Canadian History Dictionary Recollets
A branch of the Franciscan order. First came to Canada in
1615...
Quebek De
Hoofstad van Kanada; an de Rivier van St. Laurens; das de
Enge...
Gisborne Frederick Newton 1824-1892 Came To Canada From England In
1845. Joined the staff of the British North American Electric T...
Whelan Edward 1824-1867 Born In County Mayo Ireland Emigrated To
Nova Scotia, and employed in the office of the Nova Scotian, un...
Oriskany
(Lord Dorchester era) Battle of, Indians lose heavily in, 173.
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Secret Societies Bill
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Prepared and introduced by...
Seaton Sir John Colborne First Baron 1778-1863 Served In Holland
Egypt, and Italy. Commanded a brigade under Wellington, 1810-18...
Lovett John
(General Brock era) Secretary to General Van Rensselaer, letter...
Baranof Alexander Andrevitch 1747-1819 Governor Of Russian
America. Had been manager of a glass factory at Irkutsk, Siberi...
Agriculture
Societies for improving the conditions of agriculture
were fou...
Sedgewick Major Robert
(Count Frontenac era) Seizes Acadia by Cromwell's orders, 268.
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Boulduc
(Count Frontenac era) Prosecutor of Prevote, dismissed, 138.
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Mckee Colonel
(John Graves Simcoe era) Indian superintendent in the west, 126...
Gray Robert 1755-1806 American Captain And Explorer Index : Sir James Douglas Era
Voyage to North-West Coast in 1787, 23; at Nootka, 1788-1789, 2...
Gannentaha
(Bishop Laval era) Mission at, miraculously escapes massacre, 6...
Elliott
(Lord Dorchester era) Commissioner for exchange of prisoners, 2...
Boulle Helene
(Samuel de Champlain era) Marries Champlain, 66; spends four ye...
Miami Indians
A tribe of the Algonquian family, belonging chiefly to
what is...
Deseille Father
(Bishop Laval era) Companion of Father Marquette, 62.
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Algonquian Indians
The name is now applied to what is probably the
most widely-di...
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Astorians
Name applied to members of the two expeditions fitted out
by John Jacob Astor, to found trading establishment at the mouth of the
Columbia. One party sailed around the Horn in the Tonquin; the other
went overland by way of the Missouri and the Columbia. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era)
Their influence upon development of Pacific coast, 4; their first
vessel, the Tonquin, captured by natives and the crew murdered, 1811,
37; the overland expedition, 71. See also Pacific Fur Company;
Tonquin.
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