A karshen watan Agusta, Riel ya yi watsi da binciken a cikin jawabi, kuma a ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 1869, wani rukuni na Métis wanda ya hada da Riel ya rushe aikin binciken. Wannan rukuni ya shirya kansa a matsayin "Métis National Committee" a ranar 16 ga Oktoba, tare da Riel a matsayin sakatare kuma John Bruce a matsayin shugaban. Lokacin da majalisar Assiniboia ta Assiniboia ta HBC ta kira shi don bayyana ayyukansa, Riel ya bayyana cewa duk wani yunƙurin Kanada don karɓar iko zai yi hamayya sai dai idan Ottawa ya fara tattaunawa da Métis. Duk da haka, an nada McDougall wanda ba shi da bilingual a matsayin mataimakin gwamnan, kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya shiga ƙauyen a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba.
John Kirista Schultz