A nun who knew Riel from his school days expressed her concern for the young man. As a young man living in Montreal, Louis Riel was depressed by the death of his father and a failed romance.

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Prime Minister John A. Macdonald decided to charge Louis Riel with high treason, based on an obscure British law dating to the year 1342. The law carried the death penalty. (Courtesy of the ...