| Honour Thy Father |
| Gabriel Couteau is hired by newcomer Peter Olsen to help build a cabin. |
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| "William Travis," Couteau whispers. |
| "You know him?" Olsen asks. |
| "I know his kind...all Metis know him...he works for |
| MacDonald." |
| Couteau picks up his rifle. |
| History lesson: John A. MacDonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada, (and was responsible |
| for creating the NWMP in 1873). The Canadian government bought a large parcel of land |
| from the Hudson Bay Company, but the Metis who lived on this land were angry and rebelled |
| against the government. They followed their new leader, Louis Riel into an uprising. 200 Metis |
| attacked 46 NWMP and 41 english volunteers. 12 mounties were killed and they were forced to |
| retreat.Following the battle of Batoche, Louis Riel surrendered and was charged with treason. |
| His trial lasted one hour. The all- english jury found him guilty and sentenced him to hang. |
| Sir John A. MacDonald was flooded with petitions from french Canadians, begging that Riel not |
| be hung.But MacDonald wanted rid of his rival, and the sentence was carried out. |
| Louis Riel's death caused an outburst of hatred between french and english Canada, which even |
| today, has weakened Canadian unity. |
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| Willie and Karl (Peter Olsen's son), are hauling logs for |
| the cabin. As Karl starts to walk towards the Olsen's cabin |
| they hear a gunshot. Karl is further up the trail then Willie |
| and gets to the cabin first. |
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| He see's his father holding an axe, Gabriel |
| Couteau and a stranger are on the ground. |
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| Peter and the boys load Couteau onto the wagon and rush him to Marie's for help. |
| As they arrive in Bordertown, Jack is sitting |
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| Olsen tells the lawmen that Couteau appeared to |
| know the stranger, and shot him for no reason. |
| Not knowing what to do, Olsen hit Couteau |
| over the head with his axe. |
| Jack seems to be skeptical, until Karl says he saw the whole thing and his father is telling the |
| truth. But Willie admits he was further down the trail and didn't see anything. |
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| Clive and Jack head out to the farm to have a look. |
| on the porch, writing! |
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| Clive inspects the rifle, "One bullet fired." |
| Jack rolls the dead man over, "One bullet found." |
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| They return to town and while Clive questions |
| Couteau, Jack observes as Liam makes a |
| sketch of the victim. |
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| Jack looks at the drawing, then tells Liam, "When |
| ya see the corporal tell 'im I'm off ta Benton." |
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| Upon his return Jack tells his partner, |
| "His name is Bill Travis, he's wanted fer |
| fraud and land swindling...people he stole |
| from were Metis...Couteau's people. I'm |
| gonna have ta arrest 'im." |
| But when the lawmen arrive at Marie's, Couteau is gone. |
| While Jack is convinced of Couteau's guilt, Clive thinks he'll |
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| take another look around the farm. Jack decides he'll keep |
| looking for the halfbreed. |
| Meanwhile, Willie is doing some investigating |
| himself. He determines that Karl could not |
| have seen what happened from where he was |
| back to town. |
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| standing. He confronts his friend and then heads |
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| Jack finds Gabriel unconcious, and takes him |
| back to Marie's. |
| Willie runs into the mountie on the trail back to town and tells him what he knows. |
| The Olsen's make a run for it...with Clive on their heels. |
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| Clive and Jack go on the hunt. |
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| He soon catches up to them, and order's Peter Olsen to |
| drop his weapon. But Karl sneaks up behind Clive and |
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| is ordered by his father to shoot the mountie. |
| The corporal gives him 'the look' and Karl |
| lowers his rifle. |
| Clive arrests Peter Olsen for the murder of Bill Travis. Olsen explains that Travis was after him |
| because he had stolen money from him. |
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| Jack is paying a visit to Couteau when he decides to cut some |
| flowers for Marie...from her own garden! |
| He makes light of the situation as he tells Couteau |
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| he "looks a might better." |
| Getting no response from the Metis, Jack finally |
| apologizes "fer jumpin' the gun on ya." |
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| Gabriel whispers something to the doctor. She tells |
| the marshal, "He says his temperature is 101, and he |
| thanks you for the flowers." |
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| "Oh these flowers ain't fer him Marie... |
| they're fer you." |
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| Clive tells him that his uncle will meet him on Tuesday in St. Paul's. |
| The episode ends with Karl waiting for the stage coach. |
| Their work is interrupted by a horse and rider. |