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| | Louis Riel |
 | | He was the son of Louis Riel, a popular leader of the Metis race, or Franco-Indians of the northwest, who in 1849 led a revolt against the authority of the Hudson bay company. |
 | | Riel, on behalf of the half-breeds, demanded part of the money that had been paid by Canada to the company, and when this was refused he opposed, at the head of a band of his countrymen, the entry of William McDougall, the first lieutenant-governor under the Dominion government. |
 | | Riel, who had been taken prisoner after the capture of Batoche, was conveyed to Regina, where he was tried and convicted of treason-felony, and sentenced to death. |
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