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Copy of the Document Sent to French Representatives by French People, Red River Settlement, 29 November 1869
Letter signed by 95 people states opposition to Louis Riel's proposal for establishment of a provisional government.
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
"First Assembly of the First Legislature of Manitoba"
"Fleury, Patrice"
From the Diary of a Hudson's Bay Company's Clerk in the Seventies.
Historical note:
"John A. MacDonald, Confederation and the West"
[John Franklin Boyd]
Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
Louis Riel / Manitoban / 1844-1885 - Booklet. - 1971.
Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. Position Paper On Child Care and Family Services (15 May, 1982)
Reprint of 1982 Manitoba Metis Federation position paper, Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. Position Paper On Child Care and Family Services
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.
Memorandum on the Subject of the Public Lands in the Province of Manitoba
Murphy Diary
New Nation [Newspaper]
"The New Nation was published weekly from January 7, 1870 to September 3, 1870. Formed by the merger of the Red River Pioneer with the Nor'Wester, it was an organ of the provisional government headed by Louis Riel. It reported in great detail the debates and discussions of the provisional government."
The North-West Rebellion
North-West Territories: Proclamation
Rebellion, 1885 - Order book of the North-West Field Force.
[Riel À M. Pierre Lavallée, Summer, 1883: Le Manitoba, 18 June, 1885[sic]]
In letter, Riel extols the virtues of the Métis. Text in French.