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Billy Eagle
Charles William Eagle (1869 - October 10, 1908), also known as Billy Eagle, was a Canadian soldier who served as the only Indigenous peoples in Canada, indigenous trooper in the South African Constabulary. Having previously served during the Boer War, he joined the SAC and while on a patrol in the Transvaal, he was famously attacked and mauled by a lion, dying from his injuries a month later. Background Billy Eagle was born in 1869 in the Cariboo region of the Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871), Colony of British Columbia to Charles William Eagle Sr. and Anna Mary Tatqua. His father was an American cattle rancher and his mother was Secwépemc. He was raised on his parents cattle ranch, the Onward Ranch, and in the 1880s, his father built one of the first non-log structures in the Cariboo region. He grew up hunting wild game, and became very good at riding and rifle shooting. Billy Eagle married Rosa McLean on July 24, 1892, in Kamloops, British Columbia. Boer War With th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoe Creek (British Columbia)
Canoe Creek is a Stream, creek flowing generally west in a zigzag course into the Fraser River in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada, joining that river south of Gang Ranch. Name Though one source says the name derives from a canoe early miners found at the location, the original version of the name in French was ', so named because it was here that explorer Simon Fraser (explorer), Simon Fraser cached his canoe and continued his journey southward down the river on foot. His crew named the location ''Le Canot''. Related placenames Canoe Creek is the namesake of three of the Indian reserves of the Canoe Creek Band/Dog Creek Indian Band: *Canoe Creek Indian Reserve No. 1 *Canoe Creek Indian Reserve No. 2 *Canoe Creek Indian Reserve No. 3 See also *Canoe Creek (other) References Rivers of the Cariboo Tributaries of the Fraser River Fraser Canyon Lillooet Land District {{cariboo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
