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
=Gage, Thomas= (1721-1787). Fought under Braddock at Monongahela, 1755,
and under Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, 1758. Took part in the campaign
for the conquest of Canada, 1759; made military governor of Montreal
after its capitulation, 1760. Succeeded Amherst, 1763, as
commander-in-chief, with headquarters at New York. Sailed for England,
1773, leaving Haldimand in command. Returned the following year, as
governor of Massachusetts. After the battle of Bunker Hill, 1775,
recalled. =Index=: =Dr= Requests Carleton to send him two regiments, 78.
=S= In command at Boston, 19. =Hd= At Ticonderoga, 19; his letters to
Haldimand, 22, 23; in command at Oswego, 28, 29; at Albany, 31, 33;
governor of Montreal after surrender, 40, 41; his opinion of Croix de
St. Louis wearers, 52; replaces Amherst at New York, 53, 57, 58, 60, 61,
66, 68, 70, 72, 73, 77, 79-81; visits England on leave of absence, 83;
correspondence with Haldimand, 89, 94, 95; resumes chief command in
America, 96-98, 121; his position in Boston, 101; intended retirement
of, 105; his lack of energy, 108; recall of, 110; Indian policy of, 147;
his reply to Washington's complaint as to treatment of prisoners, 249;
death of, 335. =Bib.=: _Letters of the Two Commanders-in-Chief, Generals
Gage and Washington_; _Detail and Conduct of the American War, under
General Gage_. _See also_ Mass. Hist. Soc. _Colls._, vols. 12, 14, and
34; and _Haldimand Papers_ (Canadian Archives). For biog., _see Dict.
Nat. Biog._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Gaillardin, Claud J. C.= (1810-1880). =F= French historian, referred
to, 152. =Bib.=: _Histoire de Louis XIV_.
=Gaillon, Michel.= =Ch= Member of Roberval's expedition, executed, 44.
=Galiano, Dionisio.= Accompanied Maurelle in 1792 to North-West Coast.
Carried out considerable surveys for the Spanish government, partly in
conjunction with Vancouver. =Index=: =D= Explores North-West Coast with
Valdez, 35; meets Vancouver, 35; journal published at Madrid in 1802,
36. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_.
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