The great lone land: A narrative of travel and adventure in the north-west of America

Butler, William Francis (Sir): 1838-1910. Born in Ireland; British soldier; regiment sent to Canada at time of Fenian Raids, 1867; participated in Wolseley's Red River expedition as an advance scout, 1870; sent across the prairies to report on the smallpox epidemic, 1870-1871; made a trip to Lake Athabasca and on to Victoria via the Peace River, 1872-1873; rest of life spent elsewhere in British Empire (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Includes instructions given to Butler by Sir Adams George Archibald, lieutenant-governor of Manitoba. Also published, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1872 (x, 388p.); 3rd edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1872 (x, 388p.); 4th edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873 (386p.); 4th and cheaper edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873 (x, 386p.); 5th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873 (x, 1 leaf, 386, 48p.); 6th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874 (x, 1 leaf, 386p.); 7th edition, London: Sampson Low, 1875 (x, 1 leaf, 386p.); 8th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1878 (386p.); 9th edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879 (x, 386, 32p.); 10th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Low, Searle & Rivington, 1881 (x, 386p.); 11th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883 (x, 386p.); 13th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889 (x, 386p.); 14th edition, London: S. Low, Marston, 1891 (x, 386p.); 15th and cheaper edition, London: S. Low, Marston, [1891] (x, 386p.); 16th edition, London: Burns & Oates, 1907 (xvii, 386p.); 17th edition, London: Burns & Oates, 1910 (x, 1 leaf, 386p.); 17th edition, Toronto: Macmillan, 1910 (x, 386p.); 18th edition, London: Burnes & Oates, 1915 (x, 386p.); 17th edition, Toronto: Macmillan, 1916 (x, 386p.); 18th edition, London: Burns & Oates, 1915 (386p.); Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1919 (x, 386p.); 19th editio