![]() ![]() The only surviving example of his verse from that period is unusually morose, describing the wanderings of a misunderstood hero: "In pain he consumes his days, a brim with bitterness." He struck his masters as deeply faithful and scholarly, but a bit odd and reclusive. Observers described Riel's disposition at the seminary as somber or taciturn-even by the standards of an institution rarely known for its cheerfulness. Boniface found a generous patron willing to fund his education in Quebec. Riel proved himself a serious and gifted student, and Archbishop Tache of St. ![]() Riel left home for the first time at age fourteen when he traveled to Montreal to study for the priesthood. His most striking feature were his deep-set brown eyes that often appeared intensely focused. His complexion was sallow, his eyes and hair brown. Although of seven-eighths white ancestry, Riel always described himself as a Metis (a person of mixed European and Aboriginal ancestry, who generally hunted buffalo and traded furs). Boniface, Red River Settlement (present day Winnipeg) on October 22 or 23, 1844. Louis Riel, the puzzling Messianic figure of Canadian history, was born into a devout Catholic family in St. ![]()
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