Religious opinions are not really a matter of sanity or insanity. Most religious belief is the result of childhood indoctrination, and it is perfectly understandable that children learn from their...
The best brief description of Louis Riel is "clever but unbalanced." Riel's sanity during the so-called Red River Rebellion (the formation of the provisional government in 1868-70) is questionable....
He was functional and displayed no evidence of decreased mental faculties or of mental illness or irrational behavior. He was not a fiend or bloodthirsty ghoul. Most southerners who knew him well...