Background
She could speak English, French, Cree and Michif and in 1871 was sent to Île-à-la-Crosse where her father Jean-Louis Riel was born.
She could speak English, French, Cree and Michif and in 1871 was sent to Île-à-la-Crosse where her father Jean-Louis Riel was born.
She served in the school and the hospital of the mission until her death of tuberculosis December 27, 1883. She took the name Sister Marguerite-Marie in 1872 and is buried under that name at the cemetery in Île-à-la-Crosse. Her headstone in French reads: Ici Repose Rév.
Soeur Marguerite Marie (Riel) Decédée 27 Decembre, 1883, Agée 34 ans, Rest in Peace
The large group camped on a small wooded island north of Patuanak until the crisis was over and returned to Île-à-la-Crosse on May 29.