(Samuel de Champlain era) His papers on Champlain's astrolabe, 76.
Took place on June 5, 1813, when the American troops, under Generals Chandler and Minder, were defeated by the British forces under Colonel (afterwards General) Harvey. The defeat...
made a failure of his business as a bookseller in Quebec, went to France, and died there in poverty. One of the founders of the Institut Canadien of Quebec; and contributed for som...
264. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.
Saunders (q.v.) before Quebec, 1759; commander-in-chief in West Indies, 1760-1761. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) In command of second British fleet, 75; commands ships above Queb...
26. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
Negotiates treaty with Great Britain, 283, 286. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Town mayor of Quebec, strikes insubordinate officers, 230; protests against order to propose capitulation, 230, 231; goes to British camp with articles of ca...
in Canada in 1683; spent some time at Quebec, and also travelled extensively in the West. Embodied the result of his Canadian experiences in a volume of travels, which, especially...
(John Graves Simcoe era) White settler among Grand River Indians, murdered by Isaac Brant, 191.
1773. Espoused the royal cause in the Revolution; in 1777 a lieutenant in the Loyal Virginians, and in 1782 a captain in the Queen's Rangers. In 1783 came to St. John, New Brunswic...
A tribe of Algonquian stock. Occupied the Saguenay country in 1608, when Champlain visited Tadoussac, and acted as intermediaries between the French and the tribes of the far north...
(Count Frontenac era) Subjection of, to royal power, 152.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) At Sillery, directs artillery fire on enemy on opposite shore, 161.
(Count Frontenac era) Fort built at falls of, 329.
(Egerton Ryerson era) On staff of Ontario Normal School, 174.
Took place in November, 1861, when Captain C. Wilkes of the United States navy intercepted the British mail steamer Trent sailing from Havana, and arrested two commissioners from t...
Quoted, 4, 9; his description of conduct of Perrot, governor of Montreal, 96, 97. (Samuel de Champlain era) Error in history of, 207. =Bib.=: Works: Vie de Mme. d'Youville; Vie de...
service of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1813. Left the service, 1823, but continued to reside in the Red River Settlement. Appointed one of the judges of the Court of Petty Sessions,...
(Joseph Howe era) Member of first Nova Scotia government after Confederation, 198.
letter to, 166. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
governor, 235. (Count Frontenac era) Acts as chief of staff to Governor Denonville, 209; acting governor of Montreal, 225; surprises and destroys band of Indians at Repentigny, 308...
(Lord Dorchester era) Commanded by Beverley Robinson, 202. (Wilmot era) Commanded by Beverley Robinson, 3; Lemuel Wilmot a captain in, 3.
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Macdonald studies law in his office, 4; death of, 9.
In England. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Poulett Thomson elected for, 31; his free trade views find support in, 36; great dinner to Thomson in, 37.
Recollet province of St. Anthony. In 1675 came to Canada; in 1679 a member of La Salle's expedition to the West; and in 1682 accompanied La Salle on his voyage down the Mississippi...
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Or Half-breeds, view with alarm the prospect of annexation of territories to Canada, 157; their complaints as to division of lands, 240; their sympathy w...
Strickland, and sister of Agnes Strickland and Katherine Parr Traill. In 1832 emigrated to Canada with her husband, John Wedderbar Dunbar Moodie, and settled in the forest near the...
emigrated to Canada, and practised medicine at Quebec. Edited the Vindicator, 1834. Elected to the Assembly of Lower Canada, 1836, as a supporter of Papineau. Having been involved...
See Oswegatchie.