Episode 22: Battle of Cut Knife Hill

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In this episode, host Russell Hillier examines the 1885 Metis Rebellion and the battle of Cut Knife Hill through the diary of Lieutenant R.S. Cassels.Cassels chronicles the actions of Toronto's Queens Own Rifles, as they embark for war and engage Cree warriors throughout the Saskatchewan prairie in the last of the great North American "Indian Wars."