William McDougall proclaims on December 1 that…

William McDougall proclaims on December 1 that the Hudson's Bay Company is no longer in control of Rupert's Land, and that he is the new lieutenant-governor.

This proclamation will later prove problematic, as it effectively ends the authority of the Council, while failing to establish Canadian authority—unbeknownst to McDougall, the transfer had been postponed once news of the unrest reached Ottawa.

While much of the settlement is moving toward the Métis point of view, a passionately pro-Canadian minority is becoming more resistant.

It is loosely organized as the Canadian Party and led by Dr. John Christian Schultz and Charles Mair; Colonel Dennis and Major Charles Boulton also support it.