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unusual facts about Peter Fidler


Iron Confederacy

In the 1810s Peter Fidler describes the Cree and Sacree peacfully sharing the Beaver Hills, but he also records that a new geographical place name had been added to the region, the Battle River, which had not be mentioned by this name before, was so-called to commemorate a battle between the Cree and Blackfoot, who would go on to be long-term rivals.



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