"Riel, our brother, is dead, victim of his devotion to the cause of the Métis of which he was leader, victim of fanatism and treason; of the fanatism of Sir John and of some other friends of his; of the treason of three of our own who, in order to keep their wallet, have sold their brother."
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Speech of 1885 about the hanging of Louis Riel, at the Champs de Mars of Montreal.
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