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
=Attigninonghacs.= =Ch= Huron tribe devoted to the French, 92.
=Aube-Rivière, François Louis de Pourroy de l'.= Appointed bishop of
Quebec, Aug. 16, 1739. Arrived at Quebec, Aug. 12, 1740, and died of
fever on the 20th of the same month. =Index=: =L= Bishop of Quebec, 12.
=Aubère, Father Joseph.= =Ch= Jesuit missionary, his labours in Acadia,
236.
=Aubert, Joseph.= =Ch= Director of the Company of New France, 170.
=Aubert de Gaspé, Philippe= (1786-1871). French-Canadian writer.
=Index=: =L= His description of Canadians, 118. =Bib.=: Works: _Les
Anciens Canadiens_, translated into English by Mrs. Pennie, and by C. G.
D. Roberts; _Mémoires_. For biog., _see_ Casgrain, _Biographies
Canadiennes_; Roy, _Étude sur "Les Anciens Canadiens_" (R. S. C., 1906).
=Aubert de la Chesnaye, Charles= (1630-1702). Born at Amiens. Came to
Canada, 1655. Chief clerk of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales, 1665.
Engaged in the fur-trade at Cataraqui, 1674. In 1677 obtained a grant of
Ile Dupas. In 1679 made a visit to Paris, and in 1683 back again at
Cataraqui. In 1696 prepared an important memoir on the commerce of the
colony. =Index=: =L= His description of Canadians, 117-118; his
liberality on occasion of Quebec fire, 186. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old
Régime_.
=Aubert de la Chesnaye, Jacques.= =F= Trader, La Barre's dealings with,
175.
=Aubry.= =WM= Force gathered by, and Ligneris, dispersed, 146.
=Aubry.= =Ch= Priest of De Monts's expedition, at Ste. Croix, 25.
=Auckland, George Eden, Earl of= (1784-4849). =Index=: =Sy= President of
board of trade, when Poulett Thomson was vice-president, 26.
=Auguste.= =Hd= Transport ship wrecked in St. Lawrence, 40.
=Aulneau, Jean-Pierre.= Jesuit missionary, with La Vérendrye in his
western explorations. Murdered by Sioux on an island in the Lake of the
Woods, May, 1736.
=Aumont, Maréchal d'.= =Ch= Champlain serves under, 1.
=Austerlitz.= =Bk= Battle of, its significance, 72-73.
=Auteuil, Denis Joseph Ruette d'.= _See_ Ruette d'Auteuil.
=Avaugour, Pierre Dubois, Baron d'.= Governor of New France, 1661-1663,
succeeding D'Argenson. =Index=: =F= Governor, 45; disagrees with clergy
on liquor question, 46; describes earthquake, 46. =L= His attitude on
liquor question, 10, 38; recalled, 39; his report on Canada, 40. =Bib.=:
Parkman, _Old Régime_.
=Aylesworth, Sir Allen Bristol= (1854- ). Born in Newburgh, Ontario.
Educated at Newburgh High School and at the University of Toronto;
studied law and called to the bar of Ontario, 1878; practised his
profession in Toronto; appointed one of the British Commissioners in
connection with the settlement of the Alaska boundary, 1903; elected to
the House of Commons, 1905; postmaster-general, 1905; minister of
justice, 1906; British agent in connection with the Fisheries case
before the Hague Tribunal, 1910. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.
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