228; stimulates Abenaquis to attack New England settlements, 249. =L= On liquor question, 175; succeeds La Barre as governor, 193; his measures for defence of Canada, 213; seizes certain Indian chiefs, 214; builds fort at Niagara, 216; recalled, 218; conduct in Lachine massacre, 226, 227. =Bib.=: Girouard, _L'Expédition de Marquis de Denonville_ (R. S. C., 1899); Parkman, _Old Régime_ and _Frontenac_. =Dent, John Charles= (1841-1888). Born in England. Came to Canada at an early age; studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada. Went back to England and for a time engaged in newspaper work in London. Returned to America, 1847, and spent three years in Boston; came to Canada again, 1870, and became one of the editors of the _Globe_. =Index=: =B= On the "Double Shuffle," 108. =Bib.=: Works: _Last Forty Years_; _Upper Canadian Rebellion_; _Canadian Portrait Gallery_. For biog., _see_ MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_. =Denys, Charles, Sieur de Fronsac.= =Ch= Settles in Miramichi, 237. =Denys, Nicolas= (1598-1688). Born at Tours. Early took to sea and in 1633 became interested in the fisheries of Nova Scotia. A short time after made one of the lieutenants of Acadia under the Company of New France, and settled at Miscou. In 1647 his fort seized by D'Aulnay, who had just been made lieutenant-general of the colony. In 1650 his establishment in Cape Breton captured and he himself taken prisoner. A second attempt to settle in Cape Breton frustrated by Le Borgne. Returned to France in 1653, and received a grant of the islands of the St. Lawrence, including a monopoly of the fur trade, and shortly after became governor of that territory, together with Newfoundland. In 1667 obtained a confirmation of his rights, but in the winter of 1668-1669 his establishment at St. Peters completely destroyed by fire. In 1671 returned to France and engaged in the preparation of his work on Acadia. About 1685 returned to Acadia, but his closing years darkened by the scattering of his vast estates. Died three years later, at the age of 90 years. =Index=: =Ch= Abandons Chedabucto and goes to Cape Breton, thence to Miscou and Gaspé, 236. =Bib.=: _Description and Natural History of Acadia_, ed. by Ganong. For biog., _see_ Parkman, _Old Régime_. =De Peyster, Arent Schuyler= (1736-1832). Joined the 8th Regiment, 1755, and served with distinction upon the British side in the Revolutionary War. In command at Detroit, and also at Michilimackinac. Retired to Dumfries, Scotland, where he enjoyed the friendship of Robert Burns, and died there. =Index=: =Hd= Commander at Detroit, 146; Haldimand's letter to, 158; on the freemasonry of Indians, 161; Haldimand's letter to, on defence of frontier posts, 260; thought Du Calvet should have been hanged, 314. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._ =Dequen, Jean.= =L= Jesuit, devotion of, 32; his death, 33.