Figure descriptions
A woman in tattered clothing and wild hair stands in a doorway. She holds the door
open with one arm and holds her other arm
by her side with her hand clenched in a fist. The poem caption and poem text identifies
the woman as Nell Latore, a figure of the
Canadian Rebellion of 1885 (also known as the North-West Rebellion or the North-West
Resistance). 1/4-page vignette
Nell Latore, the woman from the first illustration, stands at the top of a trench
and holds her left hand up, gesturing toward
a group of soldiers. Her hair is wild and her dress is tattered. The three soldiers
are dressed in full gear with helmets/hats, packs, and rifles. They all look up toward
Nell Latore. There are rocks on the dirt hill
in the foreground. Trees line the horizon. 1/2-page vignette.
A woman stands in a domestic space. She holds her right hand up to her head and rests
her left hand on a nearby ledge. She
looks at a clock, which sits on the ledge, with a worried expression on her face.
Framed art hangs on the wall. 1/4-page
vignette.
Nell Latore, the main figure in the first two illustrations, operates a hand-car.
Her wild hair blows in the wind. Nell Latore
turns to look toward a miner who points toward the right side of the illustration.
There is a shack and a tree behind the miner.
1/4-page vignette.
Tailpiece features a snake wound around a decorative arrow. 1/64 page.
