The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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=Hearne, Samuel= (1745-1792). Came to Fort Prince of Wales on the
Hudson's Bay Company's ship _Prince Rupert_. Under instructions from the
Company, and after two abortive attempts, set forth in December, 1770,
on his memorable journey to the mouth of the Coppermine River, which he
reached in July of the following year. Returning by way of Great Slave
Lake, arrived at Fort Prince of Wales in June, 1772. Two years later
sent to the Saskatchewan, where he built Cumberland House. On his return
in 1775, appointed governor of Fort Prince of Wales, and still in charge
when the fort was captured by La Perouse in 1782. Brief accounts of his
journey published after his return from the Coppermine, and some of his
statements severely criticized by Alexander Dalrymple. The complete
account of the expedition did not appear until three years after his
death. =Index=: =MS= Sent inland by Hudson's Bay Company, 3; discovers
Coppermine River and Great Slave Lake, 3, 31; builds Cumberland House,
4; magnitude of his explorations, 31; his guide Matonabee, 32. =D= His
expedition to Coppermine River made on behalf of Hudson's Bay Company,
51; his discoveries known to Alexander Mackenzie, 53. =Bib.=: Works:
_Journey from Prince of Wales Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern
Ocean_, etc., 1769-1772 (Lond., 1795). New ed., edited by J. B. Tyrrell,
Champlain Soc., 1910; French trans. by M. Lallemant in 2 vols. (Paris,
1799). Also, abridged in Mavor's collection of _Voyages_, xxiv, 1-66.
Brief accounts of Hearne and his explorations will be found in Bryce,
_Hudson's Bay Company_; Willson, _Great Company_; Laut, _Pathfinders of
the West_ and _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Burpee, _Search for
the Western Sea_.
=Heath, General William= (1737-1814). =Dr= Commissioner on American side
for exchange of prisoners, 208. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog_.
=Heathfield, George Augustus Eliott, first Baron= (1717-1790). Defender
of Gibraltar. =Index=: =Hd= His marriage, 316. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._
=Heavysege, Charles= (1816-1876). Born in Liverpool, England. Came to
Canada, 1853. Settled in Montreal, and engaged in his trade of
cabinet-making. Afterwards connected with the staff of the _Witness_.
Author of a number of dramas, the most remarkable of which was _Saul_.
=Bib.=: For his works, _see_ James, _Bibliography of Canadian Poetry_.
For biog., _see_ Burpee, _Charles Heavysege_ (R. S. C., 1901); Rose,
_Cyc. Can. Biog._; MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_.
=Hébert, Anne.= Eldest daughter of Louis Hébert, Quebec; married to
Stephen Jonquest in the autumn of 1617, Father Le Caron officiating.
This was the first marriage in New France. =Index=: =Ch= Her marriage,
113; her death, 117.
=Hébert, Guillaume.= =Ch= Son of Louis, 146.
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