Did Gabriel Dumont metis leader eat his own shoe to get out of the death penalty?

In my searching, I have found no reference to him being charged with a killing or up for the death penalty – let alone being challenged to eat his shoe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Dumont_(Métis_leader) the links on Fluther do not support the closing parentesis in Wiki links; but if you click this link, Wikipedia will suggest the correct page, at the bottom of which are further links related to Gabriel Dumont

The only information I found on someone who ate their shoe was Werner Herzog, the filmmaker.