Research Catalog

Title

The life of Louis Riel / by Peter Charlebois.

Author

Charlebois, Peter.

Publication

Toronto : New Canada Publications, c1975.

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Details

Description

254 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

• Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
• 1869-1885
• Revolutionaries > Canada > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 240-242.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. The spirit of Pierre Falcon -- Folk whence Riel came -- Seminarian -- Pt. 2. The first Metis uprising -- The Red River Settlement -- The national committee of the Metis -- Macdonald challenged -- Pt. 3. The provisional government -- The only and lawful authority -- The murder of Norbert Parisien -- The execution of Thomas Scott -- Pt. 4. Manitoba -- The Canada first movement -- The Manitoba Act -- Bishop Tache appeals for amnesty -- The Red River expedition -- The occupation of Red River -- Pt. 5. The Manitoba Metis -- The American annexationists -- Fugitives -- The persecution of Ambroise Lepine -- Thrice elected; thrice expelled -- Pt. 6. Work to be done -- Exile and illness -- Romance -- Defender of the Montana Metis -- Pt. 7. Recalled to the Saskatchewan -- Metis petitions ignored -- Agitation and organization -- Justice commands us take up arms -- Pt. 8. The second Metis uprising -- Duck Lake -- The opposing forces -- Frog Lake, Fort Pitt -- Cutknife and Battleford -- 9. Batoche -- Fish creek -- Before Batoche -- Stalemate -- The last day -- 10. Repression and resistance -- Gabriel Dumont -- Eight warriors hanged -- Batoche to Regina -- Pt. 11. A battle not yet won -- High treason -- Guilty -- No mercy -- The happy death -- Bitter legacy.

ISBN

0919600360. 0919600379

LCCN

^^^76358163^

OCLC

• 2165115
• SCSB-11602409

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library