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Men in Scarlet
Author: Hugh Aylmer Dempsey
language: en
Publisher: Calgary, Alberta : Historical Society of Alberta : McClelland and Stewart West
Release Date: 1974
In the early 1870s, a state of crisis was looming in the Canadian West. The Indian civilization, overwhelmed by the onslaught of the white man's industrial technology, was in grave danger of obliteration. As a related problem, there was a genuine danger that the United States might establish a "presence" in Canadian territory, and with the precedent of Texas and Oregon still fresh in many minds, the possibility of American annexation seemed all too real. It was imperative that the Canadian government make a concentrated effort to correct the situation. With remarkable success, the appropriate measures were taken—and the most important was the formation of the North-West Mounted Police. The Force was established in 1873, and the following year began the duties for which it had been created. What has been the role of the Mounted Police in western Canada during the last hundred years? Men in Scarlet examines this question from thirteen widely ranging points of view.
