oct 11, 1869 - Surveyors sent to Manitoba — Riel stands on chain — Surveyors withdraw

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October 11 1869, a survey party led by Captain Adam Webb began to survey the property of André Nault, a Métis farmer. Nault protested the intrusion and called his cousin Louis Riel. Backed by more than a dozen Métis, Riel stood on the surveying chain demanding that Webb and his men stop. The surveyors withdrew.

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