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)