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to occupy the fort, increasing the harassment on the Métis and ultimately intensifying the feelings and assaults between the Métis and militia. It was at this time that two others, a Métis and Irish-American, were killed in an act of revenge for the killing of Thomas Scott. Many Métis believed this response effectively sanctioned violence against their community. His 17-year-old daughter
Laurette Goulet was also subject to violence, having been raped by Red River Expeditionary Force (RREF) members, later dying from injuries she sustained in the attack. These deaths were also never prosecuted, again, for fear of uprising.
276:, all the while being pursued by three men, two of whom were uniformed members of the Wolseley expedition. His pursuers threw rocks at him, one of which struck him in the head and brought about his death by drowning. The time of Goulet's death came within months of the Wolseley expedition at Red River, in which military forces, under the command of Garnet Wolseley, were sent to Manitoba after the Hudson's Bay Company transferred its land to the Canadian government in 1870. The drowning also took place 11 days after
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157:, and had connections to the church and government. The Ottawa government gave the title of The Honourable Roger Goulet, which allowed him to negotiate with Riel and Métis leaders about the land claims that were being disputed at the time of the barricade at La Barrière. It was because of the social standing of Roger that persuaded Riel to promote Elzéar to the military rank of captain in Riel's provisional government, where he served under the control of
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who was accused of treason, as he was a supporter of the
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on 13 September 1870, after walking into Bob and Hugh O'Llone's saloon, two
American brothers, who owned the Red Saloon. The Red Saloon was a popular spot for those that had been members of the provisional government, the O'Lone's had been members themselves. However, after Col.
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of Red River. The aim of the letter was to demand that the Métis deserve the rights to hunt furs in the Hudson Bay
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held posts in the government. Elzear's other brother, Leonide Goulet, was a member of the 49th
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It was through this friendship that Goulet met Rolette's niece, Hélène Jérôme, whom he would marry on March 8, 1859, in Assumption Church, at
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