![]() ![]() They were defeated, and Riel gave himself up. MacDonald on the new CPR railway in May of 1884. Together, they led an armed rebellion against Canadian troops sent by Sir John A. Dumont enlisted the help of Riel who was then living in Montana. Part three begins with Gabriel Dumont's fight to gain good land for the Metis along the south branch of the Saskatchewan River, near Batoche. ![]() In Montreal, the first evidence of his mental illness surfaced, and he was committed to L'Hospice St. During this time, he returned to Canada (to Montreal) where he was elected as Member of Parliament for Provencher but never took his seat as, having not been granted amnesty for Scott's death, he dreaded capture. ![]() Part two encapsulates Riel's life from 1870 to 1876 when he moved around the northern U.S. Macdonald, the Prime Minister of Canada, negotiating the sale of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, and part one ends with the execution of Thomas Scott, the arrival of the Wolseley Expedition and Riel's flight to the U.S. Riel, Louis, 1844-1885-Comic books, strips, etc.Ĭhester Brown celebrates the life and times of Louis Riel in this marvellous biography told in comic-strip style. Montreal, PQ: Drawn and Quarterly Publications (Distributed by Raincoast Books Canada), 2004. CM Magazine: Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography. ![]()
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