=Cree Indians.= An important Algonquian tribe, formerly ranging throughout what are now the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and north-eastwards to Hudson Bay. First mentioned in Jesuit _Relations_, 1640, 1661, and 1667, and in the early journals of the Hudson's Bay Company. They formed an alliance with the Assiniboines, formerly of Siouan stock, and carried their raids against hostile tribes westwards to the Rocky Mountains, and north to the Mackenzie River. In 1776 they numbered about 15,000, but were reduced by smallpox in 1786, and again in 1838. By the end of the nineteenth century they had again regained their former numbers. =Bib.=: Hodge, _Handbook of American Indians_; Harmon, _Journal_; Mackenzie, _Voyages_. =Creek Indians.= A confederacy of the Muskhogean family. Known to the English as occupying what are now the states of Alabama and Florida. First visited by the Spaniards, under De Soto, in 1540. As a result of the Creek War, in 1813-1814, they were removed by the American government to Indian Territory, between 1835 and 1840. =Index=: =Hd= War with, 69; character of, 70; their raids in Georgia, 91; Gage's opinion of, 98. =Bib.=: Hodge, _Handbook of American Indians_. =Creighton, John= (1794-1878). Born in Nova Scotia. Called to the bar, 1816, and created Q. C. by royal warrant, 1845. Sat in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1830-1850. Called to the Legislative Council, 1859, and elected Speaker, 1875. =Crémazie, Octave= (1827-1879). His life a peculiarly sad one. Having made a failure of his business as a bookseller in Quebec, went to France, and died there in poverty. One of the founders of the _Institut Canadien_ of Quebec; and contributed for some years to the _Soirées Canadiennes_ and other periodicals. His poetical works published, 1882, under the patronage of the _Institut Canadien_, with an introduction by Abbé Casgrain. =Bib.=: _[OE]uvres Complètes_, Montreal, 1882. For biog., _see_ Casgrain, _Biog._; Gagnon, _Quelques Notes sur O. Crémazie_ in _Revue Canadienne_, vol. 49; also articles in same review by Abbé Casgrain (vol. 31); and by Abbé Degagné (vol. 30). =Crillon, Count Edward de.= =Bk= His connection with the John Henry letters, 186, 187; discovered to be an impostor, 188. =Criminal Law of England.= =Dr= Established by Quebec Act, 64. =BL= Amendments of 1841 to reduce its severity, 99. =Crisacy, Marquis Antoine de.= =F= Conducts expedition for restoration of Fort Frontenac, 341.