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Roger Goulet Sr. (b. 1857)

Roger was born at St. Norbert in October of 1857. He was the son of Moïse Gouletand Marie Beauchamp. He married Josephine Venne, the daughter of Salomon Venne

and Josephte St. Arnaud. Roger and Josephte had four children born at Souris Plains and

Batoche.Children:

• Rosalina, born 1881.

• Marie, born April 30, 1882 near Brandon.

• Roger, born May 14, 1883 at Batoche.

• Theodore, born 1885 at Batoche.

Roger was nominally a member of Captain Jonas Moureau’s company, one of the 19

dizaines led by Gabriel Dumont during the 1885 Metis Resistance at Batoche. Dumont’saccount notes that on April 23 rd as they headed south to Tourond’s Coulee, when they

came to Roger Goulet’s farm, he had fled. Dumont then had two of his cows slaughtered

for food. In his testimony to the commission on Rebellion Losses at Prince Albert onApril 2, 1886 he states:

I was at Batoche on the 23rd of March 1885, I remember Riel going to the

Church and speaking to the people as follows: Go to Garnot’s house and take the prisoners and then go to Vennes for the two prisoners. Patrice Tourond said those

two at Venne’s house you must not kill. Riel asked him “What’s your name?” Patrice

said, “My name is Tourond.” And Riel replied “You are Tourond all round.” I knowthat Riel said that those who deserted would have their cattle killed. I escaped and

my cattle were taken by Riel and all my property and my house.

Edited and Compiled by Lawrence Barkwell

Coordinator of Metis Heritage and History Research

Louis Riel Institute