as secretary of state by Germain, 148.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Kirke's vessel before Quebec, 188, 196.
Minutes of Executive Council, Correspondence, registers, indexes, etc., Serie E, 1837-40. Correspondence between Colonial Office and Governor-General of Canada, Serie G, 1830-1850....
An Ency., vol. 5; Buckingham, George Brown and the Globe in Canada: An Ency., vol. 5; Mackenzie, Hon. George Brown.
City of Ontario, on Burlington Bay, west end of Lake Ontario. Laid out and settled, 1813, by George Hamilton, from whom it takes its name. =Index=: (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks...
de= (1757-1834). Sailed for America in 1777, with a number of other French officers, and appointed by Congress a major-general. Met Washington at Philadelphia, and a close friendsh...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Wolfe occupies, 189; set on fire by Canadians, 193.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Accompanies captured British officers to Quebec, 90.
parentage, 29; enters army, 29; lieutenant-colonel, 30; Wolfe's friendship for, 30; military preceptor to Duke of Richmond, 30; Wolfe secures him for quartermaster of Quebec expedi...
A large tribe, of Iroquois stock, inhabiting in the seventeenth century the country between Lake Erie and the Ohio. After a long war, the Eries were practically wiped out by the Ir...
Rochefort in 1757, and at Quebec in 1759, being at Wolfe's side when he fell. Entered Parliament, 1761, and a member until 1790. In 1763-1764 adjutant-general and governor of Stirl...
(General Brock era) Younger brother of Brock, 15; gallant conduct of at Egmont-op-Zee, 17-19; his resemblance to his brother Isaac, 18; with Sir John Moore in Spain, 123; affected...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Head of Company formed by Montmorency, 131, 132; difficulties with the old Company, 133 et seq.; returns to France, 136; comes out to Canada, and returns...
Lanark, 1836. A persistent opponent of the Family Compact. Appointed inspector of revenue, under Bagot. Held various offices in the La Fontaine-Baldwin and Hincks administrations....
traders in north-western America. Born in New Jersey. Entered the fur trade as a young man, 1760, or perhaps earlier. His Travels and Adventures open in that year and describe his...
Born at Bordeaux, Jan. 30, 1703; son of Louis-Amable Bigot. Through his influence at court, obtained several lucrative offices in New France, which he turned to his own personal ad...
Brunswick in 1786; called to the bar; and elected to the House of Assembly for the county of York. Appointed to the bench in 1816; became a member of the king's Council; and in 182...
Okehampton in Parliament, 1820-1826, and Perthshire, 1832. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Offers to go to Canada as governor-general, 58. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
One of the tribes of the Iroquois confederacy. Parkman gives four forms of the name: Cayugas, Caiyoquos, Goiogoens, Gweugwehonoh. Their fighting strength is given in the Relation o...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Abuses in, 212.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Huron chief, 103.
and served with distinction upon the British side in the Revolutionary War. In command at Detroit, and also at Michilimackinac. Retired to Dumfries, Scotland, where he enjoyed the...
Intendant of New France, 1726-1728. Although a man of some ability, was extremely pretentious and self-opinionated, and became involved in constant quarrels with the governor and t...
(Bishop Laval era) Her labours in the hospital at Montreal, 91.
On Dease Lake. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Built by Robert Campbell in 1838, 123-124; burned by natives, 124.
Represented Saguenay in Assembly, 1844-1854; appointed to Legislative Council, 1856. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Votes against secularization of Clergy Reserves, 164.