=Buteux, Jacques= (1600-1652). Born in France. In 1634 sent as a missionary to Canada, and arrived at the new settlement of Three Rivers in September. Worked among the Indians there for several years. Superior of the missions from 1639 to 1642, and from 1647 to 1652. =Index=: =Ch= Stationed at Three Rivers, 256. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_. =Butler, John.= Born in Connecticut. In 1759 served under Sir William Johnson in the Niagara campaign, and in 1760 in the Montreal expedition. During the Revolution served on the British side in New York and in Canada. Appointed superintendent of Indian affairs. Died in Niagara, 1794. =Index=: =Hd= Of Rangers, lays waste Wyoming district, 151; value of his services, 154; acts for Guy Johnson, 155; conduct of Indians commanded by, disapproved, 170; cruelties practised upon his Rangers, 172; disbands Rangers and takes up land on Niagara frontier, 256; entertained by Haldimand, 327. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Butterfield, Major.= =Dr= Surrenders post at Cedars to British force, 142. =Buttes-à-Neveu.= =WM= Name given to rising ground extending to city walls, Quebec, 186, 256. =By, John= (1781-1836). Born in England. Entered the army in 1799. In 1802 came to Canada; returned to England in 1811; and served in the Peninsular War. In 1826 again came to Canada, and engaged on important military and engineering works until 1832. Constructed the Rideau Canal from Bytown (Ottawa) to Kingston, the first steamer passing through in the spring of 1832. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Women's Can. Hist. Soc. of Ottawa, _Trans._, vol. 1. =Byng, John= (1704-1757). Born in England. Entered the navy in 1718. In 1727-1736 stationed at Mahon, Minorca; and in 1747-1748 commanded in the Mediterranean. In 1756 engaged the French at Minorca and after an indecisive battle retreated to Gibraltar, leaving Minorca to its fate. Recalled to England, court-martialled, and shot on March 14, 1757. =Index=: =WM= His reserve at Minorca, 33. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Bytown.= Former name of the city of Ottawa. =Index=: =Md= Chosen by the queen as capital, 85; suggestion came from Sir Edmund Head, 85; opposition to decision in Parliament, 85. =BL= An all-water route between Montreal and Kingston, 75; favoured by some persons as capital, 1843, 181. =E= Water communication established with Montreal, 98. _See also_ Ottawa. =Bib.=: Women's Can. Hist. Soc. of Ottawa, _Trans._, vols. 1 and 3. =Cabir-Coubat.= =Ch= Indian name of St. Charles River, 148. =Cables.= The first submarine cables in America were those laid between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, 1851; and between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, 1856. Newfoundland was connected with Ireland by cable in 1858. In 1902 the Pacific Cable was laid, between Canada and New Zealand and Australia. _See also_ Gisborne; Fleming. =Bib.=: Bright, _Submarine Telegraphs_; Johnson, _The All Red Line_.