What Is Charles Mulvaney View Of The History Of North West Rebellion

History is the telling of specific events which have occurred throughout the beginning of mankind. This can include stories of people building and destroy nations, as well as other great historic events which have affected the way we governed our self-today. One of these many specific events was the rise of one country a country that we now know as Canada, it is a country that has its good and bad moments in its history. One of these moments was in 1885, known as the North-West Rebellion. There have been many different thoughts and ideas that took place at this period in time but there is a source that I found best represents what took place. Out of the three sources, Charles Mulvaney’s “The history of the North-West Rebellion of 1885” is by

But Charles’ view of what occurred is told in a way in which shows that he has his own opinion on the matter, yet is also able to understand the reason of the Natives and Half-breeds actions and the lack of understanding with the government. Firstly, to some, the Canadian government in 1885 were considered leaders, to some enemies to other, but to Charles Mulvaney were a group of people with faults. ”It was forwarded to the Ottawa and contemptuously thrown aside. This was a fatal error in policy, which was yet to cost our country a heavy price in blood and treasure.” And “Had the Half-breeds but felt secure that the farms they had by hard work reclaimed from the wilderness would be safe from the clutches of the land-grabber, there would have been no rebellion” . This show that Charles saw the error of the action the government had taken even while fighting alongside them. Lastly, the group of people called Half-breeds because of their native and European background were removed of their rights to their land and rebel against the government for doing so, but even though they were Charles enemy he did not disagree with the reason for it. “The Half-breeds were doubtless justified in demanding patents for their farms, and it was iniquitous, as well as impolitic, to refuse this simple act of

But Charles Mulvaney telling of what occurs in this event with a first person perspective view point include a taste of the words that were spoken in this time period, close to accurate detail on what took places and the idealism people shared during this time. Firstly, language is something that changes over time, sometimes a word used back then can be seen negatively today. Words like “Half-breed” , “Sabbath-keeping “ and “vigorous squaws’’. These few words show that English has change steady through the years and will continue to change. Secondly, there are other sources that tell what happened based on what was learned about this moment but Charles gives a direct interpretation of what took places. Charles Mulvaney tells reader “more life lost than had been lost by Canada fighting of 1837, or the Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870.” This shows that while a source like George Woodcock, A Social History of Canada mainly talk about how the Métis lose, it fails in not taking to account that both sides lost a lot in number. Lastly, people of the past have had a different idealism that we shared today some being cruel and corrupt while other help progress humanity toward a better future. Idealism is shown in Charles writing when Sir John said that ”the Half-breeds are always discontented” and “if you