: They wore scarlet tunics to distinguish themselves from the blue-clad U.S. Cavalry, whom many Indigenous groups mistrusted. 🐎 Why "Pony Soldier"?

: To establish law and order in the Northwest Territories.

The NWMP was formed partly in response to this 1873 event, where American wolfers killed a group of Nakoda people. The "Pony Soldiers" were sent to arrest the perpetrators. 3. Sitting Bull's Arrival (1876)

: To stop the illegal American whiskey trade and assert Canadian sovereignty.

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: Unlike traditional infantry, they moved exclusively on horseback to cover the vast Canadian prairies.

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