Riel Louis 1844-1885 Born In St Boniface Manitoba Educated At

the Jesuit College, Montreal. Leader of the Rebellion of 1869-1870;

organized a provisional government at Fort Garry, but fled to the United

States on the arrival of the punitive force under Wolseley. Returned to

Canada in 1884, took command of the rebel forces in Saskatchewan,

captured at Batoche, tried, convicted of treason, and hanged. =Index=:

(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Leads revolt in North-West, 69; establishes provisional overnment,

69. (Sir John A Macdonald era) Sets up provisional government at Fort Garry, 158; puts Thomas

Scott to death, 160; his good faith doubted by Macdonald, 160; Cartier's

plan of a full amnesty and a new provincial government, 162; decamps on

arrival of Wolseley, 162; long the storm centre of Canadian politics,

162; elected to Parliament, 1874, but expelled and outlawed, 162;

invited by half-breeds to return to Canada, 241; leads Rebellion of

1885, 242; captured and hanged, 242; excitement in Quebec, 243-244; his

execution debated in Parliament, 280. =Bib.=: The Queen vs. Louis

Riel; Louis Riel, Martyr du Nord-Ouest; Begg, History of the

North-West; Morice, Dict. See also Riel Rebellion.