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
_See_ North-West Company; X Y Company; Fur
Trade; Selkirk. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Willson, _Great
Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Burpee, _Search for
the Western Sea_; Bryce, _Romantic History of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_;
Ross, _Red River Settlement_; Hargrave, _Red River_; Begg, _History of
the North-West_.
=Huet, Paul.= =Ch= Récollet missionary, 87; sails for Canada as
assistant commissary, 112; accompanies Champlain to France, 116; returns
to Canada, 116; goes to Three Rivers, 149.
=Huguenots.= =Ch= Had larger share of trade, 110; proposal to exclude,
110; disagreements with Récollet missionaries, 150; their psalm-singing
on board ship objected to, 156; fanaticism of, 224; their doubtful
loyalty, 254; not permitted to settle in Canada, 255.
=Hugues.= =L= Priest, comes to Canada, 41.
=Hull, William= (1753-1825). Born in Derby, Conn. Educated at Yale
University, and called to the bar, 1775. Served with distinction during
the Revolutionary War; major-general of militia in Massachusetts and a
member of the federal Senate; appointed governor of Michigan, 1805;
commander of the north-western army of the United States, 1812.
Surrendered Detroit to General Brock, 1812; tried by court-martial, and
sentenced to be shot; sentence commuted. Resided at Newton, Mass., until
his death. =Index=: =Bk= Marches north, 203; crosses Detroit River and
occupies Sandwich, 208, 213; his proclamation to the people of Canada,
213, 217, 235; his baggage and stores captured, 218; his supplies under
Major Van Horne captured, 237; re-crosses river to Detroit, 238;
summoned to surrender, and refuses, 251; surrenders with his whole army,
255; sent to Montreal as prisoner of war, 261, 265; released on parole,
283; makes bad impression on English officers, 283; court-martialled,
sentenced to death, but sentence remitted, 283, 284. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._; Campbell, _Life and Services of General William Hull_;
Cruikshank, _General Hull's Invasion of Canada in 1812_ (R. S. C.,
1907-1908).
=Humbert.= =W= Candidate in St. John County, opposes responsible
government, 64.
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