means for recovery of Illinois country, 167; unfortunate expedition from, 168; Haldimand's letter to De Peyster on importance of, 260; boat built at by North West Company, 262; Major Mathews, lieutenant-governor at, in 1787, 332. =Bib.=: _Cadillac Papers_ (Mich. Pion. & Hist. _Coll._, vol. 33 _et seq._); Parkman, _Conspiracy of Pontiac_; Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_. =Detroit.= Brig. _See_ Adams. =Devil's Hole.= =Bk= Near Fort Niagara, massacre of British troops at, 55. =Devos, Frederick.= =Hd= Great-nephew of Haldimand, 312. =Dewart, Edward Hartley= (1828-1903). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada with his parents at age of six. Educated at local schools and at the Toronto Normal School. Taught school for a time; entered the ministry of the Methodist Church, 1851; editor of _The Christian Guardian_, 1869-1894. =Bib.=: Works: _Selections from Canadian Poets_; _Songs of Life: A Collection of Poems_; _Essays for the Times_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_. =Dewdney, Edgar= (1835- ). Born in Devonshire, England. Came to British Columbia, 1859. Had charge of survey of site of New Westminster, and other engineering works. First elected to provincial Legislature, 1869; returned to Dominion House, 1872. Appointed Indian commissioner for North-West Territories, 1879; and lieutenant-governor of North-West Territories, 1881. Member of Dominion Cabinet as minister of interior, 1888-1892. Appointed lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, 1892. =Index=: =D= Builds Dewdney trail, from Hope to Similkameen, 252-253. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_. =Dickey, Robert Barry= (1811-1903). Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Studied law, and called to the bar of Nova Scotia, and of New Brunswick, 1834. Sat in Legislative Council, Nova Scotia, 1858-1867. Appointed to the Senate, 1867. Took an active part in the negotiations leading up to the building of the Intercolonial Railway, and the Confederation of the provinces. =Index=: =H= Delegate from Nova Scotia to Charlottetown Conference, 177. =T= Delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 73; and to Quebec Conference, 77. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_. =Dickson, Walter Hamilton= (1806-1884). Born in Niagara. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1830. Served during the Rebellion of 1837 as a cavalry officer. Represented Niagara in the Assembly, 1841-1851; sat in the Legislative Council of Canada, 1855-1867; appointed to the Dominion Senate, 1867.