The Diaries of Louis Riel
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Louis Riel
Typewritten transcription.
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Includes some discussion of Riel's trial and sentencing.
Speech made in the House of Commons.
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Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. As a Company post it primarily dealt in provisions, namely pemmican and buffalo robes although other furs were traded as well.Historical note:
W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).Historical note:
"Although it was not a military engagement, the incident known as the Frog Lake Massacre proved to be one of the most influential events associated with the North-West Resistance. Incited by hunger and mistreatment rather than political motives, a breakaway element of the Plains Cree murdered nine White men on the morning of April 2, 1885, in Frog Lake, North-West Territories (now Alberta).Includes text and images.