John McDougall

Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie (Annotated) John McDougall

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. John Chantler McDougall (1842-1917) was a missionary, officer, and published author in Alberta, Canada. John McDougall was born in 1842 in Sydenham, Upper Canada. He moved west with his father George Millward McDougall to the boreal forest trading post at Norway House in 1860. He followed in his father's footsteps and did missionary work in the western prairies. He worked for various governments on First Nations affairs over the years and worked with native leaders to lobby governments to improve the conditions of their people, such as traveling with Little Bear to Ottawa in 1897. McDougall ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislative Assembly in the 1913 Alberta general election under the Liberal flag of Alberta in the Center Calgary constituency. He was defeated by Thomas Tweedie.