The groups you have listed that "held him in low esteem" are not exactly the class of society, today or then. In fact their opinions didn't really matter Most of the Metis were bastard children of natives and whites, the Catholic church was then as it is now abusers and holders of wealth and power. The Liberals ...well just look at our current mess, Liberals have always been handing away our money and history in a charitable disguise. I will take Sir John ahead of any of those groups.