BATOCHE ISBN: 0-919926-91-6 Coteau Books BATOCHE by Kim Morrissey Includes archival photographs and maps Cover photograph by Gary Robbins

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Louis Riel's Address to the Jury
(a found poem)

Your Honours

Gentlemen of the Jury:

I cannot speak
English well, but am trying
because most      here
speak English

When I came to the North West
I found the Indians suffering
I found the half-breeds
eating the rotten pork
of the Hudson Bay Company

and the whites
deprived

And so:

We have made petitions      I
have made petitions
We have taken time; we have tried
And I have done my duty.

My words are
worth something.

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Teacher's note: from Batoche, Page 55. Facing page 54 contains the photograph of Riel addressing the jury at the end of his trial.

found poetry
source: transcript of Riel trial
study notes
Comparative Themes

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