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Gabriel Dumont
The best field commander of the resistance, who later rode in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Life story
- December 1837 · Red River, Manitoba
Born in the Red River Settlement - 1873 · Batoche, Saskatchewan
Elected president of the St. Laurent Métis community on the South Saskatchewan - March 26, 1885 · Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
Beat the Mounted Police at Duck Lake, the first engagement of the resistance - May 12, 1885 · Batoche
Fought the last stand at Batoche, then escaped to Montana - 1886 · United States
Toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West as a sharpshooter - May 19, 1906 · Batoche
Died at Batoche, where he had returned to farm