The Metis
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were partly french and partly indian. Their leader was called
Louis riel. Following the Union of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North
West Company in 1821, trading had been reorganized in order to reduce
expenses. Since there was no longer competition in the fur trade, it was
unnecessary to ha ....
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.... After a while Canada bought Rupertsland from Hudson Bay Company. When the
Metis heard this they were alarmed. They feared their religion,their
language, their lands and their old, free way of* life. They had known for
some time that Canada was busy constructing a colonists highway from Lake
Superior to the Red River. The situation became tense surveyors were sent
into the flow of settlers, and it was considered a wise move to have the
surveying well under way before settlement began in earne ....
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