A Note on TerminologyIntroductionMaps - US Plains, circa 1870s; Southern and Central Saskatchewan and Alberta, circa 1880sPART ONE: THE LIFE OF ROBERT ARMSTRONGChapter One: Before Robert Armstrong- Identity- Wyandot History- Armstrong's Ancestors- Matthew Mudeater, Father of Robert Armstrong- Armstrong's SiblingsChapter Two: Youth to 1885- Boyhood, Wagon Trains, and School- Adventuring in the South West- Moving North- To CanadaChapter Three: 1885- The Conflict- Whose Scout was Armstrong?- Capture or Surrender?- Prior Knowledge of Riel's Location?- Famous Deed- How it Happened- Reward for Riel's Apprehension?- After BatocheChapter Four: 1885 to 1940- Prince Albert, Rosthern, and Return to Roots- Retirement in Calgary and Death in CaliforniaPART TWO: ROBERT ARMSTRONG'S MEMOIRPreface to Armstrong's MemoirRobert Armstrong's MemoirAPPENDICESAppendix 1: Riel's Apprehension: Many Versions-General Middleton's Accounts- Newspaper Reports- Contemporary Accounts, Early Histories and Reminiscences, and More Recent HistoriesAppendix 2: Riel's Apprehension: Accounts by the Three Captors- Robert Armstrong's Account- Charlotte Gordon's Interview- Howard Angus Kennedy's Interview- William McCartney Davidson's Interview- 1935 Interview- Tom Hourie's Account- William Diehl's AccountNotesBibliographyIndex.