“I’m thinking we should send out two men with a white flag to talk to the mounties. that’ll provide a distraction this line of trees well surround them” page 154
The reason i picked this quote is because i thought it was important to see how Louis Riel’s rebellion planned attacks on the canadian government.
“Why thats terrible wire them back tell them that were sending out at least 2,000 canadian troops by train” page 162
This was spoken by the prime minister John A Macdonald as he hears the news about the attacks that the rebellion did to canadian mounties. I believe this quote is important because the 2,000 canadian soldiers that John A Macdonald would send would affect Louis Riel and the rebellion quite a lot.
“Those are indian tactics. god doesn’t want us to use savagery” page 165
I thought that this quote was very interesting because as the reader we learn about how much the religious experience Louis Riel had in the mental asylum affects his decisions in how to lead his men in the rebellion.
“You encourage the men in your way, and ill do it in mine” page 189
I also picked this quote because i thought it was very interesting to see how Louis Riel changed over time. In the beginning Louis Riel was man who lead his people into battle and decisions in a very practical way. Now Louis Riel is making more peaceful decisions and his placing a lot of his decisions on faith.
“There is a hell, but it will not last forever, eventually every sinner will be reconciled with god, and everyone will live in heaven” page 192
I found this quote very interesting because of how the message was all very metaphorical and how Louis Riel looks at the world.
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