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
=Jetté, Sir Louis= (1836- ). Studied law, and called to the bar, 1857.
Practised in Montreal. Entered public life in 1872 as member for
Montreal East, defeating Sir Georges E. Cartier. Appointed puisne judge
of Supreme Court of Quebec, 1878; and the same year became professor of
civil law in Laval University; later dean of the faculty. Member of the
commission for revision of the civil code of Quebec, 1887; and of the
Alaskan Boundary Commission. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Quebec,
1898, and for a second term in 1903. Chief-justice of the Superior Court
of Quebec, 1909. =Index=: =C= One of the founders of _Le Parti
National_, and its organ _Le National_, 29-30; defeats Cartier in
Montreal East, 84. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._
=Jews.= =Bk= Resolution of Lower Canada Assembly excluding, 104; further
discussion of question, 116.
=Joannes.= =WM= Town mayor of Quebec, strikes insubordinate officers,
230; protests against order to propose capitulation, 230, 231; goes to
British camp with articles of capitulation, 231, 232.
=Jogues, Isaac= (1607-1646). Born at Orleans, France. Entered the
Society of Jesus, and sailed for Canada in 1636. Set out almost
immediately for the Huron mission. From there sent to the Tobacco
nation; and in 1641 visited the Chippewas at Sault Ste. Marie, and stood
upon the shores of Lake Superior. Went to Quebec the following year, and
on the return journey captured by a party of Mohawks and carried off to
the Iroquois country. After being repeatedly tortured, escaped at Fort
Orange, with the help of the Dutch governor, and sailed for France,
arriving at Rennes in 1643. After an interview with the queen regent,
Anne of Austria, returned to Canada the following year, and sent as an
ambassador to the Mohawks, 1646. Concluded a treaty of peace, and
returned to Quebec. Sept. 27 of the same year, again set out for the
Iroquois country, this time as a missionary. The attitude of the Indians
had changed, and on Oct. 18 he was tomahawked as he entered one of the
lodges at Tionnontoguen. =Index=: =Ch= Professor in college of Rouen,
207. =L= Sufferings and death of, 5, 62. =Bib.=: Campbell, _Pioneer
Priests of North America_; Parkman, _Jesuits in North America_; Martin,
_Isaac Jogues_; Withrow, _Adventures of Isaac Jogues_ (R. S. C., 1885).
=John and Thomas.= =F= Vice-admiral's ship in Phipps's squadron, 281.
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