(Sir James Douglas era) Settled in 1846, 27; occupation of the Columbia by the Astorians made basis of United States claims, 72; Oregon Treaty, 1846, 114; fundamental elements of d...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Wife of Louis Hebert, 112, 146.
(Count Frontenac era) Local representatives without votes, provided for in first council, 37.
(Tilley era) Anti-Confederate candidate in St. John County, New Brunswick, 108, 109.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Convention of, 440; attack on Prescott, 442.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) In battle of Ste. Foy, 263.
of Prince Edward Island, 1838. Elected to the Assembly, 1846. Occupied offices in several successive administrations. Drafted the "No Terms Resolution" of the Assembly in connectio...
Represented Lord Selkirk's interests as governor of the Red River Settlement. Had been for some years in the employment of the Hudson's Bay Company. Left the Red River Settlement,...
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Sheriff of the home district, Upper Canada, 133; Selkirk puts him in charge of the Baldoon Settlement, near Lake St. Clair, Upper Canada, 133.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Ship in which Wolfe sailed for Quebec, 75.
Hampshire, England. Educated at Harrow, Edinburgh, and Cambridge. First entered Parliament, 1807; lord of the admiralty, 1808; secretary of war, 1809-1828; foreign secretary, 1830-...
Rhodes suggests scheme of Imperial preferential trade to, 343.
(Wilmot era) Grandfather of Sir L. Tilley, 3. (Tilley era) Member of Assembly, 4.
On the St. Lawrence, north bank. (Count Frontenac era) Band of Iroquois surprised and destroyed at, 308.
Friedrich Adolph Riedesel; born in Bradenburg, Germany. Educated in Berlin. In 1777 accompanied her husband to Canada and was with him through the Burgoyne campaign, acting as nurs...
(Lord Dorchester era) Arnold's attack on barrier repulsed, 129.
A tribe of the Iroquois family, dwelling chiefly in North Carolina. In 1722 they were adopted into the league of the Iroquois in New York, forming the sixth nation. There are now a...
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Aids Mackenzie's escape, 383.
(Wilmot era) Born, 1708, son of Thomas Wilmot, 3.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Barrack-master, 47.
(Lord Dorchester era) Hanged for treason, 301.
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Legislation under Sydenham, 100-105; bill passed, 105; Baldwin Act of 1849, 105; regulation of, 287, 292; Law Journal on the bill, 296; Shortt...
(General Brock era) Niece of Sir Isaac Brock, 133.
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) The question used as a test of provincial power, 61-62; rights of Roman Catholics safeguarded, 1871, 71; overthrown by Legislature, 72; judgment of pro...
Capital of the province of Manitoba. Founded about 1862. In the summer of that year "the first attempt was made to establish a place of business on the highway at the spot where th...
interests himself in their welfare, 245; his report on their condition, 246. =Bib.=: Biard, Relation, 1616; Rand, Micmac Dictionary; Hodge, Handbook of American Indians.
Benoit de Paris. Obtained a lieutenancy in the Lignieres Regiment; took service under De Tracy, 1664, and came to Canada the following year. Granted the seigniory of Lavaltrie in 1...
St. Sulpice College, Montreal, and called to the bar of Lower Canada. Sat in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, 1834-1838, and in the Legislative Assembly of Canada, 1843-18...