=Hume, Joseph= (1777-1855). Born at Montrose, Scotland. Studied medicine; entered the service of the East India Company, 1797; returned to England, 1808. Entered Parliament, 1812, but on account of his independent principles compelled to resign his seat. Again elected, 1818, and continued a member of the House of Commons until his death. A strong Radical in his opinions and effected many useful reforms. =Index=: =BL= Correspondence with Mackenzie and Papineau, 229. =Mc= Lays Mackenzie's petition before the House, 222; presents case against Upper Canadian officials, 231; suggests independence of Canada, 250; his "baneful domination" letter, 262-263; thanked by Mackenzie, 289; predicts civil war, 326; letter to Mackenzie, on the Rebellion, and question of amnesty, 475-479; urges amnesty for Mackenzie, 480. =Sy= An associate of Sydenham's, 13; proposes reduction of corn duties, 39; his speech on union resolutions in House of Commons, 122. =B= Attacks Metcalfe's policy, 23. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_. =Humphreys, Captain.= =Bk= Captain of _Leopard_, fires on _Chesapeake_, 83. =Hundred Associates.= _See_ Company of New France. =Hundredth Regiment.= =Bk= Quartered in Quebec and Montreal, 74; disaster to, by shipwreck, 74. "=Hungry Year.=" =S= Year 1787, so called from failure of harvest, 65, 69. =Hunt, Thomas Sterry= (1826-1892). Born in Norwich, Conn. Came to Canada, 1847, at the invitation of Sir William E. Logan, to accept the position of chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey, which he held until 1872. Also occupied the chair of chemistry in Laval University, 1856-1862; and in McGill University, 1862-1868. In 1872 professor of geology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of several scientific works, and a large number of papers contributed to learned societies and scientific periodicals. Died in New York. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Hunter, Peter= (1746-1805). =Bk= Lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada and commander of forces in British North America, 45; calls attention of home government to lack of proper accommodation for provincial government and Legislature, 50; a Scotsman, previously governor of Barbados, 51; death of, 69. =Bib.=: Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_; Rattray, _The Scot in British North America_. =Hunter.= =Bk= British sloop, her boats capture United States schooner _Cayahoga_, with stores of General Hull, 218. =Hunter, Captain of.= =WM= Obtains information as to movements of French provision boats, 172. =Hunters' Lodges.= =Mc= Convention of, 440; attack on Prescott, 442. =Hunting Permits.= =F= Issue of, sanctioned, 125; number to be issued annually limited, 128; issue of, becomes a form of patronage, 129.