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against Riel’s provisional government by a Metis court marshal, an ad hoc tribunal used on the Prairies.  
 
He would be executed by firing squad the following day.  
 
Irish-born Scott had been living in Ontario where he was described as having “came of very decent people - but he himself seems to have been a violent and boisterous man”  
 
His death resulted in his martyrdom by the Orange Lodge Association of Canada. Most famously in Winnipeg the Orange Hall on Princess Street is named the Thomas Scott Memorial Orange Hall as discussed here: http://newwinnipeg.com/community/discussion/3075/1/in-god-is-my-trust/  
http://www.virtual.heritagewinnipeg.com/vignettes/vignettes_012W.htm  
 
For more on Scott: http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38817  
 
Note:  
In Brandon the Orange Lodge closed down a few years ago after over 130 years of existence.  
 
During WWII they operated the largest Dance Hall in Brandon at 351 – Fifth Street which was owned by the Shareholders of the Brandon Hall Association Limited.  
 
There was competition in the Dance Hall business with the main nightspots being the Esquire, and the Orange Hall.  
 
As was the Norm of the day, these Dances would have been Dry. Most of its members have passed on.  
 
Daly House Museum has acquired over 100 years of Artefacts accumulated from over 126 Lodges in the area, which were stored in the basement of the Orange Hall that was located on 1203 Princess Avenue.