Pelly, Sir John, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 129-130. Peter the Great, his ambition to make Russia a world-power, 11-14. Petropavlovsk, Bering's expedition leaves, 16-17; returns to, 30-3. Piegan Indians, the, 102, 106. Pushkareff, his diabolical treatment of Aleuts, 38-9. Quadra, Don Juan Francisco, 58; represents Spain in the Nootka Conference, 68-9, 70. Quesnel, Jules, with Fraser's expedition, 90, 104. Rocky Mountain House, 101 and note. Rocky Mountain Portage, 75-77, 87, 88. Ross, Alexander, his Oregon brigade, 117, 119-21. Russia, and the fur trade on the Aleutians, 39, 43; her interest in the Pacific Coast, 44, 53-4, 70. See Cossacks. Sandwich Islands, Cook's tragic death on, 49-52. Simpson, Sir George, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 124, 129-30. Smith, Jedediah, befriended by M'Loughlin in Oregon, 125-126. Spain, her supremacy in the South Seas and in the Pacific, 1, 12, 53-4, 55-6, 65, 74; her treachery at Vera Cruz, 2, 55; the Nootka Affair, 59-60, 66, 67-9; her explorations on the Pacific Coast, 61, 62-65, 70, 74. Steller, George W., with Bering's second expedition, 18, 21, 27, 28. Stuart, John, with Fraser in New Caledonia, 88-90. Thompson, David, his search for a river to the Pacific, 101-106; his descent of the Columbia, 104-9, 112-13, 114, 125. Thorn, Captain Jonathan, massacred at Clayoquot, 109-111. United States, enter the struggle for the control of the Pacific, 53-5, 67, 70, 86, 124; the Louisiana purchase, 86; send an expedition to the Pacific Coast, 86; the 'joint occupancy' agreement with Britain, 115-16, 125; and Oregon, 125-8. Valdes, Don Cayetano, explores the Pacific Coast, 64, 67-8. Vancouver, Captain George, 46; his exploring expedition to the Pacific Coast, 66-8, 69-70, 74, 84, 96; represents Britain in the Nootka Conference, 68-9. Vancouver Island, 48-9, 67-8; colony founded on, 128-9, 130, 131. War of 1812, and Astoria, 113. Waxel, Lieut., with Bering's expedition, 19, 24, 25. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA PART I THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS 1. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY By Stephen Leacock. 2. THE MARINER OF ST MALO By Stephen Leacock. PART II THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE 3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE By Charles W. Colby. 4. THE JESUIT MISSIONS By Thomas Guthrie Marquis. 5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA By William Bennett Munro. 6. THE GREAT INTENDANT By Thomas Chapais. 7. THE FIGHTING GOVERNOR By Charles W. Colby. PART III THE ENGLISH INVASION 8. THE GREAT FORTRESS By William Wood. 9. THE ACADIAN EXILES By Arthur G. Doughty. 10. THE PASSING OF NEW FRANCE By William Wood. 11. THE WINNING OF CANADA By William Wood. PART IV THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA