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The South Branch Métis and English half-breeds meet and pass resolutions specifying grievances. It was also decided that Louis Riel should be asked to return.
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Métis delegation leaves Batoche for Montana to ask Riel for help.
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Thirst Dance held on Poundmaker reserve - by mid-June over 2,000 people from many bands had gathered to discuss their situation
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4 men ride to St. Peter's mission in Montana to persuade Louis Riel to once again bargain with the Canadian Government to protect the rights of both Metis and white settlers. After two days Riel decides to go with them to Batoche
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Riel arrives at Tourond's Coulee (Fish Creek), North-West Territories.
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Louis Riel speaks to a well attended meeting in Prince Albert. White settlers, including spokesmen of the newly formed Settlers Union, endorse the proposals.
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William H. Jackson issues a manifesto of the grievances and objectives of the Settlers' Union
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Louis Riel sends a petition to the Secretary of State outlining Métis grievances and demands.
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John A. Macdonald's cabinet authorizes the creation of a three-person commission to review and settle claims
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Lt. Gov. Dewdney of the NWT receives word about the Metis land claims commission
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Louis Riel and a group of prominent Metis hold a secret meeting. They sign an oath, the Revolutionary Bill of Rights.
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Reacting to the news that police are on the way to seize Riel, the Métis seize control of St. Anthony's Church: they cut the telegraph wires at Batoche, ransack Government stores and seize employees as hostages. Riel proclaims a provisional government with himself as president and Gabriel Dumont as adjutant general.
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Riel sends a message to Superintendent Leif Crozier and demands the surrender of the N.W.M.P. detachment at Fort Carlton threatening, "To commence without a delay a war of extermination upon those who have shown themselves hostile to our rights."
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The Winnipeg Militia is ordered to a state of readiness and 60-Year-old Major-General Frederick Dobson Middleton, British Commander of the Canadian Militia, is given command of the troops
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Prime Minister Sir John A. McDonald orders mobilization of troops in every province of Canada. General Middleton is given orders to march west with all due speed
