Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Macdonald wuxuu isu diiwaan geliyey The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada 13kii Oktoobar 1868 isagoo ah Rifleman. Wuxuu ku qaatay xagaagii 1866 guutada 14aad ee mutadawiciinta ciidamada qalabka sida ee u dhow Cornwall, isagoo ka war sugayey
Dagaal beeleedyo loo yaqaano Fenian. Waxa uu ku koray darajada sarkaal ka hor inta aan loo magacaabin mid ka mid ah 22 April 1870. Macdonald wuxuu markaas ku biiray safarkii Kornayl Garnet Joseph Wolseley wuxuuna u safray degaanka Red River ee Manitoba. Howlgalka Wolseley waxaa loo sameeyay in lagu joojiyo kacdoonka Louis Riel ee Wabiga Cas. Ka dib markii uu ka qeyb qaatay qabsashada dhiig la'aanta ah ee Upper Fort Garry (ka dib markii Riel uu ka tagay) wuxuu ku laabtay Toronto, laakiin wuxuu ka qeyb qaadan lahaa joojinta kacdoonka labaad ee Riel. Wuxuu ka fariistay QOR 26kii Abriil 1882 wuxuuna u guuray Winnipeg. Intii lagu guda jiray kacdoonka Waqooyi-galbeed ee 1885, Macdonald wuxuu u adeegay sidii taliye guuto 90aad (Winnipeg) ee Rifles, waax uu ka caawiyay abaabulka. Kadib wuxuu ku dagaalamay Fish Creek ee Saskatchewan.