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Li Exovede & Métis Names List NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO REVISION Riel in Glory (note the severed noose) li Exovede & Métis Names List 580 Franco-Métis, Anglo-Métis, First Nations,1 Whites, Patriots, Conscripts, Dominion Sympathizers, Traitors, Men and Women, Elders, Child-Soldiers, and others involved in the 1885 Canadian Invasion of the North-West Territories, the Resistance, and the Occupation of the Stolen South Branch Lands Based on Veterans and Families of the 1885 Resistance, 2009, and The People of the Métis Nation and/or Dictionary of Métis Biography by Lawrence Barkwell Compiled By Darcy John Bouchard. Li Exŏuīle © 12/2012 1 For a complete list of First Nations participants refer to Barkwell, "Gabriel Dumont's Allies"... In 1870 it had taken the Canadian army three months to get to Manitoba... but, by 1885, the CPR had reached into the plains - within ten days, the first troops had arrived, and within the month more than 5000 soldiers were in place. The army of invasion, NWMP, and the militia were under General Frederick Middleton. Within months all resistance to foreign rule had been obliterated. The Natives had been pacified and their leaders were captured and imprisoned. The Occupation of the Stolen South Branch lands had commenced immediately following the Fall of Batoché. Continued conflict resulted in an Indian War initiated by the NWMP against the Plains and Woodland Cree and Assiniboine of the North-West Territories. The Patriots were labeled Rebels; the defense of their homes, a Rebellion; the imprisonment of their heroes, and hanging of Riel, called justice. The Dominion of Canada hade come into existence! The land was cut up into squares and flooded with immigrants. The Métis and First Nations were classified and treated as second-class citizens, and their offspring's future was stolen by the generations and given to the foreign-born who had brought with them their language and culture - whilest Native Traditions were outlawed. li Exovede & Métis Names List Names (age in 1885) - biographical notes, if any Alphabetically arranged A Acanmachini (The Rock Used To File Bones) - One Arrow Band - one of the bravest warriors at li Coulée des Tourond's Adams, Charles (47) Alexander, Josie - Lt-Col. Otter's NWMP scouts, dispatch riders and interpreters Allard, Antoine (36) Amyotte, Arthur (27) - signed the 6 August 1880 petition for a Métis Reserve in Montana - sent by Louis Riel to General Nelson A. Miles Anderson, Caleb (25) - he, his son Jean-Baptiste, and his brother Jean-Baptiste, were active in the Resistance Anderson, Charles (23) Arcand, Alexandré "La Biché" (47) Arcand, François Regis (42) Arcand, Jean-Baptiste Sr. (45) - at Duck Lake with Dumont Arcand, (Jean)-Baptiste (15) - Métis Child-Soldier - on Philippe Garnot's List he is mistakenly shown as the son of Jean-Baptiste père, who was in fact his uncle Arcand, Jean Napoleon (~18) Arcand, Joseph (52) - he was plunged in misfortune at the time of the Invasion with the loss of two children and took no part in any fight, but was sent to guard prisoner's in Poundmaker's camp, where his conduct was kind and considerate - tried for treason-felony and sentenced to a jail term of one year on 14 August 1885 Armstrong, Robert - on May 15th, Riel surrendered him unto three scouts: Robert Armstrong, William Diehl, and Tom Hourie... Atkinson, Philip - dispatch rider at Battleford Atim-wah-you (Pierced Sky or Dog Tail) - headman of One Arrow Band - sentenced to two years in jail Ayimisis (Little Bad Man) - son of Mistahi-maskwa (Big Bear) - Ayimisis and the war- chief Kapapamahchakwew (Wandering Spirit) killed nine white men, including two Oblate priests, at Frog Lake in an incident that became known as the Frog Lake Massacre B Badger, William (65) Pte. Ballenden (Ballendine), Adam (21) - treaty Indian - Battleford Home Guards No. 1 Co. - both he and his mother were members of Peter Bell's Band at La Pas... both withdrew from treaty in Battleford, 1886 Ballendine, Frederick Samuel (57) Pte. Ballenden (Ballendine), Peter (49) - father-in-law HBC Factor William Rowland - he entered HBC service in 1859 and worked at Cumberland House, Fort Carlton, and Fort Pitt - he ran Battleford post in the 1870s - a free trader - interpreted Treaty Six at Fort Carlton in 1876 and Battleford in 1878 (when Chief Mosquito signed) - he was a scout for Col. Otter - Battleford Home Guards No. 2 Co. Pte. Ballenden (Ballendine), Samuel (51) - worked for the HBC at Fort Carlton and Fort Edmonton and for the Palliser Expedition between 1857-59 - farming instructor at Sweet Grass Reserve before 1885 - Crozier's messenger to Big Bear and Lucky Man - Battleford Home Guards No. 2 Co. Barbeau, Jean-Baptiste Batoché - see Letendré Capt. Bélanger , Abraham1 père (36) Bélanger , Bernard (20) Bélanger , John (32) Bélanger, Joseph (14)2 - Métis Child-Soldier Bélanger , Norbert (25) Beaugrand dit Champagne - see Champagne Belgarde, Pierre (26) Big Bear - see Mistahi-maskwa (Gros Ours) 1 (Called Antoine in some documents...) 