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Metis Moved to the areas of the South Saskatchewan
The Metis had wanted to live around the Red and Assiniboine. However because of the problems in Manitoba the Metis setlled in a Metis village aroung the South Saskatchewan river. This had its disadvantages though, instead of the organized seignural French system along the river, they had to use the British system which limited access to their neighbours and the water ways. -
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The North-West rebellion
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The Metis turn to Riel
Gabriel Dumont, one of the Metis leaders and Riel's friend, travels with some men to get help from Riel who resides in Montana. Riel agrees to help settle the unrest and then after everything is done go back to Montana. He arrives at the Metis village of Batoche and is trying to get funds from the government because he was once in charge of the provisional government of the Metis. -
Macdonald plots against Riel
Macdonald hears about Riel's plans. To subdue Riel he decides to induce a rebellion, giving Macdonald a reason to send in troops. He will send them using the C-P-R (Canadian Pacific Railway). When people hear how successful the railway was it will encourage companies to fund it. Therefore he tries to kill two birds with one stone, halting the expansion of the Metis and getting funds for the railway. -
The mustering of the Metis
Louis Riel hears that there are about 500 mounties in the area and that a telegram that discussed the terms of land rights was forged and changed. He decides to hold a council in the church. The Metis agree on setting up a provisional government and defend themselves if necessary. -
The confrontation with the Mounties: The initial beginning of the rebellion
Dumont and his men set out to search for supplies at Duck lake. While searching, they find two mounties and chase after them. They run into a large group of mounties near Fort Carlton. After Dumont has a small scufle with one of them the Mounties turn back. The Metis suspect they will come back with an army so they ride back to Batoche to get Riel and more men. -
Battle at Duck Lake
The Metis send out two men with a white flag to try to discuss what to do. However a Mountie shoots them and this leads to the fight. The Metis fire from within the forest and the Mounties are shooting in a field protected by a wall of wagons. This strategy helps the Metis defeat them, but Dumont starts riding out and shooting and eventually gets shot but not killed. The Mounties, seeing thier numbers depleting, retreat. -
Macdonald sends out troops by the thousands
Macdonalds hears of the battle and decides to send out more troops. Even though there are gaps in the C-P-R and the American Rail lines would be fasters Macdonald sticks to his plan to use the C-P-R. By Mid-April the troops arrive in Qu'appelle (175 miles away from Batoche) and attack the Cree villages. This stops them from helping the Metis. -
Battle at Fish Creek
The Metis wait in the forest and plan to ambush the Canadians. A mountie scout spots them and the Canadians begin shooting. The Metis have an advantage, they can spot the Canadians in the open but since the metis are covered by the trees the Canadians have a hard time shooting them. Riel arrives with reinforcements, this causes the Canadians to retreat. -
Battle at Batoche: The final battle
A gun boat entered the river in Batoche and the Metis disabled it and caused it to burn but becuase of the gun boat they forgot to set fire to the the grass to stop the infantry force coming form the south. The Metis start shooting from their rifle pits. The local priest "Father Andre" gives advice to help the Canadian side, he did this becuase he thought it was wrong to rebel. The Canadians stop firing for the day. The battle continues in this fashion for two days. -
The Metis are defeated
On the last day of the battle, the Metis are extremly low on ammo and seeing this, the Canadians charge forward. The Metis scatter, many are killed and many flee. In the forest Dumont meets Riel. After a discussion Riel decides that he'll turn himself in. -
The Trial of Louis Riel
Louis says he is not guilty of treason. Multiple witnesses are brought up, some are on his side but most others are not. Other doctors are also brought up to decide whether Riel was mentally insane or not. The final sentence is death. -
The Execution of Riel and his Legacy today
He us hanged on the morning of Nov 16, 1885 in Regina. The North-West rebellion is over.
However Riel's actions weren't worthless. The Canadian government realized, because of people ike Riel, that what they had done to the natives was wrong. They started making reserves for the aboriginals and made more rights and laws to protect them. Because of his actions he made himself a model to other people other people would want to follow his path. Now he's respected and remembered as a Canadian hero
