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English Colonization
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Egoism the principle of, 17; Parkman on,
20; demoralizing effect of, 20. =Bib.=: Fiske, New France and New
England.
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Elisa Francisco
Commanded Spanish expedition to Nootka, 1790. Carried on extensive explorations in 1791, returning to Monterey the following year. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) His attempt to explore Juan de Fuca Strait in 1790, 26; sends Fidalgo to examine northe...
Ellice Edward 1781-1863 Louis Joseph Papineau Era Seignior Of Beauharnois Suggests To
colonial secretary union of Upper and Lower Canada, 47; his design revealed, 49; meets Papineau, 53. (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Opposes sale of Red River land to Selkirk by Hudson's Bay Company, 210-212; quoted on Dr. John McLoughlin, 220; be...
Elliott
(Lord Dorchester era) Commissioner for exchange of prisoners, 207. ...
Elliott Colonel
(General Brock era) Indian superintendent at Amherstburg, 151; in charge of Indians in western district, 230. ...
Elmsley John 1762-1805 Born In England Succeeded William Osgoode
as chief-justice of Upper Canada, 1796, and again as chief-justice of Lower Canada, 1802. At the same time became a member of the Executive Council. In February, 1803, appointed president of the Legislative Council--a position he held until his death....
Embargo
(General Brock era) On United States ships, 83, 108; benefits Canadian trade, 109, 115; disastrous effects of, both in United States and in England, 110, 111; withdrawn, 114. ...
Emigration
(Lord Sydenham era) Sydenham's views on, 321; grant by British government in aid of, 322. ...
Emulous
(General Brock era) British ship, prizes taken by, 224. ...
End William
(Wilmot era) Votes against address of New Brunswick Assembly, 46; referred to by Wilmot, 95; moves amendment in regard to money grants, 97; interrupts Wilmot's speech, 108, 109. ...
Endemare Father
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, goes to Fort Ste. Anne in Cape Breton, 237. ...
England
(General Brock era) At war with republican France, 8; its invasion threatened, 10; mutiny in the fleet and insubordination in the army, 11; isolation of, 23; makes peace of Amiens, 30; declares war with France, 44; threatened by Napoleon, 71; the Berl...
English Colonies
(Count Frontenac era) Goods cheap in, 154; pay better price for furs, 154, 175, 201; political confusion prevailing in, after downfall of James II, 263. (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Colonists sell goods to Indians on more advantageous terms than the French,...
English Colonization
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Egoism the principle of, 17; Parkman on, 20; demoralizing effect of, 20. =Bib.=: Fiske, New France and New England. ...
English Law
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Introduction of, by the royal proclamation, 59. (Lord Dorchester era) Sometimes inconsistently invoked by those who in general objected thereto, 40. ...
English Settlers In Canada
(Lord Dorchester era) Position taken by, 9; find French laws irksome, 12; Murray's description of, 14, 24, 26; send delegate to England, 16; petition for Murray's recall, 17; described by Carleton, 47; object to Carleton's ordinance of 1770, with resp...
Enos General Roger 1729-1808 Sir Frederick Haldimand Era In Command Of Vermont Troops
211; proposes to settle two Canadian townships, 266. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog. ...
Epidemics
(Bishop Laval era) Ravages of, 239. See Smallpox. ...
Equal Rights Association
Formed in Toronto, in 1889, to secure the disallowance of the Jesuits' Estates Act, and generally to oppose what was described as the "political encroachments of ultramontanism." Among the principal founders were D'Alton McCarthy, William E. O'Brien, ...
Erie Indians
A large tribe, of Iroquois stock, inhabiting in the seventeenth century the country between Lake Erie and the Ohio. After a long war, the Eries were practically wiped out by the Iroquois, in 1656, the few survivors being adopted into the Iroquois conf...
Erie Lake
Area 10,000 square miles. Discovered by Brebeuf and Chaumonot, 1640. It is possible that the lake may have been first seen by white men at a still earlier date, when the Franciscan friar, La Roche Dallion, visited the Neutral nation, 1626, but there i...
Ermatinger Francis
(Sir James Douglas era) His expedition to Sacramento in 1841, 132. ...
Erskine David Montagu Second Baron 1776-1855 General Brock Era British
minister at Washington, premature announcement of, with respect to orders-in-council, 120. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ...
Eskimos
American aborigines, formerly occupying practically the entire coast of North America from Newfoundland around to the Aleutian Islands; now confined to the northern coast of the continent, and the Arctic Islands. They call themselves Inuit, meaning "p...
Esquimalt
Naval station, four miles from Victoria, Vancouver Island. ...