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Louis Riel à Alexander Morris, [Saint-Vital]
- Fonds / Collection
- Louis Riel
- Description Level
- Document
- Document Type
- documents textuels
- Date
- [3 janvier 1873]
- Date
- [3 janvier 1873]
- Document Type
- documents textuels
- Fonds / Collection
- Louis Riel
- Description Level
- Document
- Fonds No.
- 0003
- Reference No.
- 0003/1093/536
- Creator
- Riel, Louis
- Signatory
- Riel, Louis
- Physical Description
- 4 f. de documents textuels
- Language(s)
- Français
- Notes
- Copie numérisée sur le CD088.
- Scope and Content (English)
- ... We established calm and hastened to send the Delegates to Ottawa; Schultz, Lynch, Mair, Monkman, Setter took advantage of this to increase agitation in Ontario; they were powerless; the Provisional Government was master of the situation; Lynch and others tried to pass themselves as the true delegates of the North West; the government of Canada received our delegates officially; the arrangements included 20 clauses; Sir John and Sir George accepted the condition of the 19th clause; the delegates demanded guarantees; the Ministers replied that this condition was guaranteed by the fact that an amicable agreement had taken place between Canada and the North West; on reasssurance they proceeded to the composition of the Manitoba Bill; before the introduction of the Bill our delegates insisted on having a guarantee of the 19th clause; the governor general assured them their demand would be satisfied as soon as the Houses had spoken; Sir Clinton Murdoch, special delegate of the Queen to watch over these arrangements also assured the delegates they would be fully satisfied; when the Bill was sanctioned our delegates brought to the attention of the Government that the time had come for the guarantee of the 19th clause; the Governor-General understanding the anxiety of the inhabitants of the North West assured the delegation that the government would take steps to arrive at a guarantee, that no one should be anxious regarding responsibility in the recent trouble; Sir Clinton Murdoch, being informed of this question by the delegates who although satisfied by the positive assurances given expressed the fear that the population of the country would not be satisfied, our delegates asked the Minsters if Canada was going to name an administrator for the North West after the transfer and before the arrival of the Lieutenant-Governor; the Ministers replied definitely that Riel and his council "would continue to maintain order and peace until the arrival of the Lieutenant-Governor"; our delegates returned to Ft. Garry June 17, 1870, and reported to the representatives of all the country; June 24th the representatives ratified unanimously the work of the delegation; Thomas Bunn, signified to the Sec. of States for the Provinces the approval given to their entry into Confederation; the dispatch was given to (Tache) who had worked so hard for a true reconciliation; Tache (gave) this dispatch to the (Canadian) government and we were certain that the (agreement) would be executed; we continued to maintain order and peace and after the transfer until the arrival of the troops Aug. 24, 1870 to prevent confusion and anarchy and according to what the Ministers had expressed we remained at Ft. Garry with the authority that the people had provisionally accorded; instead of treating us amicably Wolseley entered the province as an enemy; plundered everything that belonged to us in the Fort; respectable citizens he had dragged off to prison; maltreated by the soldiers and treated the friends of the President of the Provisional Government as bandits.
- Name Access
- Riel, Louis
- Storage Location
- PAM MG 3 D 1, 536
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