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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]
Snow Valley, which has a peak elevation of about 7,800 feet, has clocked 121 inches or about 10 feet of fresh snow this month. Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, which have peak elevations of 8,200 ...
At the peak of the storm, some locations — like Donner Pass in California and Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border — could experience snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and ...
Over 600 inches (50 feet) of snow has fallen on the slopes of Bear Valley Resort since late 2022, more than double the 300 inches that typically fall at the resort in an entire season.
Wandering Spirit's men were angered by what seemed to be unfair treaties and the withholding of vital provisions by the Canadian government, and also by the dwindling buffalo population, their main source of food. The attack was made against the leadership of Big Bear, following the arrival of news of the Métis victory at Duck Lake.
In contrast to most of southern California, the Big Bear Lake region normally receives significant winter snow because of its high elevation. Snowfall, as measured at lake level, averages 72 in (180 cm) per season; upwards of 100 in (250 cm) can accumulate on the forested ridges bordering the lake, at elevation above 8,000 ft (2,400 m).