Later in his life as a devoted Christian, Riel was consulted by some Metis officials who wanted him to intervene and help them protect their land from the Canadians in 1885, he responded by writing petition letters to Ottawa but that did not help, he later offered to lead a final rebellion to save their land…but the 300 Metis were no match to 8,000 armed men of the Canadian government, this marked the Northwest Rebellion where the Metis were humiliated and Riel surrendered (Lindsay, pp.23-31).

It was that move that later drove him into exile, fleeing from his “rotten” past. It was an unjustified idea to forcefully possess Métis resources, despite the ills committed by the Canadians, Riel were not supposed to kill Scott and torture his captives. The decision to defend their land was good, for land is an important asset that the Métis could not let go with ease. The rebellion however resulted to no serious bloodshed apart from the provisional government executing Thomas Scott, a wild prisoner…Riel fled for his life and settled in New England where he got convicted into Catholicism.

Riel organized the people in what was referred to as the Triple R-“the Red River Rebellion” (Flanagan, p.46). That was the time when Riel showed his leadership skills and the ability to move people he gathered massive support to bar the Canadians from invading the settlement. Studied laws in Montreal and returned to his ancestral home after his education at the time when Canada was about to launch an invasion on Rupert’s Land and take it under their colony…this move got the Metis people worried because they feared that Canadians would soon move to take over their land too, “the Metis therefore organized themselves into a “solid” group to offer resistance to the Canadian invasion” (Flanagan, p.45). Riel was born in Manitoba the ancient Red River Colony to a French mother and a Metis leader. Anti-Thesis Statement: Critics who did not believe in his principles saw him as a mad traitor with completely misguided zeal who resorted to violence for no cause…a symbol of shame to the dynamic world.

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