=Allen, Ethan= (1737-1789). =Index=: =Dr= Seizes Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 83; marches against Montreal, 98; captured with part of his force, 99; put into irons, 100; proposes separate arrangements between Vermont and Canada, 244, 245. =Hd= His intrigues in connection with political status of Vermont, 197-216; his great duplicity, 209, 213; proposes secret treaty to Haldimand, 214; true to Vermont only, 217. _See also_ Montgomery; Arnold; American Invasion. =Bib.=: _Allen's Captivity: Being a Narrative Containing his Voyages, Travels_, etc.; Henry Hall, _Ethan Allen_; Jared Sparks, _American Biography_, ser. 1, vol. 1; _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Bradley, _The Making of Canada_. =Allen, Ira= (1751-1814). =Index=: =Hd= Brother of Ethan--has conference with British emissary, 204; little confidence placed in good faith of, 205, 209; receives documents justifying his mission, 210; proposes secret treaty with Britain, 214; true to Vermont only, 217. =Dr= His plans for attacking Canada, 299, 300. =Allen, John Campbell.= =T= Solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 1856, 41; opposition candidate in York, 1865, elected, 86; his sterling honesty, 87; attorney-general in Smith government, 91; a Conservative, 91; appointed to the bench, 93, 95; chief justice, 87. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ =Allison, Joseph.= =H= On his death, 1839, Joseph Howe offered his seat in Executive Council, Nova Scotia, but refuses, 72. =Allouez, Father Claude.= Came to Quebec, 1657. Left for the West, 1665. Laboured for twenty-five years among the tribes of what are now the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Met La Salle in Illinois, 1679. Died in 1690. =Index=: =L= Missionary labours of, 11; impresses Indians of Sault Ste. Marie with power of French king, 104. =Bib.=: Shea, _Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley_; Griffin, _Discovery of the Mississippi_. =Allsopp, George.= Settled in Quebec, 1761, and became prominent in maintaining the rights of the civil authority as opposed to the military. January, 1766, appointed deputy secretary, clerk of the Council, and registrar of enrolments, but because of his opposition to the government, Murray refused to admit him to office. In April, 1768, Carleton confirmed him in these appointments, which he retained until superseded by George Pownall in 1775. From 1771 to 1776 deputy commissary-general. One of the original members of the Legislative Council, under the Quebec Act. In 1780, when the Legislative Council presented an address to Haldimand opposing the passing of an ordinance amending the judicial system of the province in accordance with royal instructions to the governor, voted against the address and caused a strongly worded protest to be entered in the minutes of the Council. This action resented by members of the Council, and ultimately led to his dismissal by Haldimand, February, 1783. =Index=: =Hd= Member of Council suspended for sedition, 1783, 175. =Bib.=: Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.