hey all thought that he was a father of confederation, and that he did not deserve to be executed in the end. He was called a martyr because he was someone who died for a cause. The Canadian Government and those who were against the Mtis People and Louis Riel thought the exact opposite. They thought that he was a murderer for having Thomas Scott shot and killed. They called him a madman, a brilliant lunatic, a villain, a misguided visionary and a criminal. Those people who called him those names were also racist towards the Mtis and aboriginal people. So most of those names that they called Sir Louis Riel were untrue from the beginning anyway. I think that Louis Riel should not have been hung because he represented those who were not capable of representing themselves in the right way. Louis Riel was disappointed with the way his Mtis people were, so he took it upon himself to help them out the best way he could. I think that he did a pretty good job, regarding the fact that the opposing side seemed so much stronger, and much more powerful then the Mtis people and Louis Riel. I think that the Mtis people had better ways of life and better thinking and traditions then the Canadian Government that immigrated to Canada. I also think that the Aboriginal and the Mtis people were too nice to the English Immigrants and that they should have laid down some more laws and have been more aggressive about who’s boss. When Louis Riel was executed by hanging he wrote in his diary that he was keeping on the day he was hung, these words:I have devoted my life to my country. If it is necessary for the happiness of my country that I should now cease to live. I leave it to the Providence of my God. Louis Riel(From the Yellow Booklet of Louis Riel Essay Material)The statement on his execution was this:For assisting to alleviate the wrongs of my countrymen I am to be… but I will not say it. For having done all I could to better the...
