James Macleod
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Lieutenant-Colonel James Farquharson Macleod, born in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, was a militia officer, lawyer, North-West Mounted Police officer, magistrate, judge, and politician in Alberta. H
Macleod in 1875
North-West Mounted Police
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The North-West Mounted Police was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories following the 1870 transfer of Rupert's Land a
James Macleod
…James Farquharson Macleod (c. September 25, 1836 – September 5, 1894), born in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, was a militia officer, lawyer, North-West Mounted Police officer, magistrate, judge, and politician in Alberta. He served as the second full Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, from July 22, 1876…
North-West Mounted Police officers, Fort Walsh, 1878; Commissioner James Macleod sat centre
Mounted police preparing to leave Fort Dufferin in 1874, depicted by Henri Julien
Mounted police in Dead Horse Valley in 1874, depicted by Henri Julien
Mounted police and members of the Blackfoot First Nation at Fort Calgary, 1878