See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• LOUIS RIEL (1844-1885)

RIEL (1844-1885)  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian agitator, son of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• RIEL, LOUIS (1844-1885)

Riel and Julie deLagemaundiere, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface, on the 23rd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1844, according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, though others See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth in 1847 . Though known as a See also:

• HALF

half-breed, or Metis, and though with both See also:

• INDIAN

Indian and Irish ancestors, his See also:

• BLOOD

blood was mainly See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . From See also:

• JULY

July 1866 he worked for two years at various occupations in See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota, returning in July, i868 to St Vital, near St Boniface . In 1869 the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of the territorial rights of the See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson's See also:

• BAY

Bay See also:

• COMPANY

Company to the dominion of See also:

• CANADA

Canada gave See also:

• GREAT

great uneasiness to the Metis, and in October 1869 a party led by Riel turned back at the See also:

• AMERICAN

American frontier the newly appointed Canadian See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor; in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November they captured Fort Garry (See also:

• WINNIPEG

Winnipeg), the headquarters of the Company, and called a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which passed a See also:

• BILL

bill of rights . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December a ' provisional See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was set up, of which on the 29th of December Riel was made See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president, and which defeated ' two attacks made on it by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English-speaking settlers of the vicinity . So far the Metis had been within their rights, but Riel was flighty, vain and mystical, and his judicial See also:

• MURDER

murder on the 4th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1870 of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, an• See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man from See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario, roused against him the whole of English-speaking Canada . An expedition was equipped and sent out under See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• GARNET
• GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

Garnet, later See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord, See also:

• WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, VISCOUNT (1833- )

Wolseley, 'which captured Fort Garry on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August i87o, Riel decamping . (See STRATHCONA, See also:

• LOIN (through O. Fr. loigne or logne, mod. lunge, from Lat. Iambus)

Loin.) He was not arrested,' and on the 4th of August 1871 urged his countrymen to combine with the Canadians against a threatened attack from American See also:

• FENIANS, or FENIAN BROTHERHOOD

Fenians, for which See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service he was publicly thanked by the See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governor . In 1872 for religious reasons he changed his name to Louis See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David Riel . In October 1873 he became member of the Dominion See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for Provencher, came to See also:

• OTTAWA

Ottawa and took the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath, but did not sit . On the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1874 he was expelled the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, but in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September was again elected for Provencher; on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1875 he was outlawed, and the seat thereby again vacated . In 1877–78 he was for over a See also:

• YEAR

year a patient in the Beauport See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum for the insane, but from 1879 to 1884 he lived quietly in See also:

• MONTANA

Montana, where in 1881 he married See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite Bellimeure .

In 1884 in response to a deputation from the Metis, who had moved See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west to the forks of the See also:

• SASKATCHEWAN
• SASKATCHEWAN (Cree: " Rapid River ")

Saskatchewan See also:

• RIVER

river, he returned to Canada to win redress for their wrongs . His own rashness and the .ineptitude of Canadian politicians and officials brought on a rising, which was crushed after some hard fighting, and on the . 15th of May 1885 Riel surrendered . He was imprisoned at See also:

• REGINA

Regina, was tried and on the 1st of August found guilty of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, and on the 16th of November was hanged at Regina, See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting his See also:

• FATE

fate with courage . His See also:

• DEATH

death was the See also:

• SIGNAL

signal for a fierce outburst of racialism in See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec and Ontario, which nearly overthrew the Conservative government of the Dominion . See J . S . Willison, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILFRID (c. 634-709)

Wilfrid See also:

• LAURIER, SIR WILFRID (1841– )

Laurier, vol. i . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BRYCE, JAMES (1838- )

Bryce, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Hudson's Bay Company (1900); and the Canadian daily See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press for 1885 .