Nikhwigwindàk

Yeenoo vidree oonaatsoo ts’anuu dageedi’i`n’ geenjit gwindoo gik’inòonjih, jii t’at, Mad Trapper kagintii, Vidree Oonaatsoo khehtak gugwahtsii guuvàh tr’igweedandak kagintii ts’àt tr’ih, St. Roch vitr’ahnuu hàh chuu kak nagahdìlak.

Canada gwits’àt k’adagwidaadhat North gwa’àn nan ts’àt dinjii kat tthak gwits’àt k’agwihaadhat gugwiłtsaii k’iighè’ dagwidįį’è’ gwinjik tr’igwiheendaii tr’igwiłtsàih.

1890s dài’ gwanoo Vidree Oonaatsoo North gwa’àn k’agidadal dài’ jii kaiik’it gwa’àn nits’òo gugwi’heendaii gàhgidandaih kwàh. Dinjii zhuh ginjik ts’àt nits’òo dinjii zhuh gugwindaii gàhgidandaih kwàh.

Mounted police with S/Cst. Louis Cardinal (centre, back) and Chief Julius of the Teet’it Gwich’in (far right), Fort McPherson, 1904. HBC Archives/Provincial Archives of Manitoba – 363-R-34/3

Guulat kat jidìi troo t’agahdahch’aa gàhgidandaih kwaa k’iighè’ duulèh giheedlii guuveenjit goo’àih. Kaiitrih dàiinch’uu, nijìn ts’aii ahtr’aii, taih, ddhah ts’àt nijìn nìihah k’it gugwahahtsaa gàhgidandaih kwàh.

Winston Moses, Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu John Moses vidinjì’, RCMP eenjit diiyah gwàandak.

S/Cst. Andrew Stewart, S/Cst. Alfred Kendi with Inspector Nordie Kirk and Cst. Rolly Stewart, Richardson Mountains near Aklavik, 1946.

NWT Archives/N-2005-001:0120

Odillia Coyen making dry fish for winter patrol with S/Cst. Andre Jerome (right), Arctic Red River [Tsiigehtchic], 1957.

NWT Archives/N-1993-002:0046

Dinjii zhuh kat Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu giheelyah ts’àt nits’òo jii gweedì’ gugwiheendaii gaguutr’oohanahchyaa geenjit gwitr’it guuts’an tr’ałtsaih. Tr’iinjòo ts’àt guuzheh k’oo kat chan guuts’àt tr’iginiinjik.

Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu kat nits’òo dinjii zhuh gugwindaii Vidree Oonaatsoo gahgiheedandaii geenjit guuts’àt tr’igiinjih. Jidìi gwits’agwigheh gòo’aii gukwaa gugwiłtsaii ts’àt dinjii zhuh ts’àt k’adagwidaadhat nihkhah gwiinzii gugwiheendaii gugwiłtsàih.

Kaiik’it gwitagwinyaanch’uu t’angiinch’uu kat ts’àt RCMP gwiinzii nihkhah gugwiheendaii jii Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu kat gugwiłtsàih ginuh.

S/Cst. Otto Binder Jr. (centre) with Insp. W.G. Fraser and unidentified RCMP constable, 1957. NWT Archives/N-1990-005:0014

Tr’oochit Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu Kat

Yeenoo tthak Canada gwizhit Vidree Oonaatsoo gugwitr’it t’igwah’in hàh Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu kat guuts’àt tr’iginiinjik. 1874 dài’ gwanoo Vidree Oonaatsoo ihłee Teenjir Aatsaa nìlii, Jerry Potts vàazhii, Southern Alberta danh Vidree Oonaatsoo ch’ìi’ nahadik ts’àt America gwats’àt kwànchù’ hàh tehk’oo t’igwah’in kat akòo digiheedya’ah kwaa geenjit gwàłtsaih.

1890s dài’ Canada gwits’àt k’adagwidaadhat kat Yukon gwa’àn chii daatł’oo hàh gwitr’it t’agwah’in k’andehgahnahtyaa gugwiłtsàih. Yukon gwizhìt Dawson City ts’àt Hudson Bay gwa’àn York Factory gwits’àt łaii hàh khehtak gugwahtsii geenjit Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu gùunjik.

Background: Baillie Island Detachment. Library and Archives Canada / RCMP / E003525183

Jùk khaii khehtak gwàatsii guuzhik dinjii zhuh kat tr’oochit nikhwah nagahdidal, gwiiyeendoo gwiinzii nikhweenjik gwitr’it t’igugwàh’in, taii gwiinzii gugwàhtsii ts’àt khành niizhìt khehtak gugwahtsih.

1887 dài’ Comissioner diiyah dagweedi’ìn’ gwi’dinehtł’èe’ gwizhìt gòo’aih.

Lost Patrol: Vidree Oonaatsoo Khehtak Gugwahtsii Guuvàh Tr’igweedandak

Vidree Oonaatsoo khehtak gugwahtsii guuvàh tr’igweedandak gugwandàk k’iighè’ juudìn nits’òo nagwii’ee, ddhah tat taii ts’àt nitsòo niinzhìt khehtak tr’igwahahtsaa gàhdandaii giheedya’aa gwijiinchii gòonlih.

