The Canadian government scheduled the notoriously anti-French McDougall as the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories-designate on September 28, 1869, in vaticination of a formal transfer to take effect on December 1. This increased tensions among the Métis. In July 1869, the Metis suspicions had increased when McDougall ordered a survey of the settlement. Emerging as a leader, Louis Riel, who had been formally educated in European-style schools, denounced the survey in a speech delivered in late August from the steps of Saint Boniface Cathedral. His lifestyle was very variegated from those of buffalo-hunting Metis. When Riel returned to the west, it was unveiled that MacDonald fearing the United States was negotiating with HBC for the transfer Rupert’s land without consulting the Red River population and the Steering of Assiniboia. On October 11, 1869, Riel and other Métis disrupted the survey's work. On October 16 this group organized the "Métis National Committee" to represent Métis interests. Riel was elected secretary, John Bruce as president, and two representatives were elected from each parish.[8][9] …show more content…
One was led by Riel, while the other was led by a Metis named William Dease. Dease expressed the Metis values in his oppositions. For a long time, they were locked in a power struggle. The struggle was on a symbolic level, in while the two sides offered variegated perspectives on Metis unity. It wasn’t until Riel had defeated Dease for the leadership of the resistance and consolidated his support system within the French Metis polity that he felt strong unbearable to initiate the violate of October