Gabriel Dumont

Dumont was elected paramount hunt chief of the South Saskatchewan Métis, renowned for his superhuman wilderness tracking, physical bravery, and fair communal leadership. In 1884, he rode across Montana to recruit Louis Riel to lead their petition for land rights.

During the 1885 campaign, Dumont's guerrilla skirmishers inflicted sharp defeats on federal forces at Duck Lake and Fish Creek (Tourond's Coulee). Following the fall of Batoche, he escaped to the United States and toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show before returning to Batoche to live out his days.