Editing Poundmaker (section)

===Surrender, trial and death===
[[File:Poundmaker with woman.jpg|thumb|upright|Poundmaker and his wife]]
With the news of Riel's actions and defeat at Batoche, Poundmaker surrendered on May 26.

On the basis of a letter written by [[Louis Riel]] bearing his name, Poundmaker was convicted of [[treason]] in 1885 and sentenced to three years in [[Stony Mountain Penitentiary]]. He said to Riel, "You did not catch me, I gave myself up. I wanted peace."<ref>Stonechild, ''Readings in Canadian History'', Volume 2, 70</ref>

At his trial, he is reported to have said:
{{quote|Everything that is bad has been laid against me this summer, there is nothing of it true<ref>Canada, Sessional Papers, 1886, No. 52, 336</ref> ... Had I wanted war, I would not be here now. I should be on the prairie. You did not catch me. I gave myself up. You have got me because I wanted justice.<ref>{{cite web | author=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online | title=Poundmaker| year=2000 | url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5783| access-date=8 January 2007}}</ref>}}

Because of the power of his adopted father, [[Crowfoot]], Poundmaker's hair was not cut in prison, and he served only seven months. Nonetheless, his stay there devastated his health and led to his death (from a lung [[hemorrhage]]) in 1886, at the age of 44.<ref name="es-pdmkr"/>

He was buried at Blackfoot Crossing near [[Gleichen, Alberta]], but his remains were exhumed in 1967, and reburied on the Poundmaker Reserve, [[Saskatchewan]]. Pictures from the [[exhumation]] and reburial were donated to the Allen Sapp museum in [[North Battleford]].