The only surviving example of his verse from that period is unusually morose, describing the wanderings of a misunderstood hero: 'In pain he consumes his days, a brim with bitterness.' He struck his masters as deeply faithful and scholarly, but a bit odd and reclusive. Observers described Riel's disposition at the seminary as somber or taciturn-even by the standards of an institution rarely known for its cheerfulness. Boniface found a generous patron willing to fund his education in Quebec. Riel proved himself a serious and gifted student, and Archbishop Tache of St.

Riel left home for the first time at age fourteen when he traveled to Montreal to study for the priesthood. His most striking feature were his deep-set brown eyes that often appeared intensely focused. His complexion was sallow, his eyes and hair brown. Although of seven-eighths white ancestry, Riel always described himself as a Metis (a person of mixed European and Aboriginal ancestry, who generally hunted buffalo and traded furs). Boniface, Red River Settlement (present day Winnipeg) on October 22 or 23, 1844. OL5429008W Page_number_confidence 89.94 Pages 350 Partner Internet Archive Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 21845 Republisher_date 20210127084628 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1832 Scandate 20210126203333 Scanner Scanningcenter sanfrancisco Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781770461307 Tts_version 4.Louis Riel, the puzzling Messianic figure of Canadian history, was born into a devout Catholic family in St. Urn:lcp:louisrielcomicst0000brow:epub:de95c74c-805e-4d23-a186-4755c035b982 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier louisrielcomicst0000brow Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7sp07w7p Invoice 11 Isbn 9781770461307ġ770461302 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Cyrillic Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.4811 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:35:30 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA1874211 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set IA Pre-Lending (Mark) External-identifier

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