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(Samuel de Champlain era) Social club established at Port Royal, 36.
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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hostile ports, 93, 106, 111; premature announcement of withdrawal of, 120, 121; difficulty of withdrawing, 192, 193; repealed, 193.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. ... Orford Horace Walpole Fourth Earl Of 1717-1797 Sat In Parliament
1741-1767; established a private press at Strawberry Hill, at which he printed his various works. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) His statement regarding Townshend, 74; on fall of Quebec, 238. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ... Oriskany
(Lord Dorchester era) Battle of, Indians lose heavily in, 173. ... Orleans Isle Of
In the St. Lawrence River, below Quebec. It was first named by Jacques Cartier, in 1535, the Island of Bacchus, on account of the numerous grape-vines growing there. In 1759 it was occupied by Wolfe and the British troops during the siege of Quebec. ... Orleans Jean Baptiste Gaston Duke Of 1608-1660 Samuel De Champlain Era Conspires
against his brother Louis XIII, 215. ... Ormiston William
Born in the parish of Symington, on the banks of the Clyde, Scotland, 1821. Came to Upper Canada 1834, and settled with his parents in the township of Darlington, then a comparative wilderness; studied divinity at Victoria College under Egerton Ryerso... Ormsby Major
(General Brock era) Brings up supply of ordnance from Quebec, 229. ... Osgoode William 1754-1824 Born In England Educated At Oxford
studied law, and called to the English bar, 1779. Appointed chief-justice of Upper Canada, 1792; and chief-justice of Lower Canada, 1794. In 1801 resigned and returned to England. Osgoode Hall, Toronto, the seat of the provincial law courts, is named ...