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Ogden Peter Skene 1794?-1854 Son Of Isaac Ogden Qv Entered
the fur trade, was sent out to Astoria by Astor, and, finding that Astoria had been transferred to the North West Company, entered their service. Led trading expeditions into the interior, explored the Yellowstone country, Lewis River and Utah, and di... Ogdensburg
See Oswegatchie. ... Ohio River
One of the largest tributaries of the Mississippi, discovered by La Salle in 1669. Its short portages from Lake Erie to the navigable tributaries of the Ohio, and the continuous waterway to the Gulf of Mexico, made the river an important route for the... Ohio Valley
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) French retreat from, 62. ... Olbeau Jean D'
Born in Langres. Joined the Jesuit College there in 1628. In 1640 came to Canada, and laboured as a missionary at Miscou until 1643. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet missionary, 85; his missionary labours, 107; returns to France to report t... Old Company
(Count Frontenac era) Name given to Company of New France after 1645, 36. See also Company of New France. ... Olier De Verneuil Jean Jacques 1608-1687 In 1640 Parish Priest Of
St. Sulpice, Paris, and established the St. Sulpice Seminary in 1645. Founded in 1636 the Company of Montreal, through whose instrumentality Maisonneuve was sent out in 1641-1642 to lay the foundations of the future city. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) H... Oneidas
A tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their villages stood between those of the Mohawks on the east and the Onondagas on the west. In the American Revolution, they alone with some of the Tuscaroras took the side of the rebellious colonists, the remaind... Onneyouts
See Oneidas. ... Onondaga
(John Graves Simcoe era) Armed schooner of eighty tons, 113; Prince Edward embarks on, at Kingston, 183. ... Onondagas
A tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their country lay west of that of the Oneidas. They took the British side in the Revolutionary War; and on its conclusion many of them settled on Canadian reservations. Some are now on reservations in New York. =In... Onontagues
See Onondagas. ... Onontio Big Mountain
(Count Frontenac era) Name applied by Indians to French governors, 35. ... Ontario
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Armed vessel, foundering of, 163. ... Ontario
Area, 260,862 square miles. Formerly Upper Canada. As a separate province, its existence dates from 1791. The population at that time was insignificant. Simcoe became the first governor, and the first Legislature met at Newark (Niagara) in 1792. The p... Ontario Boundary Dispute
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Began in 1871, 254; arbitration arranged, 254-255; Macdonald refuses to accept award, 255; federal influence in Manitoba dispute, 255-256; Manitoba's claims, 256; settlement of, 257-258. =Bib.=: Mills, Report on Boundaries o... Ontario Lake
The smallest of the Great Lakes; area, 7,260 square miles. Discovered by Etienne Brule in 1615. ... Orders-in-council
(General Brock era) British, prohibiting neutral trade between hostile ports, 93, 106, 111; premature announcement of withdrawal of, 120, 121; difficulty of withdrawing, 192, 193; repealed, 193. =Bib.=: Dict. Eng. Hist. ... Ordre Du Bon Temps
(Samuel de Champlain era) Social club established at Port Royal, 36. ... Oregon
(Sir James Douglas era) Extent of district, 56-57; origin of name, 56-57; arrival of ships Convoy and Owyhee, 1829, 136; first missionaries, 136-142; coming of the settlers, 138-142; provisional government, 143; John Gordon sent to report on its value... Oregon Boundary Question
(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 dispute, 147-149; the Spanish title, 148; the collision at Nootka, 148; ... Orehaoue
(Count Frontenac era) Cayuga chief, brought back from France by Frontenac, 237; services rendered by, 315, 339. ...