Impoverished by the death of his father, Riel took employment as a law clerk in the Montreal office of Rodolphe Laflamme. I said I believed that Bishop Bourget had succeeded in spirit and in truth. House of Commons Procedure and Practice. The one who has the courage to speak out in that way, instead of being an outrageous man, becomes in fact a benefactor to those men themselves, and to society. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Final Statement of Louis Riel at his trial in Regina, 1885
I do not know if I am prepared to speak of it here because it would become public information, there is so much at stake that if I explained that theory Canada would not very long remain in quiet. Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 Reconsidered 2nded. I know that a long time ago they believed me more or less insane. I say that I have been blessed by God, and I hope that you will not take that as a presumptuous assertion. Two children soon followed: a son, Jean, and a daughter, Marie Angelique. He remained in Montreal for over a year, living at the home of his aunt, Lucie Riel. Missionary Oblates Mary Immaculate.
What did Louis Riel do to Thomas Scott? I have done all I could to make good petitions with others, and we have sent them to the Canadian Government, and when the Canadian Government did answer, through the Under Secretary of State, to the secretary of the joint committee of the Saskatchewan, then I began to speak of myself, not before; so my particular interests passed after the public interests. Retrieved 4 April 2021. Do not be offended, ladies, do not be offended, here are the men who can cure that evil; and if at times I have been strong against my true friends and fathers, the reverend priests of the Saskatchewan, it is because my convictions are strong. University of Toronto Press. That shows great control under contradiction, and according to my opinion and with the help of God I have that control. Louis 'David' Riel: prophet of the new world. By it I don't wish it understood that I do not appreciate the good works of my lawyers, but if I were to go into all the details of what has taken place, I think I could safely show you that what Captain Young said that I am aiming all the time at practical results was true, and I could have proved it.
Just before the Manitoba Act received royal assent in May 1870, tensions in the Red River Settlement reached a tipping point. Because I had an object. Francophones were upset Riel was hanged because they thought his execution was a symbol of Anglophone dominance of Canada. Some historians contend that the trial was moved to Regina because of concerns with the possibility of an ethnically mixed and sympathetic jury. Gentlemen of the jury, my reputation, my liberty, my life, are at your discretion.