_CHRONICLES OF CANADA_ Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton In thirty-two volumes 13 THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS BY W. STEWART WALLACE _Part IV_ _The Beginnings of British Canada_ [Illustration: GEORGE III From the National Portrait Gallery] THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS A Chronicle of the Great Migration BY W. STEWART WALLACE [Illustration] TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1920 _Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention_ PRESS OF THE HUNTER-ROSE CO., LIMITED, TORONTO CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTORY 1 II. LOYALISM IN THE THIRTEEN COLONIES 7 III. PERSECUTION OF THE LOYALISTS 20 IV. THE LOYALISTS UNDER ARMS 32 V. PEACE WITHOUT HONOUR 45 VI. THE EXODUS TO NOVA SCOTIA 53 VII. THE BIRTH OF NEW BRUNSWICK 71 VIII. IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 86 IX. THE LOYALISTS IN QUEBEC 91 X. THE WESTERN SETTLEMENTS 97 XI. COMPENSATION AND HONOUR 112 XII. THE AMERICAN MIGRATION 120 XIII. THE LOYALIST IN HIS NEW HOME 127 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 138 INDEX 143 ILLUSTRATIONS GEORGE III _Frontispiece_ From the National Portrait Gallery. LORD CORNWALLIS _Facing page_ 46 From the National Portrait Gallery. UPPER AND LOWER CANADA AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES AT THE TIME OF THE LOYALIST SETTLEMENTS ” 52 Map by Bartholomew. THE FIRST GOVERNMENT HOUSE, FREDERICTON—BUILT 1787 ” 80 FACSIMILE OF CARD USED IN THE FIRST NEW BRUNSWICK ELECTION, 1785 ” 82 SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND ” 98 After a contemporary painting. JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE ” 122 From the bust in Exeter Cathedral. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY