Head, Sir Edmund, governor-general,40; the Double Shuffle episode,57-62.
Hincks, Sir Francis, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,25; with Morin in power,20,31; defends the Liberal-Conservative alliance,37,39; leaves the country,46; becomes finance minister under Macdonald on his return,83-4,93,96; his character,85-6.
Holton, Luther H.,56,65.
House of Commons. See Parliament.
Howe, Joseph, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: his opposition to Confederation,79; enters the Dominion Cabinet,79-80; his work in connection with the transfer of the North-West,88-9; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia,80.
Hudson's Bay Company, and the transfer of the North-West,49,51,87-8.
Independence of Parliament Act of 1857, the,59-60.
'Institut Canadien, L',' the members' attitude towards the pastoral letter of 1858,110-12.
Intercolonial Railway projected,48.
Jameson, Sir Starr, and Cecil Rhodes,174.
Jesuits' Estates Act, an amusing incident in connection with the,162-4.
Jones, Walter R., his letter proposing a railway to the Pacific,50-2.
Kingston, the principal town in Upper Canada in 1815,1,2,4; as the seat of government,14,16,27n.,52; its population compared,14,48.
LaFontaine, Sir Louis H., leader of French Canadians in Liberal Government,17,20,28; burned in effigy,22; withdraws from public life,20,31,38.
Landry, P., speaker of the Senate,132-3.
Langevin, Sir Hector, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,64,115,132-3,140-3.
Laurier, Wilfrid, enters Parliament,103; Liberal leader,137; his personality,160-1.
Liberal party, the, its opposition to the building of the C.P.R.,93,97n.,98-9,100,118,119-21and note; its strength in 1872,96-7,102; and the Riel resolution,132-133; its organized obstruction to Macdonald's Franchise Bill,136-7; its policy of unrestricted reciprocity with United States,172. See Baldwin Reformers and Clear Grits.
Liberal-Conservative party, beginning of,36-9,40; its programme,28.
Lower Canada, its development between 1851 and 1861,47-8; and Rep. by Pop. and Non-sectarian Schools,54,56.
M'Carthy, Dalton, his fatuous course in 1887,158.
Macdonald, Sir John, his birth and parentage,1,12-13; boyhood and schooldays,3-6; called to the bar and opens a law-office in Kingston,6-7,14; 'Hit him, John,'8-9; shoulders a musket in 1837,9,15,16; acts as counsel in the Von Shoultz affair,9-12,13; elected to the city council of Kingston,14; his politics,16and note,22; elected to Assembly,17; enters Draper's Cabinet,19and note; favours Kingston as the seat of government,26; refuses to sign the Annexation manifesto and advocates the formation of the British America League,27-8; his policy tending to ameliorate the racial and religious differences existing between Upper and Lower Canada,31-2and note,33-5; attorney-general,36,38,39,107; his connection with Cartier,41,44-5,47,78; and Sir Allan MacNab,41,43-4; his relations with Brown,33,46-7,58n.,71,72-3,104; prime minister,54; opposes non-sectarian schools,55-6; the 'Double Shuffle' episode,59-62; and Sir John Rose,64-5; defeated on his Militia Bill,68-9,75; his work on behalf of Confederation,42,71,72-3,74,75,99,100; forms the first Dominion Administration and is created K.C.B.,76-7; and Sir Charles Tupper,79,156-8; and Joseph Howe,79-80, and D'Arcy M'Gee,81; on Galt,83; on Galt and Cartwright's defection,84-5,86-7,166; on his appointment of Hincks as finance minister,83-4,85-6; his troubles over the transfer of the North-West,87-8; and Donald A. Smith,89-90,170; member of the Joint High Commission which resulted in the Treaty of Washington,91-2; his troubles on the eve of the elections of 1872,93-4,100; his account of the contests in Ontario,95-6; the Pacific Scandal,97-101; and Edward Blake,109; his National Policy,112-14,117; his opinion of Lord Dufferin,115-116; his relations with the Duke of Argyll,116-17; his great work in connection with the building of the C.P.R.,50-2,118-26,139; the trial and execution of Louis Riel, and the political effect,127-133; his experience of the fickleness of public opinion,130-1; his political strategy,132-3; his desire for a uniform franchise system,133-4; and the necessity of a property qualification for the right to vote,134-5; his Franchise Act,135-8,139; a believer in the extension of the franchise to single women,138; on his relations with Langevin, Caron, and Chapleau,140-3; and his difficulty about his successor,141; and Sir John Thompson,146-9; and Sir Alexander Campbell, and Sir Oliver Mowat,7-8,149-51; mourns J. H. Pope's loss,151-2; his reply to Sir C. H. Tupper,153; against Irish Home Rule,154-5; on Goldwin Smith,154-6; on Sir Wilfrid Laurier,161; an amusing interlude with Honoré Mercier,162-4; a pointed allusion to his supposed convivial habits,165-6; on Alonzo Wright, the 'King,'167; opposed to unrestricted reciprocity with United States,172; his famous manifesto of 1891,173-4; and Cecil Rhodes,174-5; his resemblance to Lord Beaconsfield,175-6; his Imperialism,17,92,154-5,174,176-82; his character,12-13,139-40,158-159,178-9,182-3; his death,182.
