Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wandering Spirit was a young war chief among the Plains Cree and frequently came into conflict with the band's titular leader, Chief Big Bear. Whenever Big Bear left the band for a period of time, Wandering Spirit and Big Bear's son, Imasees, were left in command. [1] Both had challenged Big Bear for full leadership in 1885 but were unsuccessful.
Wandering Spirit and the seven others were hanged on November 27, 1885, in the largest mass hanging in Canada's history. [5] Although Big Bear had opposed the attack, [11] he was charged with treason because of his efforts to organize resistance among the Cree.
Big Bear's son Little Bear joined with Chief Wandering Spirit to go to Frog Lake and kill some of the white residents. Big Bear voluntarily surrendered to the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Carlton on 2 July 1885. [20] Big Bear tried to solve the problems between his people and the Canadian government peacefully. [23]
Wandering Spirit may refer to: Wandering Spirit (album), an album by Mick Jagger, or the title track; Wandering Spirit (Cree leader), a Cree war chief; Hungry ghost
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Miller's death is the first known fatal attack by a black bear in California. Grizzly bears, which are featured on the state flag and are known to be more aggressive than black bears, haven't been ...
The Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain is an amusement park in Big Bear Lake, California. It is known for its namesake slide that can be ridden down the mountain and its mountain coaster, the Mineshaft Coaster. This coaster is the first and only mountain coaster in California. [2]
When Diesel the donkey ran away on a hike near his home outside Sacramento, California, five years ago, his owners assumed the worst. “He’s not aggressive, he’s a lover,” Terrie Drewry ...