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Chittenden Thomas 1730-1797 First Governor Of Vermont 1778-1797
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Choiseul Etienne-francois Duc De 1719-1785 Minister Of Foreign
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Chauvin Pierre Sieur De Tonnetuit
A Huguenot, born at Dieppe. Appointed captain of the garrison at Honfleur, 1589. Obtained trading monopoly for ten years in Canada. Made a trading voyage to Canada, 1600, bringing out a few colonists, whom he landed at Tadoussac. Sailed again the fol...
Chedabucto Now Known As Guysborough Nova Scotia Index : Count Frontenac Era
Frontenac arrives at, 232. ...
Cheffault
(Samuel de Champlain era) Agent of Company of New France, 244. ...
Cherououng
(Samuel de Champlain era) Montagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163. ...
Chesapeake
(General Brock era) Affair of, 82-86. ...
Childers Hugh Culling Eardley 1827-1896 Entered The House Of
Commons, 1860; financial secretary, 1865-1866; first lord of the Admiralty and privy councillor, 1868. In 1875 came to Canada on Lord Dufferin's invitation as a commissioner under the Prince Edward Island Land Purchase Act. Secretary of state for war,...
Chimeourimou
(Samuel de Champlain era) Montagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163. ...
Chipman
(Wilmot era) Judge of Supreme Court, New Brunswick, 8; one of Maine Boundary commissioners, 8. ...
Chipman Ward
(Wilmot era) Judge of Supreme Court, New Brunswick, 8; succeeds Saunders as chief justice, 74; resigns, 129. (Tilley era) Resigns as chief justice, 17. ...
Chippewa Indians
A large tribe, of Algonquian stock, formerly ranging along both shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, and westward as far as North Dakota. First mentioned in the Jesuit Relation of 1640, as living around Sault Ste. Marie. During the eighteenth century, ...
Chisholm G C
(Lord Sydenham era) Sergeant-at-arms of Legislative Assembly, 334. ...
Chittenden Thomas 1730-1797 First Governor Of Vermont 1778-1797
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Choiseul Etienne-francois Duc De 1719-1785 Minister Of Foreign
affairs; signed the treaty of 1759 with Austria; minister of war, 1761. ...
Cholera Epidemic 1832 And 1834 Louis Joseph Papineau Era Imported By Immigrants 87
government blamed for neglect to provide quarantine, 88; committee formed to inquire into causes, etc., 88-89; one of the grievances in the Ninety-Two Resolutions, 89. See also Epidemics. ...
Chouageun
See Oswega. ...
Chouart Dit Des Groseilliers Medard
Born in France about 1621. Came to Canada, 1642. After serving the Jesuits for some years as a donne, or lay helper, engaged in the fur trade, and with his brother-in-law Radisson (q.v.) made extensive explorations in the West and North, 1659-1663. W...
Christian Doctrine Brothers Of The
(Bishop Laval era) Arrival of, in Canada, 125. ...
Christian Guardian
(Egerton Ryerson era) Founded at York (Toronto), 1829, 82; Egerton Ryerson, first editor, 82; exponent of Methodist views on religious, educational, and political questions, 82-83; its policy, 94-95; Ryerson's articles in, 96, 97, 98, 100, 109, 110, 1...
Christie Alexander
(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Chief factor, Hudson's Bay Company, and later governor of Assiniboia, 222. =Bib.=: Ryerson, Story of my Life. ...
Christie David 1818-1880 Born In Edinburgh Scotland Educated At
Edinburgh High School. Came to Canada, 1833, and devoted himself to farming. Took a prominent part in politics as a leader of the Reformers. Sat for Wentworth in the Legislative Assembly, 1851-1854, and for East Brant, 1855-1858. Elected to the Legisl...
Christie Robert 1788-1856 Born In Nova Scotia Repeatedly Expelled
from the Assembly of Lower Canada; re-elected after the union, and held his seat until 1854. Contributed to Quebec Gazette and Mercury. ...
Chronicle
Newspaper, published at Halifax. =Index=: (Joseph Howe era) Published by Wm. Annand, 75; Joseph Howe contributes to, 90-93; letters of Howe in, on Irish question, 75; Jonathan McCully editor, 186; Howe's "Botheration Scheme" articles, 186; action for ...