Eight o'clock in the morning, Regina time, 122 years ago today, Louis Riel was executed.
Lieutenant Governor Dewdney promptly sent John A. Macdonald a telegram reading "Hindrance carabine avenger," code for "hanged, buried as directed." In a follow-up letter, he acknowledged the "buried" part was not quite right, as Riel's family claimed his body for eventual burial in St Boniface, Manitoba.
