Pasina ruregerero, uye nemasoja eCanada achirova nekutyisidzira vatsigiri vake, Riel akatizira kunzvimbo yakachengeteka yeSt. Joseph's mission mhiri kwemuganhu weCanada-US muDakota Territory. Zvisinei, mhedzisiro yesarudzo yekutanga yematunhu muna Zvita 1870 yakanga ichivimbisa Riel, sezvo vazhinji vevatsigiri vake vakauya kuzotonga. Kunyange zvakadaro, kushushikana uye matambudziko emari zvakakonzera chirwere chakakomba - pamwe chiratidzo chekutambudzika kwake kwepfungwa mune ramangwana - izvo zvakamutadzisa kudzokera kuManitoba kusvika muna 1871. Kugadziriswa kwacho ikozvino kwakatarisana nekutyisidzira, kubva kumhiri kwemuganhu weFenian kurwiswa kwakarongedzwa nemubatsiri wake Bernard William O'Donald. Archibald Proudhue akaenderera mberi nekurova nekutyisidzira vatsigiri vake, Riel akatizira kunzvimbo yakachengeteka yeSt. Joseph's mission mhiri kwemuganhu yeCanada mhiri kwemuganhu yeCanada muDakota Territory.
Adams George Archibald