Education
Edinburgh Academy.
Edinburgh Academy.
Strange was a retired major-general at the time of the rebellion, and was raising cavalry horses near modern Calgary, Alberta. Strange"s greater importance is as the father of the Canadian artillery and one of the initial organizers of the Canadian army.
This force, consisting primarily of inexperienced militiamen and a few members of the North-West Mounted Police, participated in the Battle of Frenchman"s Butte fighting against forces under the command of Cree leader Big Bear.