James Walsh & Brclay

 James Morrow Walsh (1840-1905) was born in Prescott Upper Canada (Ontario). He tried a variety of jobs but gravitated to the militia during the Fenian raids. With the help of political connections, Walsh was offered a position with the North-West Mounted Police in 1873. 

His most notable assignment came in 1876 when Walsh oversaw Sitting Bull and thousands of Sioux who sought refuge in Canada after the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer at Little Bighorn. In some American newspapers, Walsh was referred to as Sitting Bull's boss. The Canadian government wanted the Sioux to go back to the U.S. and did not believe Walsh was doing his best at getting them to leave. In 1882 Walsh was forced to resign. 

He would return to the NWMP briefly as Commissioner for the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush. He retired to Brockville Ontario where he died in 1905. 

James Walsh is featured in my latest
book Barclay of the Mounted which is available on Amazon.