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Caption: Gabriel Dumont, military commander of the Métis during 1885

Gabriel Dumont (1837-1906) was a brilliant tactician. Historians generally concede that had Dumont fully controlled Métis operations in 1885, the Canadian volunteers would have faced a much tougher campaign. This photograph probbably dates from Dumont's time travelling with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show after the Rebellion. (National Archive of Canada, PA-178147)