and secretary of Riel's Exovedate council - after the Fall of Batoché, he fled to Montana with Gabriel Dumont and joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show - a heavy drinker, he died an early death in St-Boniface Dumont, Alexis (21) Dumont, Ambroise Sr. (29) Capt. Dumont, Edouard (40) - listed among the Métis wintering at St-Laurent de Grandin Mission in 1871 - he fought at Duck Lake, brought an 80 man cavalry to reinforce the Métis at Coulée des Tourond's, and fought at Batoché - part of the last stand in the graveyard trenches at Batoché - he escaped into Montana, but eventually returned to the vicinity of Batoché Kapeepikwanew dit Dumont, Edouard (30) - the son of an Assiniboine Métis raised by Jean-Baptiste Trottier Capt. Dumont, Élie (38) - he traveled from Fort à la Corne to fight alongside his brothers Gabriel DUMONT (48) - chef Métis - bison hunter, fur trapper, entrepreneur, political exile, widower... - see Madeleine (née Wilkie) Dumont (45) Dumont, Isidore "Ekapow" père (75) - the Cree called him Ai-caw-pow (the Stander) - died shortly after the defeat at Batoché Capt. Dumont, Isidore fils (52) - murdered with Assiyiwin on the Carlton Road by Gentleman Joe McKay in the first shots of the Invasion Dumont, Jean "Petit" (52) Pelagie "Belesie" (née Dumont) Parenteau (50) - Gabriel Dumont's sister - wife of Parenteau, Jean-Baptiste père (53) Dumont dit Cayole, François (30) - transferred from One Arrow's Band (Duck Lake Agency) to become a member of the Okanese Band in 1896 Dumont, Jean dit Chakaska (80) - brother of Isidore "Ai-caw-pow (the Stander)" Dumont Dumont, Jean-Baptiste (24) - Isidore "Ekapow" Dumont père was his uncle and chef Métis Gabriel Dumont was his cousin Dumont, Patrice (20) Dumont dit Cayole, Louis (32) - a buffalo hunter- he took treaty and was a member of One Arrow's Band - his father and brother were active in the Resistance Dumont dit Cayole, Vital (55) - took treaty status - was living on One Arrow Reserve Dumont, Véronique Marie (21) - adopted daughter of Gabriel and Madeleine (nee Wilkie) Dumont

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Fagnant, Charles (24) - fought with his brother Cuthbert alongside Edouard and Gabriel Dumont in the last stand near Ambroise Champagne's house Fagnant, Cuthbert (Corbette) (~62) - his sons Charles and Cuthbert fought alongside Edouard and Gabriel Dumont in the last stand near Ambroise Champagne's house Fagnant, Cuthbert fils (17) - fought with his brother Charles alongside Edouard and Gabriel Dumont in the last stand near Ambroise Champagne's house - Métis Child- Soldier Fagnant, Guillaume (22) Fagnant, John (20) Fagnant dit Faillant, Patrice (25) Capt. Falcon, Athanase (36) Falcon, Gregorie (28) Favel, Basil (48) - a Métis of Poundmaker's Band - he was arrested 27 May 1885, charged with horse theft, and sentenced to three months imprisonment on June 9th Favel, Louison (43) - an HBC employee before taking treaty - a Métis of Poundmaker's Band -he was active at Cut Knife Hill Ferguson, Antoine (43) Ferguson, "Big Joe" Nupa Kikte Elise (née Ferguson) Dumas (46) - wife of Daniel "David" Dumas (42) - he saw a bullet passed 3 inches above her head Ferguson, Leon (24) Fiddler, Alexander "Sandy" (50) Fiddler, Cuthbert (27) Fiddler, Francois "Lagaua" Sr. (47) - his older brother was Capitaine William Fiddler Fiddler, Francois-Xavier (23) Fiddler, Frederick (29) - deserted along with Elzéar Swain and surrendered at Prince Albert Fiddler, George Andrew (34) Fiddler, James (20) Fiddler, Jean-Baptiste (24) Fiddler, John William (25) Fiddler, Maxime (21) Capt. Fiddler, William Sr. (58) Fiddler, William Jr. (29) Fiddler, William Fisher, Alexandré Jr. (44) - Gabriel Dumont's secretary - wrote the February 1878 Métis land rights petition to the Conservative government in Ottawa... - he was heading the men guarding the Northcote on the May 9th George Fisher Edward Fitcol or Fitcall Flammand, Alexander (7) - traveled from Boggy Creek with his brother Maxime to participate in rebellion activities - Métis Child-Soldier...? Capt. Flammand, Corbert Flammand, Louis (45) - hunted and traded in the and Cypress Hills before moving to Battleford- Battleford Home Guards No. 2 Co. Flammand, Joseph M. (28) - Petequakey Band - member of Muscowpetung Band until 1886 Flammand, Maxime (23) - from Boggy Creek, near Regina Capt. Fleury, Patrice Joseph (37) - during the Battle of Batoché, sixty men under Patrice Fleury and Albert Monkman guarded the west bank of the Saskatchewan River Francis, William Franks, William (43)