Endnotes

1. The source of these dates and chronology is Alexander Begg's Red River Journal, ed. W.L. Morton, Toronto: Champlain Society, 1956. Morton observed that, when Begg's information can be checked against other souces, he is seen to be very accurate in his information.

2. Begg listed the names of the French and English delegates on pages 165-166.

3. Begg: 193.

4. Begg; proclamation is printed on pages: 193-5.

5. Frank Walters, Pieces of the Past, published by the author, 1993: 4-6.

6. Begg: 309.

7. Begg: 308-9.

8. Begg: 314.

9. Begg: 318.

10. Begg: 319.

11. Library and Archives Canada. Canadian Confederation: Provinces and Territories. 14 Dec. 2001. 15 Sep. 2004 <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/h18-2170-e.html>.

12. Ross, David, and Grant Tyler, Canadian Campaigns, 1860-70. London, England: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1992. p. 37-38.

13. Winnipeg Daily Sun, June 18, 1883; in Riel: Collected Writings, ed. G.F.G. Stanley, v. 2, Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 413-421.

14. Begg: 310.

15. Major C.A. Boulton, I Fought Riel: A Military Memoir, ed. Heather Robertson, Toronto: Lorimer & Company, 1985: 37-38.