My dear Marguerite,
I am writing to you in the early morning. It is around one o’clock. Today is the 16th, a very important day.
I am sending you my regards. I will guide you according to the kindness by which you have known me. Take good care of your little children. Your children belong more to God than to you. Try to give them the most religiously correct care. Have them pray for me.
Write often to your Good Father. Tell him that I will not forget him for a single day. May he take courage. Life appears sad, at times, but in the times where it seems sadder to us. It is sometimes the same one that is more pleasing to God.
Louis “David” Riel. Your husband who loves you in our Lord
I am writing a word of kindness in the name of God to my little, little Jean;
a word of kindness, of tenderness to my little, little Marie-Angélique.
Have courage. I bless you.
Your Father,
Louis “David” Riel