2 Barkwell has Joseph Bélanger (14) listed as a Resistance Activist in Families of the 1885 Resistance, 2009 - and his spouse is listed as Elise Villebrun (age 6 in 1885). This is obviously wrong - they may have married later but there is no way that they were married so young. As the eldest son, he may or may not have accompanied his father to meetings and other armed gatherings, and could plausibly have participated in the Resistance alongside his father, Capt. Abraham Bélanger père, but it is doubtful. Cf. child-soldier Alexander Flammand (age 7) , who accompanied his father Maxime Flammand (23) from Boggy Creek, near Regina (SK), northwest to support the Métis Freedom Fighters at Batoché... or the child-soldiers Isidore Lafond (12) and Isidore Ledoux (12). Bird, Charles George Sr. (45) - a Prince Albert Métis leader who corresponded with Riel in Mach 1885 that he - along with Alexander McKay - agreed with grievances but would not resort to arms Bird, James (37) - a dispatch rider between Battleford and Fort Pitt on the Canadian side Birston (Burston), Magnus Bernard (57) - appointed tot he Council of Assiniboia on 6 August 1868 and St-Paul delegate to the Convention of Forty - he worked for Hillyard Mitchell and was left in charge of his store at Duck Lake before the battle - he may have looted the store and burnt down Mitchell's house - he was the only other Métis besides Riel to be tried for treason-felony and appeared before Judge Richardson on Monday, 26 October 1885 Blondin, Edward Pierre (~26) - Frog Lake Massacre Boucher, ("Old Boss") Charles Eugene, MLA (21) - assistant secretary to the Council of the Provisional Government in 1885 - left in charge of François-Xavier's Batoché store in 1884 when he fled to his trading post in the Carrot River region to avoid the rumoured war - he became an elected MLA for the Batoché district in 1892 - and was re-elected in 1984 Boucher, François père (61) - Carlton/Muskeg Lake vicinity Boucher, François fils (16) - Métis Child-Soldier Capt. Boucher, Jean-Baptiste père (47) - a member of Riel's 16 man Exovedate Council at Batoché - moved to Fort Assiniboine, Montana after the Occupation Boucher, Jean-Baptiste fils (24) Boucher, Solomon (23) - signed a 19 November 1883 petition protesting the 1883 Order in Council transferring Métis lands at St-Louis to the Prince Albert Colonization company - fought the Canadians at li Coulée des Tourond's and Batoché - one of a group of seven men fighting as a dizaine on the last day of battle at Batoché Boucher (Busha, Bushie) William Pierre Bourassa, Alexandré (22) Bourassa, Louis (39) Bourassa, Modeste (~23) Pte. Bourke, William (22) - 90th Rifles Battalion and fought against his cousins - served six years with the 13th Field Battery Militia - patented land in St-François-Xavier in October 1885 and served on the Municipal Council - Reeve of the Municipality of Assiniboia, as well as secretary-treasurer of the School Board - Alderman and Mayor of Brandon, Manitoba Bousquet, Baptiste (19) Bousquet, Cyrille (31) Bousquet, Louis (36) Boyer, Alexandré (19) Boyer, François Côté (33) - wounded at Coulée des Tourond's on April 24th - died 3 days later Boyer, Gregoire (19) - died after the fighting at Batoché, on May 25th Boyer, Isidore (56) - died during the last day of fighting at Batoché - buried in a mass grave at Batoché Boyer, Jean-Baptiste (40) - fled to Qu'Appelle after the Battle of Duck Lake - his store at St-Laurent was used as a prison for Riel's hostages - he returned to his business after 1885 Boyer, Magloire (23) Boyer, Napoleon (27) - he and Charles Nolin came under suspicion and the Exovedate had them arrested Boyer, Raphael1 - listed be Garnot as a Resistance Activist Capt. Boyer, William (45) - he and Charles Nolin came under suspicion of their loyalty and the Exovedate had them arrested Ernestine (née Breland) Tourond (22) - wife of Elzéar Tourond (27) Breland, Gilbert (47) - scout who warned the Métis at Coulée des Tourond's that Middleton's troops were approaching - he was also active at Batoché Breland, Josué (30) Bremner, Alexandré (48) Bremner, Alexandré (28) Bremner, Charles (45) - Anglo store-owner/trader falsely accused of rebellion activities and robbed by Gen. Middleton - the scandal ruined Middleton - he returned to England Bremner, Joseph (24) Bremner, Moïse (23) Bremner, William père (61) Bremner, William fils (26) Bruce, William (24) Brunelle, Eugene - Battleford Rifles Cst. Burke, Patrick "Paddy" - NWMP trumpeter - killed at Cut Knife Hill C Captola or Blue Beaver aka Chapitolata - a Dakota Sioux warrior - possibly, adopted son of White Cap - killed in battle at li Coulée des Tourond's - buried at Batoché Caplette, Louis (28) Cardinal, Alexandré "Petit Loup" (45) - he was mainly assigned to guard duties - he was shot in the hand during a buffalo hunt in 1871 - he had a broken shoulder-blade resulting from a fall form a horse, otherwise he would have been obliged to fight..
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