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REVIEWS 121 POT-POURRI Le Mgtis Canadien. MARCELGIRAUD.2 volumes. Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Les l•ditions duBI4• 2984 (originally published 2945). Pp. 342. $35.00 the set. This isareprintof MarcelGiraud's masterful study oftheM4•tis. It employs avast rangeof sources - he wasamongthefirstscholars to useHudson's Bay Companydocuments andtheordersandoffices of theRomanCatholicchurch in Western Canada - it focuses on the M6tis rather than on the officials in the metropolis or theagents in thehinterland, andit explores theways in which theirdualIndianandEuro-Canadian heritage permitted themtoadapt tothe fur trade and was the cause of their downfall once social and economic conditions changed.AsJ.E. ForsterandLouiseZuk showin theintroduction, muchof theactivity andachievement of M4•tis studies todayrests on this importantwork. Forced MarchToFreedom. ROBERT BUCKHAM. Stittsville: Canada's Wings2984. Pp.98.$22.95. OnChristmas Day2944FlightLieutenant Robert Buckham received a small,green,hardboundbookfrom theWar Prisoners' Aid of the YMCA whileavowatSagan, Germany.In itherecorded hislastdays atSagan-a townlocatedbetweenBerlin and Breslau- and his ensuingmarch, with thousands of other prisoners,to Tarmstedt,then further north to Lubeck. Whileseemingly spareanddominated byreferences tohunger,theanticipationof RedCross parcels, the bittercold,warrumours,andtheadvancing Russians, there are some marvellous touches. The ease with which vows circulated amongGermancivilians eagertoexchange eggs for theircigarettes andchocolate; a Germanglass merchant who'ferventlywishes for thewarto end,ashislargest pre-warcustomer was anAmerican firmnamedWoolworths, anddidweknowof it?'andBuckham's Hudson's Bayblanket,a gift fromhis father, whose'red colour provide[d]the solenote of cheer in our room.' Accompanying the diary are fifty-four pen-and-inkdrawingsby Buckham which enliven the text. The CanadianMilitary Experience x867-x983: A Bibliography. O.A. COOKE. Ottawa: Minister ofNational Defence 2984 .Pp.272.$22.95. Thisbibliography of published primary sources and secondary worksdealingwith Canadian militaryaffairsisan updatingof the Occasional PaperNo 2 compiledbythe same authorin 2979.It islarger;anewsection, 'The UnifiedCanadianForces since2968,'hasbeenaddedto the existingcategories of 'DefencePolicyand General Works,' 'Naval Forces,' 'Land Forces,' and 'Air Force'; and there isan indexof 'subjects,' 'persons,' and 'services, branches, formations[and]units.' Regrettably, titlesdealingwithpolitical, cultural,andsocial affairsrelatingto Canadian militarystudies havebeenomitted. 122 THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Following Historic Trails: James Hector Explorer. BRUCF. HAIG.Calgary:Detselig Enterprises •984. Pp. 52. Geologist,naturalist,and medicaldoctorJames Hectorwasoneof four scientists whojoined the'youngIrish sportsman and adventurer' JohnPalliser onthefifty-seven-day expedition across theRockies duringthesummer andautumn of •858.The9oo-kilometer trekwhich began at Old BowFort and endedin Fort Edmontonwassponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, financedpartlyby the ColonialOffice,andoffereda greatdealof advice,aswellassupplies and equipment,bythe governor-inchiefof theHudson's BayCompany,SirGeorgeSimpson. The expedition had twoimportantresults: theKickingHorsePass wasdiscovered asarouteforthe c•m,anda voluminous reportnotingplantsandanimals, climatic conditions, geological structures, thecustoms andlanguages of Indiantribes, among many otherthings,waspresentedto the BritishParliamentin •863. Portionsof Hector's journalpresented hererevealhisbotanical, zoological, andgeological contributions to thatreport.However,for thisreader,thereisnotenoughof Hectorandtoomuchoftheauthor,whose references topresent-day highways intersecting theparties'routeandcontemporary mapstellingyouhowto get therearejarring. York, Upper Canada Minutes ofTown Meetings andLists ofInhabitants ß793- •823. EditedbyCHmSX'IN•. •OSS•.I•. Toronto:MetropolitanTorontoLibraryBoard •984ß PP.•95.$•3.øo.In ordertocelebrate thecityofToronto's sesquicentennial year Metropolitan Toronto Library has publishedits 'most prized possession,' the York Minutesof townmeetings and the listsof inhabitants from•793to •823.The townmeetings wereheldonceayearforthepurpose of nominating aclerk,a collector, assessors, postmasters, poundkeepers, and wardens. (This wasnot an electionin the democratic sense asthe winning nomineeshad to meet the approval of the magistrate,who had been appointed bythelieutenant-governor.) There arenobiographical references. These,however,maybe obtainedfrom Edith G. Firth'sTheTownof York ß793-•8• 5 (Toronto•962) and TheTownofYork•8•5-•834 (Toronto•966). The Iroquoise / L'Iroquoise : Uneldgende nord-amdricaine / ANorth American Legend. Sherbrooke: Editions Naaman•984. Pp.8o.Thisisareprintof alegend that hasassumed mythicproportions in Quebec. It concerns anIroquoise girlwho converted to Catholicism, wasbroughtup in a Frenchcommunity,marrieda Frenchman, became awitness tohismurderbyhertribe,wastakenbackbyit, suffered mutilation atthehands of herfather,andwassubsequently burnedat thestake. The story ispartlyanaccount of lifein LowerCanada in the•82os, partlya Gothictaleof horrorandintrigue,partlya renderingof thetensions arising outof thecontact between theNewWorldandtheOld,andpartlya celebration of missionary Catholicism. An introductionby GuildoRousseau explains thetale's significance intermsof NorthtropFrye's treatment of myth, REVIEWS 123 andattempts toidentifytheperson responsible for theappearance ofthestory in LaBibliothdque canadienne in •827. Architecture in CanadianIllustratedNewsandL'Opinionpublique.Editedby •NC•NV• BROVSSV•^V and I•Nw CH^BOT.Ottawa: Research Publications, Parks Canada•984. Pp.2o4.Free.Thisisaninventory of references toallmatters relating toarchitecture inCanada-withtheexception ofbridges - whichhave appearedin the CanadianIllustrated News(•869-83), L'Opinionpublique (•87o-83), andPortfolio andDominion...

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