Jii nits’òo tagwijuudhat tł’ee Vidree Oonaatsoo duuyeh thàn’ khehtak gugwahtsih, Dinjii Zhuh guuts’àt tr’iinjii geenjit guuvàh nagiheedadal tr’igwiłtsaih.

Background: Departure of Dawson to Fort McPherson patrol, 1910. NWT Archives/G-1979-002-0001

Vitsii, Vidree Oonatsoo Ts’anuu iinli’ ts’àt Vidree Oonaatsoo khehtak gugwahtsii guuzhik guuvah tr’igweedandak kat Teetł’it Zheh gwats’àt giheedaa gwichih, RCMP kat giiyuunjik. Vitsii, ezhik dài’ guuvah naheedik veenjit gòo’aih kwaa ts’àt niguudhoo’ii guuvaadinuu gòo giiyuudhiłch’eih kwàh. [Louis] Cardinal ddhah tat nijìn ts’aii natr’ahdadal gwiinzii ahdandaii ts’àt Vidree Oonaatsoo khehtak gugwahtsii kat gwiinzii khehtak gugwahahtsaa geenjit duuleh guuts’àt tr’iheendal veenjit goo’aih, Norbert akoo dinuu.

RCMP kat Vidree Oonaatsoo Khehtak Gugwahtsii Guuvàh Tr’igweedandak Iisrits’àt Yiinjit Gwichidhaa’eh, Northern News Services, July 25, 2015

Vidree Oonaatsoo Khehtak Gugwahtsii Guuvàh Tr’igweedandak Gugwandàk

December 1910 dài’, Vidree Oonaatsoo daan ts’àt łaii ihłoo gwinli’ juutin Teetł’it Zheh gwats’àt khehtak gichuujił. Vidree Oonaatsoo gwichit Fitzgerald, Vidree Oonaatsoo giinlii Richard Taylor ts’àt George Kinny, aii geeghee Vidree Oonaatsoo digwitr’it ndòo nyaa’ài’ Sam Carter (jii t’at dachan tat gahdandaii), jii kat diiyah gichuujìł. Carter jii gwinagoo’ee gwats’àt nilih kwaa ts’àt Dawson ts’àt Teetł’it Zheh gwats’àt gwizraih khehtak ałtsàih.

Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu Esau George Teetł’it Zheh gwits’àt nìlii, drin srìi t’igwinyàanch’uu gwizraih guuvàh nahadik. Khehtak gugwahtsii guuzhik ejuk ts’aii gichuujił danh taii gwinjik jii Esau guuts’àt tr’iheendal geenjit giiyuunjik. Vidree Oonaatsoo gwichit Fitzgerald at’at diits’àt tr’iheendal veenjit gòo’àih kwaa nuh ts’àt Ddhah Diik’ee Njik gwats’àt agidanh zraih khehtak gugwahtsih.

Drın k’ıdeetak nıhk’ıı tık tł’ee Vıdree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu Esau George Dawson k’adık ts’at aıı RCMP kat tth’aıh hee ezhık k’agıdadał kwaa veenjıt tsınjahch’uu. Guuveenjıt geenıınjı’gwah’ee k’ııghe guuvųųkatr’ahnah’aa gugwıłtsaıı ts’àt Vıdree Oonaatsoo W.J.D. "(Jack vıtr’ahnuu)" Dempster gwıchıt ǹlıı, Vıdree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu Charlıe Stewart yàh chuuzhı̀h. Dempter ts’àt Stewart Teetł’ıt Zheh ehnjı̀’ 20 mıles, aıı dınjıı kat guuzhın agugwah’àıh.

Vidree Oonaatsoo gwizhìt gugwinah’ìn’ ts’àt ejiich’ii leii gidi’in kwaa, dachan tat gàhdandaii guuvah nilih kwaa ts’àt gųųkatr’intii hàh niizhuk gweedhaa k’iighè’ guukwaa ginuh.

Background: Last page of Inspector F.J. Fitzgerald’s diary, 1911. NWT Archives/© RCMP/G-1979-002:0004

Timeline of Events
Natr’iheedadaa

On December 21, 1910, Inspector Fitzgerald, Constables Taylor and Kinney, and Special Constable Sam Carter set out from Fort McPherson with limited provisions.

Background: Search party returns to Dawson after finding the Lost Patrol, 1911. NWT Archives/G-1979-002:0002

Diiyah Tr’igweedandàk

By January 12, 1911, Fitzgerald’s patrol was hopelessly lost trying to find Forrest Creek. The party turned desperately back towards Fort McPherson.

Guudanįįgàıh

By January 19, 1911, the patrol ran out of provisions, and began eating the dogs.

Diikwaa

On February 5, 1911, Fitzgerald made his last entry in his diary before all four men perished a few days later.

