History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fort Battleford, Lake Mcdonald, Sentenced
26 Jun 2012
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Buffalo have disappeared, widespread disease, etc: even europeans that live out there are unhappy, sitting bull brings many more people into canada after the battle of. Little big horn and seek refuge after the avenging americans after the slaughter of general custer and his men. Wanted to organize a military invasion of manitoba. Tried to create an alliance between the plains natives and the. M tis: prophetic riel: has visions and revelations, tried to change the. Sabbath, took it as a sign of god that he was asked to come back to. Gets into trouble with the catholic church, eventually excommunicated and formed his own church: riel"s demands for saskatchewan territory. Railway line to link cpr to hudson bay. Lower railroad tariffs: riel and his followers seize the church in batoche 1885 and declares a provisional government there. Puts gabriel dumont as the head of the army. Loses the support of whites and the church.
