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Otway's Regiment
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) On British right, 189. ... Ouendats
(Samuel de Champlain era) General name given by French to four Huron tribes, 89. ... Ouentaron
(John Graves Simcoe era) Indian name of Lake Simcoe, 93. See also Lake Simcoe. ... Ourouehate
See Big Mouth. ... Overman
(Samuel de Champlain era) Farmer of county of Renfrew, Ontario, discovers astrolabe lost by Champlain, 76. ... Owen Admiral
(Wilmot era) Member of New Brunswick Council, 69. ... Pabos
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Haldimand acquires seigniory of, 50; sends his nephew there, 73; not profitable, 111. ... Pacific Coast
See North-West Coast. ... Pacific Fur Company
Organized by John Jacob Astor in 1810. Sometimes known as the Astor Fur Company. Astor had made a fortune in the fur trade, and formed the plan of extending his operations to the Pacific coast, and building a post at the mouth of the Columbia. He sugg... Pacific Scandal
(Sir James Douglas era) Difficulties aroused by episode, 321. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Cartier's connection with, 53-54, 105-106. (Sir John A Macdonald era) History of, 199-211; grew out of Pacific Railway project, 200; the two syndicates, 200; go... Pagan William
(Wilmot era) Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 7. ... Pakington Sir John
See Hampton. ... Palliser Hugh
Captain of the Shrewsbury in 1759. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) British marines under, occupy Lower Town of Quebec, 235. ... Pallu
(Bishop Laval era) Proposed appointment of, as bishop in Asia, 23. ... Palmer Edward 1809-1889 Tilley Era Represents Prince Edward Island At
Quebec Conference, 77. ... Palmerston Henry John Temple Third Viscount 1784-1865 Born In
Hampshire, England. Educated at Harrow, Edinburgh, and Cambridge. First entered Parliament, 1807; lord of the admiralty, 1808; secretary of war, 1809-1828; foreign secretary, 1830-1840 and 1846-1851; home secretary, 1852; prime minister, 1855; defeate... Pambrun Pierre Chrysologue
Served in the Canadian Voltigeurs during the War of 1812. Entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and sent to the Qu'Appelle district. Captured there by Cuthbert Grant, of the North West Company, in 1816, and held prisoner for five days, sho... Panama Canal
(Samuel de Champlain era) Suggested by Champlain, 5; undertaken by De Lesseps, 6. ... Panet Jean Antoine 1751-1815 Practised As An Advocate And Notary
in Montreal, represented Quebec in the Legislature, 1792, and presented a petition from the citizens of Quebec for the abolition of slavery. First Speaker of the Legislature of Quebec; appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas by Lord Dorchester, 1... Panet Jean Claude
(Lord Dorchester era) Appointed judge, 183. ... Pangman Peter
Born in New England. Engaged in the fur trade west of Lake Superior about 1780. With Peter Pond, John Gregory, and A. N. McLeod, organized in 1784 a company in opposition to the North West Company. Afterwards for some years in the service of the North... Paper Currency
(General Brock era) Issue of, in Upper Canada, 198. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Redemption of, 58, (Lord Dorchester era) French, in circulation in Canada, 23; habitants object to American, 116, 135, 150. =Bib.=: Weir, Sixty Years in Canada. ...