Gold Trails and Ghost Towns: Gabriel Dumont

Episode #812: Gabriel Dumont - Gabriel Dumont became known as the Napoleon of the prairies, though he never suffered the same fate as his friend Louis Riel. Gabriel Dumont (December 1837 – May 1906) was a Canadian political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements within the North-West Rebellion at the Battles of Batoche, Fish Creek, and Duck Lake as well as for his role in the signing of treaties with the Blackfoot tribe, the traditional main enemy of the Métis. Dumont was born to Isidore Dumont and Louise Laframboise in 1837 in Red River. Growing up Dumont had little in the way of education – he was illiterate but could speak seven languages.