1. SECOND RIEL REBELLION

2. AFTER THE RED RIVER REBELLION
1870 MANITOBA ACT. LAND, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, SCHOOLS ALL GUARANTEED.
TROOPS ARRIVED AUGUST 1870 BUT RIEL HAD FLED NO REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE MURDER OF THOMAS SCOTT
1874 MACKENZIE BROKE THE MANITOBA ACT AND MOST MÉTIS MOVED FURTHER WEST (SASK).
OTHER NATIVE GROUPS WERE DECIMATED BY ILLNESS AND STARVATION.
RAILWAY MOVING WEST FROM MANITOBA, EAST FROM BC.

3. AS SURVEYORS SHOW UP PEOPLE IN SASK WORRIED, LOOK FOR LEADER
PEOPLE THERE WERE MÉTIS, ENGLISH, AND NATIVES
GABRIEL DUMONT ADVOCATES FOR RIEL, BUT HE’S IN USA
AFTER MANITOBA MACDONALD DOES NOT GRANT AMNESTY
MACKENZIE AGREES TO AMNESTY IF BANISH TO USA FOR FIVE YEARS
2 YEARS IN MONTREAL IN SECRET (INSANE ASYLUM)
JULY 1884 MÉTIS UNDER DUMONT GO TO FETCH HIM IN MONTANA WHERE HE WAS MARRIED AND A TEACHER
RIEL FELT HE HAD DONE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN MANITOBA BUT UNDONE BY OTHERS, CHANCE TO MAKE AMENDS

4. GABRIEL DUMONT MÉTIS LEADER ON
THE LEFT, AND THE ROUTE OF THE
CPR ABOVE.
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN BOTH IN THE
WEST AND EAST SO MÉTIS IN SASK
WERE BEING CONVERGED UPON

5. RIEL SUFFERING DELUSIONS
DAVID OF THE MÉTIS NATION, JULY 1884 HEADS BACK TO NORTH WEST TERRITORY
AGREES TO LEAD THE MÉTIS, ALLIANCE WITH THE CREE NATION TRIBES AGAINST THE GOV’T OF CANADA
BEGINS BY NEGOTIATIONS, OTTAWA SHOWS NO INTEREST, SO RIEL DECIDES TO GO FURTHER
MARCH 1885 SETS UP PROVISIONAL GOV’T IN BATOCHE WITH DUMONT AS MILITARY LEADER
NATIVE ALLIANCE WITH POUNDMAKER AND BIG BEAR
ENGLISH SUPPORTERS BACK OFF AS FEAR OPEN REBELLION

6. LOUIS RIEL (CENTER) WITH HIS PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN 1885

7. THE TWO MAIN NATIVE CHIEFS TO SIDE WITH THE MÉTIS BIG BEAR TO LEFT
AND POUNDMAKER TO THE RIGHT.

8. BLOODSHED!
NWMP AND LOCAL MILITIA MARCHING TO ESTABLISH ROUTE BETWEEN FORTS
DUMONT SET UP GROUP OF WARRIORS TO AMBUSH THEM
SURROUNDED THE NWMP ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE
DURING TALKS SHOTS RING OUT (BOTH BLAME OTHER) AND FIGHTING BEGAN
IN THE BATTLE OF DUCK LAKE 10 NWMP OFFICERS KILLED (STILL BLOODIEST DAY) MARCH 26,1885
DUMONT (WOUNDED IN HEAD) WANTED TO FINISH OFF COLUMN, RIEL SAID ENOUGH BLOOD LET THEM GO
THIS SUCCESS LED TO NATIVE UPRISINGS. ANGRY OVER TREATIES, TREATMENT, BUFFALO ETC

9. A PRINT SHOWING MÉTIS SHARPSHOOTERS DEFENDING/MURDERING?

10. FROG LAKE MASSACRE (WANDERING SPIRIT, HANGED) 10 WHITE SETTLERS KILLED APRIL 2,1885
ENG CANADA DEMANDS ACTION, MACDONALD TRAPPED BY RIEL AGAIN
MORE VIOLENT, CAN’T IGNORE, CHANCE TO SHOW WORTH OF RWY
GENERAL MIDDLETON AND 5000 TROOPS SENT TO SASK TO DEAL WITH REBELLION
STOPPED COLD AT BATTLE OF FISH CREEK APRIL 24,1885 (200 MÉTIS VS 900 SOLDIERS) (4 MÉTIS KILLED, 10 SOLDIERS KILLED + 45 WOUNDED) SLOWING DOWN ADVANCE TOWARD BATOCHE

