Category: Red River Rebellion

Categories: Wars 1800-1899 | First Nations | Métis Province of Manitoba | Metis-Manitoba Red River Canada | Métis Northwestern Territories | Canadian Military History | Hudson's Bay Company | Red River Colony

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Red River Rebellion The Red River Resistance (or the Red River Rebellion, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion) was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by the Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba. For a period it had been a territory called Rupert's Land under control of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Imperial military forces:

60th Regiment

Detachment of Royal Artillery

Detachment of Royal Engineers

Detachment of Army Service Corps

Detachment of Army Hospital Corps

Canadian Militia:

1st Battalion of Infantry (Ontario Rifles)

2nd Battalion of Infantry (Quebec Rifles)

Transportation personnel: Voyageurs and teamsters to provide their transportation. Over 400 voyageurs were hired to handle the canoes.

Links

• Canadian Encyclopedia - Red River Rebellion
• Wikipedia - Red River Rebellion

Metis

Nile Expedition 1884-85

A

Lewis Arnett 24 Mar 1839 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 07 May 1891

B

Andrew Bannatyne 31 Oct 1829 South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland - 18 May 1889

Charles Bell 05 Feb 1854 Perth, Lanark, Canada West - 29 Aug 1936

Charles Bird 14 Feb 1840 Red River Settlement - 21 Dec 1918

Christine (Brûlé Brousseau) Brousseau 1980s 309

C

Louis Adolphe Casault 21 Oct 1832 Saint-Thomas de Montmagny, Lower Canada - 02 Jul 1876

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau 09 Nov 1840 Sainte-Thérèse, Bas-Canada - 13 Jun 1898

D

Louis DeLaronde 28 Jan 1854 Green Lake, Manitoba

Frederick Denison 22 Nov 1846 Toronto, Canada West - 15 Apr 1896

Charles-René-Léonidas D'Irumberry de Salaberry 27 Aug 1820 Chambly, Lower Canada - 25 Mar 1882

Léonidas-Charles D'Irumberry de Salaberry 18 Nov 1849 Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Rouville, Bas Canada - 12 Jul 1903

D cont.

John Donnelly 15 Nov 1838 Providence, Rhode Island, United States - Sep 1899

G

Laurent Garneau abt 1840 Bay Mills, Michigan - abt 1921

Isabella (Gibson) Bird abt 27 May 1828 - abt 1901

Arthur Griesbach 22 Oct 1839 Millington, Yorkshire, England - 21 Nov 1916

H

Edwards Howey 25 Oct 1849 Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jan 1877

I

Acheson Irvine 07 Dec 1837 Lower Canada - 08 Jan 1916

Matthew Irvine 07 Jan 1832 Quebec City, Lower Canada - 20 Oct 1893

J

Samuel Jarvis 23 Aug 1820 Canada - 1905

K

William Kennedy 28 Apr 1839 Newcastle, Upper Canada - May 1885

M

Hugh Macdonald 13 Mar 1850 Kingston, Canada West - 29 Mar 1929

M cont.

Ebenezer McKenzie 14 Sep 1854 Brae's Head, Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Oct 1941

Daniel McMillan 14 Jan 1846 Whitby, York County, Upper Canada - 14 Apr 1933

R

Sawatis (Raientonni) Canadien 16 Dec 1840 - 16 Feb 1919

Louis Riel 22 Oct 1844 St. Boniface, Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land - 16 Nov 1885

Joseph Royal 07 May 1837 Repentigny, Bas-Canada - 23 Aug 1902

S

Louis Schmidt 04 Dec 1844 Old Fort Chipewyan, Athabaska Lake, NWT - 06 Nov 1935

John Schultz 01 Jan 1840 Amherstburg, Essex County, Upper Canada - 13 Apr 1896

Samuel Steele 05 Jan 1849 Purbrook, Medonte, Canada West - 30 Jan 1919

W

Garnet Wolseley 04 Jun 1833 Golden Bridge House, County Dublin, Ireland - 25 Mar 1913

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