1. 1885 Louis Riel Rebellion
... Métis away. Stripped of their land and their way of life, they were moving farther and farther west to settle along the Saskatchewan River at places such as Lac la Biche, Qu'Appelle, Edmonton, Prince Albert, Duck Lake and Batoche. While these changes were taking place, Riel was living in the United States, for he was still banished from Manitoba ... had followed the buffalo hunt and worked as an agent, trader and woodcutter near Carroll, in Montana Territory. Here he met Marguerite Monet dite Bellehumeur, a Métisse whom he married à la fazon du pays' on April 28, 1881, and solemnly...
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