Riel was charged with high treason following continued unrest among the Metis tribes in Manitoba. He was found guilty and hanged on November 16, 1885.
Contemporaries of Riel, including at least one member of the jury that convicted him, held him responsible for the 1870 execution of pro-Canadian settler Thomas Scott, who had opposed the Red River Rebellion led by Riel.
Thomas Scott. =============== Wrong. Riel did not kill Thomas Scott. Ambroise Lépine was the man who killed Thomas Scott on March 4, 1870. Riel did not kill anybody.
Louis Riel was executed on November 16, 1885.
Louis Riel didnt fight metis people, he was a metis, he was fighting FOR the metis
because he was a traitor
Louis Riel was convicted of treason and was hanged in Regina, Northwest Territories, on November 16, 1885. (Regina is now the capital of the Province of Saskatchewan.) Riel is the only person in Canada's history to have been executed for the crime of treason.
Thomas Scott threatened to kill Louis Riel, which led Thomas to be killed.
He killed a man.
Louis Riel was convicted of treason and, despite a recommendation by the jury for mercy, was hanged on November 16, 1885.
Louis riel was haug because he killed thomas Scott who was a bad person and killed lot's of people.
Louis Riel's daughter's name was Jean-Louis Riel.
Thomas Scott. =============== Wrong. Riel did not kill Thomas Scott. Ambroise Lépine was the man who killed Thomas Scott on March 4, 1870. Riel did not kill anybody.
Thomas Scott was killed by Louis Riel on March, 4th 1870.
Louis Riel's father. a well-respected leader in the Métis community, was also named Louis Riel.
Louis Riel is remembered for the Manitoba Act .
Louis Riel had three children.
Louis Riel did not "come to Alberta."
why did Louis Riel form Manitoba