The present Battleford, Sask., on the North Saskatchewan river. About 1805 the North West Co. established a small post, also called Fort War Road near mouth of Battle river. The Hudson's Bay Co. had also established a post near by, on the north or left bank of the Saskatchewan above the mouth of the Battle river. The main Hudson's Bay Co. fort was probably built soon after the coalition of 1821. It lay in the centre of disaffection in the rebellion of 1885, Poundmaker residing in the region. The settlement was sacked and invested by the Indians until the arrival of troops. The fort was attacked and stores plundered. After the rebellion this fort was not re-established. It appears on the Hudson's Bay Co. lists of 1869 and 1872. The North West Co. post is shown on Thompson's map 1812 (No. 7) on the right bank of the Saskatchewan, north of the Battle river, and Hudson's Bay Co. reserve on map of Northwest Territories 1894 (No. 37)