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Louis Riel à Paul Proulx
- Fonds / Collection
- Louis Riel
- Description Level
- Document
- Document Type
- documents textuels
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Document Type
- documents textuels
- Fonds / Collection
- Louis Riel
- Description Level
- Document
- Fonds No.
- 0003
- Reference No.
- 0003/1092/495
- Creator
- Riel, Louis
- Signatory
- Riel, Louis
- Recipient
- Proulx, Paul
- Physical Description
- 10 f. de documents textuels
- Notes
- Copie numérisée sur le CD085.
- Scope and Content (English)
- Received your letter of the 4th; we were good friends in our success as in adversity; when Auguste was with us September 16, 1873 hidden in the woods of St. Vital we were reunited in the name of Jesus Christ; now could our enemies conquer us; am happy your family is well; raise your children in Christian obedience; we have lost many dear ones; I remember thinking of my brother Meunier when crossing the Roseau river; you know there is a meeting other than on this earth; I think God particularly calls on the Metis to cherish the souls in purgatory; it was the first of November we turned back Cameron; the second of November Lepine and Leveiller blocked McDougall and his government; the third we took Fort Garry; if we had not had the protection of the souls in purgatory our misfortunes would have been great; you wish me to return soon to St. Vital; how wonderful it would be to see my mother's home again; I would kneel at the feet of our Archbishop and ask the penediction of the priest at St. Norbert; my spirit is always in Manitoba; I am occupied in politics more than I like; it is a matter of forming in Manitoba and the North West a new people not in a spirit of opposition to Canada but with the aim of forwarding their interests; the French Canadian nation has received from God a mission to continue the work of France overseas; I would like us to work to make the Metis people worthy of the heritage; I desire that the name Metis be distinctive to favour the establishment of a powerful nationality; compare it to a piece of cloth; the acts of the provisional government are the spindles of wool; Wolseley and the arrest of Lepine have unwound the reels; we have no time to lose; France knows we are not craftsmen and offers hers; Lower Canada says we have not enough weavers and will send more to work in our home; I hear French Canadian from the United States knocking on the door; let us welcome them; when the colth is finished it will be French cloth, French Canadian cloth, Metis cloth; the Metis furnished the wool; let us arouse in the hearts of our children the ambition to gain the glory of God and the honour of religion, the compliments of men, the delivery of souls in purgatory; tell Ambroise Lepine I remember him; the same to Andre Nault and Elezear de Lagimodiere; do not worry about me for I am happy; greetings to Angelique and your children; put things in the hands of His Grace.
- Name Access
- Riel, Louis
- Proulx, Paul
- Storage Location
- PAM MG 3 D 1, 495
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