11. BATTLE OF FISH CREEK HELD UP THE ADVANCE OF MIDDLETON.
MÉTIS SHARPSHOOTERS KNEW THE LAND, HOW TO USE CAMOUFLAGE,
HOW TO FIRE ETC. BR/CDN FORCES USED “NORMAL” WARFARE. THIS
EXPLAINS THE CASUALTIES FROM PREVIOUS SLIDE

12. MAY 2,1885 BATTLE OF CUT KNIFE
COLONEL OTTER IN CHARGE OF 350 MEN
POUNDMAKER (CREE AND ASSINIBOINE) HAD TAKEN OVER A FORT TO DEMAND BETTER TREATMENT
MIDDLETON ORDERED OTTER TO STAY PUT IN NORTH BATTLEFORD, BUT OTTER WANTED TO “PUNISH POUNDMAKER”
MARCHES TO INDIAN VILLAGE, GATLING GUN FIRED INTO VILLAGE OR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
50 BRAVES ATTACK, ENCIRCLE AND DEFEAT OTTER
WOULD HAVE KILLED ALL 350 BUT POUNDMAKER PREVENTED MASSACRE AND LET THEM LEAVE
REMEMBER OTTER, HE’LL BE IMPORTANT LATER TOO!

13. BATTLE OF CUT KNIFE WHERE OTTER WAS
DEFEATED BY NATIVES. 5 NATIVES WERE
KILLED, 3 WOUNDED. OTTER LOST 8 KIA AND
14 WOUNDED. COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
SIR WILLIAM DILLON OTTER.
CANADA’S FIRST
PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER.
I DON’T LIKE HIM MUCH!

14. BATTLE OF BATOCHE MAY 1885
DESPITE VICTORIES, MIDDLETON STILL MOVING TO BATOCHE
MÉTIS DELAYING INEVITABLE. BY MAY 5 CDN FORCES AT BATOCHE
MÉTIS LAST STAND
1ST TACTICAL BATTLE OF CDN ARMY
MIDDLETON HAD LEARNED FROM MISTAKES
SLOW METHODICAL APPROACH TO BATOCHE
ENCIRCLED TOWN, USED GATLING GUNS, HEAVY ARTILLERY TO SHELL TOWN
OVER WEEK MANY MÉTIS WOUNDED, OUT OF AMMO, ETC
THEN ATTACKS WITH FULL FORCE

15. BY MAY 12, MÉTIS FIRING NAILS, ROCKS OUT OF RIFLES.
MIDDLETON CHARGES AND PUSHES OUT REMAINING MÉTIS
51 MÉTIS KILLED, WOUNDED, OR CAPTURED. MIDDLETON LOST 8 KIA AND 22 WOUNDED
RIEL WAS COMPLETELY INSANE BY NOW
HAD GONE FROM PROPHET OF MÉTIS (DAVID) TO POPE OF NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH (LEGALIZED POLYGAMY) TO CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
DURING BATTLE STOOD IN SHAPE OF CROSS
DUMONT ESCAPES, TRIED TO GET RIEL TO GO WITH HIM, BUT REFUSED, SO CAPTURED
BELL FROM BATOCHE CHURCH TAKEN BACK TO ONTARIO AS WAR TROPHY
MÉTIS WANT BACK ONT REFUSES. SO MÉTIS DELEGATION STOLE IT AND SOME MEDALS IN 1991

16. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY CDN MILITIAMAN AT THE OPENING OF THE
BATTLE OF BATOCHE. IMAGE CAPTURES THE OPENING SHELLING OF
THE TOWN OF BATOCHE

20. SIR FREDERICK MIDDLETON. GENERAL
OF THE BRITISH ARMY AND CDN MILITIA
WHO COMMANDED THE DOMINION
FORCES IN THE NORTH WEST
REBELLION.
THE CHURCH TOWER OF BATOCHE
MISSING ITS BELL WHICH WAS NAMED
MARIE ANTOINETTE

21. AFTER BATOCHE FEW MINOR SKIRMISHES WITH NATIVES
END OF JUNE NW REBELLION OVER
WHAT TO DO WITH PRISONERS?
MANY MÉTIS AND NATIVES HANGED
MOST WHITES GIVEN SMALL SENTENCES
NATIVES PUSHED BACK TO RESERVATIONS AT THE MERCY OF INDIAN AGENTS WHO ABUSED POWER

22. GROUP OF MÉTIS PRISONERS AFTER BATOCHE.
RAG TAG BUNCH TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT THEY FOUGHT
WELL AS THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE, THEIR
HOME AND CULTURE.