Macdonald, John Sandfield, a 'political Ishmaelite,'63; in power with L. V. Sicotte,69-70,81; opposed to Confederation,74; prime minister of Ontario,93,95.
M'Dougall, William, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,63; his work on behalf of Confederation,73,77; lieutenant-governor of the North-West,88,89.
M'Gee, Thomas D'Arcy, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,63,81; his career and assassination,81-2.
Mackenzie, Alexander, leader of Liberals,96,114,117,120-121; prime minister,103,105; his career and character,103-104,133.
MacNab, Sir Allan, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,25; prime minister,36-7,41; his career,42-4.
Macpherson, Sir David, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,27,98n.,119; minister of Interior,143-4.
Maitland, Sir Peregrine, lieutenant-governor,3.
Mercier, Honoré, prime minister of Quebec,132; his interview with Sir John Macdonald,162-4.
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, governor-general,17.
Militia, commission on,68-9.
Moderate Reformers. See Baldwin Reformers.
Monck, Lord, and the first Dominion Cabinet,76-7; and the first Dominion Day honours,77-8.
Montreal, the seat of government,18-19,26,27n.,52; its population,48; the riots in connection with the Rebellion Losses Bill,22,23-6.
Morin, A. N., a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: leader of French-Canadian wing of Liberal Government,31; and of Liberal-Conservatives,36-39; retires to the bench,41.
Morris, Alexander, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,72.
Mount Stephen, Lord,113,141; introduces Donald A. Smith to Macdonald,89,90; president of the C.P.R.,122,125; his letter to Sir John Macdonald,123-4; and the reply,125n.
Mowat, Sir Oliver, studies law under Macdonald,7-8; in Brown's Short Administration,64; his work on behalf of Confederation,73; prime minister of Ontario,96,160.
National Policy, the,112-14,117.
New Brunswick, and Confederation,73,74,96.
North-West, its transfer,87-91.
North-West Rebellion, the,126-127,129.
Nova Scotia, and Confederation,73,79,93; ratifies Macdonald's policy in connection with the Treaty of Washington,92,96.
Ontario, its population and condition in 1815,2,3.
Ottawa, chosen as the capital city of Canada,26and note,53,57.
Pacific Scandal episode, the,97-101.
Papineau, L. J., leader of the Rouges,29.
Parliament, and the Rebellion Losses Bill,20-6,28; the selection of the capital,53,57; the Double Shuffle,59-62; Conservatives defeated on Militia Bill,68-9; the double majority principle laid down,70; Liberals defeated on the National Policy,113-15,117; the building of the C.P.R.,119-21,122,125and note; the Electoral Franchise Act,135-8; a moderating influence begins to be felt,161.
Pope, J. H., a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,72,115,118; his political sagacity,151-2.
Prince Edward Island, and Confederation,73,74,96.
Quebec, as a seat of government,26,27n.,52; its population in 1861,48; Confederation conference in,74; effect of Riel's execution on,130-2,159; and the Jesuits' Estates Act,162-3.
Radicals of Upper Canada. See Clear Grits.
Rebellion Losses Act, the troubles and disturbances in connection with,21-6.
Red River insurrection, the,89,90.
Rhodes, Cecil, his letter to Sir John Macdonald,174-5.
Riel, Louis, leader of the Red River insurrection,89,93; and the North-West Rebellion,126-7,129-30; his trial and execution,128-9; and its political effect,130-3,159.
Rose, Sir John, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: subscribes to Annexation manifesto,27; a close friend of Edward VII,64-5,67,68; finance minister,83; takes up residence in London,83.
Rose, Lady, the tragic event in her life,65-7.
Ross, John, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: joins the MacNab-Morin Cabinet,37; resigns,46; and Confederation,62.
Rouge party, its programme,29; its alliance with the Clear Grits,31,35,36,47,69-70; opposed to Confederation,74.
Russell, Lord John, defends the Rebellion Losses Bill,25; in the Hudson's Bay Company investigation,49.
Ryerson, Rev. Egerton, superintendent of Schools,55-6.
St Andrews Society of Montreal,24.
School question, the,54,55.
Scott, Thomas, his murder at Fort Garry,89,93,127.
Seigneurial Tenure, abolition of,37and note,45.
Sherwood, Henry, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,19-20.
Sicotte, L. V., leader of French-Canadian wing of Liberal Government,69-70.
Smith, Donald A. See Strathcona, Lord.
Smith, Frank, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,152.
Smith, Goldwin, two examples of his malevolence and wit,103-4; and Sir John Macdonald's Imperialism,154-6.
Spence, Thomas, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald,37.
Stephen, George. See Mount Stephen, Lord.
Strathcona, Lord, his first meeting with Sir John Macdonald,89-90; his mission to Red River Colony,91; and the C.P.R.,121,125; two anecdotes concerning,170-1.
Sweeny, Robert, the tragedy of,65-7.
Sydenham, Lord, governor-general,14,34.