Should have added that Riel was crazy as a bed bug and thought the
government way out east was going to pat him on the back and appoint him
to be the Lieutenant Governor of the new province.
He had led a couple of uprisings against the government and the powers
that be in eastern Canada at the time were tired of his shaningans so
they had him tried for treason and hanged him.
Today he would have been put into some institution for the mentally
deranged.
However, he was Metis and as such has now been revived as some form of hero.
Don't you just love the spin that can be put on things to change history?
RB
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