23. IMPORTANCE OF BATOCHE SHOWS THE DETERMINATION OF GOV’T OF CANADA TO DEFEND TERRITORY
ALLOWS MACDONALD TO SHOW IMP OF RWY IN DEFENSE (TWO WEEKS TO GET TO SASK RATHER THAN 3 MONTHS IN RED RIVER)
MORE MONEY GIVEN TO STEPHEN AND SMITH TO FINISH RWY
BIGGEST ISSUE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY WHAT TO DO WITH RIEL
ONTARIO DEMANDED HANGING, QUE DEMANDING LENIENCY

24. UPPER LEFT, SURVEYING STATION
FOR THE CPR. ABOVE RIGHT, ONE
OF THE FIRST TRAINS TO CROSS
THE COUNTRY ON THE CPR. TO
THE LEFT, DONALD SMITH DRIVES
THE LAST SPIKE OF THE CPR.
ACTUALLY IT WAS THE SECOND
LAST SPIKE

25. TRIED FOR TREASON, BUT HAD TO USE ANCIENT TREASON DEFINITION TO MAKE IT FIT
JURY WAS SIX ENGLISH SPEAKING PROTESTANTS
LAWYERS WANT TO USE INSANITY PLEA, HE REFUSED, FIRED LAWYERS “Life, without the dignity of an intelligent being, is not worth having.”
DEFENDED SELF REFUSED TO BE LABELLED INSANE B/C ALL WORK WOULD BE THAT OF A MAD MAN. WOULD RATHER MARTYR FOR A CAUSE
WAS FOUND GUILTY AFTER FIVE DAY TRIAL, SENTENCED TO HANG (JURY RECOMMENDED LENIENCY)
QUEEN ASKED LENIENCY, USA ASKED LENIENCY, POPE ASKED LENIENCY, MACDONALD REFUSED, LOUIS RIEL HANGED NOV 16,1885 IN REGINA

26. AS EXECUTION APPROACHED RIEL DID TRY TO PROVE INSANE AT TIME OF SECOND REBELLION
JOHN A MACDONALD “He shall hang though every dog in Quebec bark in his favour.”
HANGING OF RIEL LOST QUE FOR MACDONALD AND CONSERVATIVES FOR A LONG TIME
BEFORE EXECUTION RECONCILED WITH CHURCH, AND GIVEN LAST RIGHTS
AFTER EXECUTION REMAINS SENT TO ST BONIFACE CHURCHYARD
FEBRUARY 2008 LOUIS RIEL DAY ESTABLISHED IN MANITOBA
RETRIED FOR CBC FEW YEARS AGO, GUILTY AGAIN

27. LOUIS RIEL AGE 14
LOUIS RIEL MAY 1885 AS A PRISONER OF
GENERAL MIDDLETON. PICTURE TAKEN
IN MIDDLETON’S CAMP

28. LOUIS RIEL GIVING TESTIMONY
AT HIS TRIAL ABOVE, AND TO THE
RIGHT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE
OF LOUIS RIEL

29. RIEL’S TOMBSTONE IN ST BONIFACE TO
THE LEFT, AND HIS CHILDREN BELOW

30. STATUE OF RIEL IN WINNIPEG. WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE IS IN HIS HANDS?

31. ORIGINAL COFFIN OF LOUIS RIEL
Rethinking Riel | CBC Archives
Rethinking Riel | CBC Archives

32. LEGACY? SINCE HANGING OF RIEL, QUE HAS VOTED CONSERVATIVE 4 TIMES.
JOHN A MACDONALD 8TH GREATEST CANADIAN OF ALL TIME
LOUIS RIEL WAS 11TH
DON CHERRY WAS 7TH (WHAT A JOKE)
YOUR OPINION? HERO OR TRAITOR? BOTH?

33. ELECTION ISSUES OF 1887 NATIONAL POLICY (QUE ONT) (EAST AND WEST)
RIEL HANGING (FRENCH ENGLISH)
ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN GLOBALLY
RWY CONSTRUCTION COMING TO END
CONSERVATIVES WIN
REALLY BECAUSE OF EDWARD BLAKE AND DISUNITY IN THE LIBERAL CAMP, BUT THAT IS STORY FOR TOMORROW