The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Cauchon, Joseph Édouard= (1816-1885). Educated at the Séminaire de
Québec; studied law and called to the bar, but turned immediately to
journalism. Edited _Le Canadien_ for a time; and in 1842 established the
_Journal de Québec_. Entered public life, 1844, as member for
Montmorency, which county he represented continuously until 1872.
Entered MacNab government, 1855, as commissioner of crown lands. Became
commissioner of public works in Cartier-Macdonald ministry, 1861-1862.
Speaker of the Senate, 1868-1872. Accepted presidency of the Council in
Mackenzie administration, 1875-1877; minister of inland revenue, 1877.
Resigned the same year to accept the lieutenant-governorship of
Manitoba, 1877-1882. =Index=: =C= As journalist and politician, 24;
attitude towards Cartier, 24; his writings, 24; praises Cartier in the
_Journal de Québec_, 88. =E= Brings up question of Seigniorial Tenure in
Parliament, 126; votes against secularization of the Clergy Reserves,
164. =Bib.=: Works: _Remarks on the North-West Territories_; _Étude sur
l'Union Projectée des Provinces Britanniques_; _L'Union des Provinces de
l'Amérique du Nord_. For biog., _see_ _Revue Canadienne_, 1884; Dent,
_Can. Por._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._
=Caughnawaga Indians.= A community of Iroquois, chiefly drawn from the
Oneida and Mohawk, and speaking a modification of the Mohawk tongue.
Having been converted by the Jesuit missionaries, they were induced to
settle in 1668 at La Prairie, near Montreal. In 1676 they removed to
Sault St. Louis, and the majority have remained in that vicinity ever
since. About 1755 a new settlement was formed at St. Regis, farther up
the St. Lawrence. Many accompanied the fur traders to the west as
hunters. In the narratives of the fur trade they are referred to as
Iroquois. =Index=: =Hd= Their sympathies secured for Congress by
Jesuits, 130; village of, burned by Sir John Johnson, 156; their
disloyalty, 189. =Bib.=: Colden, _Five Nations_; Hodge, _Handbook of
American Indians_.
=Caumont.= =Ch= Pont-Gravé's clerk, 121; chief clerk of De Monts's
(Rouen) company at Quebec, 133.
=Cayahoga.= =Bk= United States schooner carrying Hull's stores and
baggage, captured, 218.
=Cayet, Victor Palma.= =Ch= His work on French navigation, 15.
=Cayley, William.= Inspector-general, 1845-1848, and again, 1854-1858.
By the Act of 1859, the office was changed to minister of finance.
=Index=: =E= Inspector-general, 1854, 140; favours division of Clergy
Reserves among various denominations, 163. =B= Galt takes his place in
government, 107. =Bib.=: _Finances and Trade of Canada_. For biog.,
_see_ Dent, _Last Forty Years_.
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