A nationalist group led by the doctor John Christian Schultz created the impetus for this event, despite the attempts of Adams Archibald to put forth a conciliatory plan.
Sources on this event include a journal by Joseph Hargrave and Alexander Begg, as well as the "Eight Letters" to the "Honorable Joseph Howe in Reply to an Official Pamphlet," in which Howe is accused of being its chief instigator. A nationalist group led by the doctor John Christian Schultz created the impetus for this event, despite the attempts of Adams Archibald to put forth a conciliatory plan. One of that group's members, Thomas Scott, was executed on trumped-up treason charges and violence continued until a supposed peace expedition under Garnet Wolseley was dispatched to Fort Garry. Also sparked by appointment of William McDougall as governor of Rupert's Land, its leader would reprise his role fifteen years later in the Northwest Rebellion.  For 10 points, name this rebellion led by Louis Riel and named for a region in Manitoba.
Sources on this event include a journal by Joseph Hargrave and Alexander Begg, as well as the "Eight Letters" to the "Honorable Joseph Howe in Reply to an Official Pamphlet," in which Howe is accused of being its chief instigator.
Red River Rebellion (or Red River Resistance)