(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Uncle of Sir Frederick Haldimand, 2, 4. the spot by Richard Short]
(Samuel de Champlain era) Brings out settlers, 252.
Indians crosses Montmorency, and attacks English, 112, 113. =Bib.=: Morice, Dict. des Canadiens de l'Ouest.
Entered Parliament, 1832; chief secretary for Ireland, 1846; and secretary for war and the colonies, 1852-1854; secretary for war in 1854-1855; colonial secretary, 1859-1864; visit...
Born in Ireland. Emigrated to Canada, and settled in York (Toronto) in 1820. Member for the county of Middlesex in the two last Parliaments of the province of Upper Canada. Member...
(Lord Dorchester era) Commanded by Colonel Simcoe, 202. (John Graves Simcoe era) Raising of, 22; Simcoe obtains command of, 22; disperse large body of rebel militia, 26-29; ordered...
(Count Frontenac era) Of Albany, carries goods to Lake Indians, 201.
(General Brock era) Home of the Brock family, 3-5.
Fur Company, organized by John Jacob Astor, and sailed from New York for the mouth of the Columbia, 1810. Returned overland, reaching Montreal in September, 1814. Continuing in the...
Represented Levis in the House of Commons, 1874-1878. Chiefly known as a poet. Two of his poems were crowned by the French Academy, 1880, and he was granted the first Montyon prize...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Mackenzie's newspaper, first published May 12, 1838, 433; last issue, 461. =Bib.=: Dent, Upper Canadian Rebellion.
(Lord Dorchester era) Presentment of, 14; protested against by Murray, 15.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Haldimand's secretary, 108, 110, 112; in charge of Louis Haldimand, at Boston, 294.
quoted, 84. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.
A river of the state of Maine, rising in Moosehead Lake; about 200 miles long. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Arnold's march up, 107.
A Survey of Lake Ontario, done by N. Laforce of the Naval Department and Lewis Kotte, Assistant Engineer, the North Shore in 1783 and the east and south Shores in 1789. MS.
(Bishop Laval era) Settlement of Christian Indians at, 74. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) British abandon their position at, 249.
(Bishop Laval era) Algonquian chief, joins Dollard at Long Sault, 69.
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Associated with Pangman and others in opposition to McTavish, 10, 11; returns to North West Company, 15; his character, 15, 17; causes death of...
Village on Canadian side of Niagara River. =Index=: (General Brock era) In 1803 an important village, 58. =Bib.=: Lovell, Gazetteer of Canada.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Killed at Laprairie, 232.
Parliament for Tamworth, 1768. In 1770 appointed solicitor-general, and in 1771 attorney-general. In 1774 supported on constitutional grounds the ministerial scheme for the governm...
Rensselaer of Albany, New York; for some time employed as a clerk in the post office, Albany. In November, 1837, while on a trip through the west for the Albany Daily Advertiser, c...
On Mohawk River, near Lake Oneida. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Unsuccessful attack on, 173. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Abandonment of by rebels, 151.
Governor-general of Canada, 1835-1838. =Index=: (Louis Joseph Papineau era) His mission of conciliation to French-Canadians, 110; hostility of Papineau, 110; replaces Aylmer in 183...
Canada, 1853. Settled in Montreal, and engaged in his trade of cabinet-making. Afterwards connected with the staff of the Witness. Author of a number of dramas, the most remarkable...
action in summoning "three estates," 67; anti-clerical tendencies, 73; Madame Maintenon's opinion of, 74; advice to Courcelles in relation to ecclesiastical power, 115; asks for pa...
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Demands disallowance of New Brunswick Act abolishing separate schools, 73.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Sides with the Kirkes, 194; his character bad, 204.
To settle finally the plan on which the Confederation of the provinces was to be carried out, the delegates from Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia met in the Westminster Palace...