Diikatr’intii Eenjit Nijìlzhii Kat

On February 28, 1911, Inspector Dempster, Constables Fyfe and Turner, and Special Constable Charlie Stewart set out from Dawson in search of the Lost Patrol.

Diizhin Atr’igwą̀h’aii

The search party found the bodies of the Lost Patrol March 21-22, 1911, 40 kilometres from Fort McPherson.

Inspector F.J. Fitzgerald, date unknown.

NWT Archives/N-1992-171:0030

S/Cst. Charlie Stewart, Fort McPherson, 1956.

Family of Sarah Simon

The Mad Trapper

Mad Trapper Sruh Niinlii t’iinch’ù’ kagintii nan kak tthak geenjit gahgweedandai’ ts’àt tthak geenjit tr’igįįkhih. Uu’òk kat jii geenjit gwilàt gàhgidandaii gòo Vidree Oonaatsoo Ts’anuu ts’àt Gwich’in kat dagwahchii diits’àt tr’igiinji’ gàhgwidandaih kwàh. Tthaih hee jii Mad Trapper srits’àt juudin t’iinch’uu gahgwidandaih kwaa gòo duulèh Albert Johnson vaazhii gwiiniindhành.

Background: Search party gathers in Aklavik to hunt the Mad Trapper, 1932. Glenbow Archives/NA-1258-115

Juudìn diiyah nìntii shìh gihee’aa ts’àt łaii zhii leii t’agijahch’ù’. Jii tthak iitsii nahandit’ee hàh neegugwaazhik ts’àt han choo gwinjik gwiidich’in k’iighè’ nikhwehghee nanè’dinaadhak. Nikhwehghee nanè’dinaadhak dài’ guu’ejìich’ii guuveenjit tł’eedik khagwihłih ts’àt Vidree Oonaatsoo chan k’eegiheedàdal gwits’àt guu’ejìich’ìi guuveenjit k’aniłtih, Albert Johnson tth’aih hee kagehneetyaa geenjit.

Gwich’in anjòo Sarah Peters akòo dinuu (CBC Archive 1973, L27-11) gwizhìt gòo’aih.

Mad Trapper Katr’intii Guuzhik Nits’òo Vidree Oonaatsoo Guuts’àt Tr’iginiinjik
S/Cst. Joe Bernard.

Yellowknife Roman Catholic Diocese/093-244-2

Leggings worn by S/Cst. Joe Bernard in the hunt for the Mad Trapper. Tsiigehtchic, 1931. Maker unknown

PWNHC 2010.012.082

Joe Panipakuttuk, St. Roch Kak

1943 dài’ St. Roch t’at RCMP guutr’ii diinch’uh, north gwa’àn chuu kak nagahdilak ezhik dài’ gwinoo tr’ih neekaii gwizraih Northwest Passage gwinjik niinlit, jii tr’ih akòo deedi’ìn’ ts’àt tthak geenjit gahgweedandài’.

Background: R.C.M.P. boat "St. Roch" in August on the Arctic Ocean. NWT Archives/N-1992-213: 0070

Aii tr’ih gwichìt Henry Larson, Joe Panipakuttuk yits’anuu heelyaa eenjit Pond Inlet gwats’àt yuunjìk. Jii Joe Panipakuttuk Ineekaii nìlii ts’àt dachan tat natr’ahdadal diits’àt tr’iinjii ts’àt nidhizrii diinch’uu, dizheh k’oo gwats’àt nihk’ii tik ts’àt łaii 17 chan adah ùunjik. Joe vahanh k’ajiikài’ ts’àt dachan tat natr’ahdadal diits’àt tr’iinjii geenjit giiyuunjik, vicheii Mary Panigusiq vighaii nihk’ii tik duuyeh ekhè’ yuunuh, adanh chan guuvàh chuuzhìh.

Guukaiik’it Pond Inlet gwits’ee giheedidaa geenjit jii zhehk’oo Hershal Njuu danh ehkè’giguunuh, digikaiik’it gwits’ee giheedidaa Khaii neekaii gahshuk gwichuudhat.

The Panipakuttuk family on the deck of the St. Roch, 1944. Vancouver Maritime Museum

Diiyàh nachihdik gwiiyeendoo gat’iinihthành kwàh. K’eejit ihłii ts’àt shìk geeniinjał’èh. Anjòo kat geenjit ninji’gadhat kwaa gòo tr’ih kak zheh gwidhoh gwizhìt gwiidich’in gwiiyeendoo tr’igwaalài’. Zheh gwidhoh gwizhìt chuu t’idi’in ts’àt naljat.

St. Roch hàh chuu kak nagahdilak guuzhik nich’it k’eejit tik diiyah nagahdadal, Mary Panipakuttuk ihłee nìlih. From The Dauntless St. Roch, Paul Delgado (2003) gwats’àt.

St. Roch Gwats’àt Ejiich’ii

Background: St Roch at the Vancouver Maritime Museum (Courtesy Napa/Wikimedia)