Maisonneuve, Sieur de (Paul de Chomedey); founds Montreal, 12 Manitoba, first visited by French, 20; province of, established, 230 Manitoba school question, 262-265, 266, 267 Maps relating to Canada; of French, Spanish and British possessions in North America in 1756-1761, _at end_; of British possessions in 1763-1775, at end; of boundary established in 1783 between Canada and the United States, 75; of Hudson's Bay Co.'s territory, 222; of North-west boundary in 1842, 293; of North-eastern boundary in 1842, 297; of Alaskan disputed boundary, 311; of the Dominion of Canada in 1900, at end. Marquette, Father, founds mission of Sainte-Maria, 17; discovers the Mississippi, 18; death of, _ib_.; Marriage laws in early Canada, 97 Masères, Attorney-general, 43 Matthews, Peter; Upper Canadian rebel, 148, 151, 153; executed, 155 McCully, Jonathan; delegate to Quebec Convention of 1864, 205 McDougall, William, delegate to Quebec Convention of 1864, 203; provisional lieutenant-governor of N.W.T., 227; Half-breed rebellion prevents him assuming office, ib.; disappears from public life, 230 McGee, Thomas D'Arcy; historian and orator, delegate to Quebec Convention of 1864, 203; his political career in Canada, ib.; assassinated, 221 McGill University, Montreal; founded, 163 McGreevy, Thomas, impeached for serious misdemeanors, 258; punishment of, ib. McLane, executed for treason in 1793, 101, 102 McLure, General (United States General); burns Niagara in 1814, 116 Mercier, Honoré, prime minister of Quebec, 247; dismissed, ib. Merritt, W. Hamilton; originator of Welland Canal, 159 Metcalfe, Lord; governor-general of Canada, 170; antagonism of, to responsible government, 171; retirement and death of, ib. _Métis_ or Half-breeds of the Canadian North-west, 225, 228, 249 Middleton, Major-general; commands Canadian forces on Riel's revolt of 1885 in North-west, 252-254 Military rule in Canada after 1760, 37, 38 Mills, David; Canadian statesman, 206 Minto, Earl of; governor-general of Canada, 268 Mitchell, Peter; delegate to Quebec Convention of 1864, 205; public career of, ib. Mohawks, members of the Iroquois confederacy, 10; humbled by the Marquis de Tracy, 13. See _Brant Joseph, Iroquois._ Monk, Lord; governor-general of Canada at Confederation, 216, 267 Montcalm, Marquis de; loses battle on Plains of Abraham, 26; death of ib. Montgomery, Brigadier-General; invades Canada, 69, 70; death of, at Quebec, 70 Montreal founded, 12 Monts, Sieur de; founder of French _Acadie_, 8 Monts-Déserts named by Champlain, 9 Mowat, Sir Oliver; delegate to Quebec Convention of 1804, 203; public career of, 203, 265, 266 Municipal system of Canada; established, 185, 186; nature of, 278 Murray, General; in command at Quebec, 26; defeat of, at St. Foye, ib.; governor-general of Canada, 42; his just treatment of French Canadians, 43 Mutual or reciprocal preferential trade between Canada and England; advocacy of, 260, 271