A.W. Peel's diary of an excursion by a British hunting party to the Canadian and American West in the summer of 1877 is illustrated with original watercolor drawings. The party arrived at Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) by steamer up the Red River on July 29, 1877. Peel provides detailed and humorous narration of the progress of the expedition, persons met along the way, game pursued, and the doings of the party. Of particular interest are the frequent encounters with Indians, mainly Sioux, who had escaped north of the border to avoid the putative expeditions of the US Army in wake of the Custer Massacre. The narrative is nicely illustrated with a dozen drawings, presumably by the author or a member of the party. The entire journey took over two months, with the party returning to Fort Garry on October 8, 1877.
