Landing of Jacques Cartier at Quebec, 1535 From the painting by A. Suzor CoteLanding of Jacques Cartier at Quebec, 1535 From the painting by A. Suzor Cote
Cartier, Jacques(1491-1557). In 1534, sailing out of St. Malo, made his first voyage to the New World, entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence by way of the Straits of Belle Isle, landing on the Gaspé shore, and coasting around the eastern end of Anticosti. Returned to France. The following year again sailed to the gulf, and entered the river St. Lawrence. Continuing his voyage, passed the mouth of the Saguenay, and landed on the Island of Orleans, which he named Île Bacchus. Brought his little ships into the St. Charles River, upon whose banks stood the Indian village of Stadaconé. After exploring the St. Lawrence as far as the Indian town of Hochelaga (Montreal), returned to Stadaconé, where he wintered. In the spring of 1536 sailed back to France, taking with him the Iroquois chief, Donnacona. In 1541, made a third voyage to Canada. Roberval was to have followed with a number of colonists, but did not actually sail until the spring of 1542. When he reached Newfoundland, he met Cartier on his way home. Roberval's colony proved disastrous, and Cartier undertook a fourth voyage to the New World to rescue the survivors.Index:ChNames Hare Island, 13; ravages of scurvy among his men, 23; finds a remedy in the plantaneda, 29; Membertou pretends to have met him in 1534, 36; his winter quarters identified by Champlain, 44-45; his Rivière de Fouez identified as the St. Maurice, 52.FHis voyages, 1; attempt at colonization, 2.LWith his men, receives communion from bishop of St. Malo, 7.CSir Georges É. Cartier a descendant of the explorer's family, 3.Bib.: For a complete list of the original editions of Cartier's voyages,seeHarrisse,Notes pour Servir, etc. Tross, Paris, reprinted them as follows: D'Avezac,Bref Récit et Succinte Narration de la Navigation Faite par le Capitaine Jacques Cartier aux Îles de Canada, etc. (1863); Michelant et Ramé,Voyage de Jacques Cartier au Canada en 1534(1865); Michelant et Ramé,Relation Originale, du Voyage de Jacques Cartier au Canada en 1534(1867). The first English version is that of Florio (1580). In 1600 Hakluyt included a more accurate translation in hisPrincipal Navigations. H. B. Stephen's essay,Jacques Cartier and his Voyages to Canada, is accompanied by a new translation of the voyages. The Cartier voyages are discussed in theTrans.R. S. C., by W. F. Ganong (1887), (1889); Paul de Gazes (1884), (1890); Abbé Verreau (1890), (1891), (1897); Archbishop Howley (1894); and in the Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc.Trans.,Voyages de Découvertes au Canada(1843); Demazieres,Notes sur Jacques Cartier(1862).See alsoPope,Jacques Cartier; Winsor,Cartier to Frontenac; Parkman,Pioneers of France; Des Longrais,Jacques Cartier; Dionne,La Nouvelle France de Cartier à Champlain; Dent,Can. Por.
Cartwright, J. S.SyOpposes union of provinces in Upper Canada Assembly, 207, 211.
Cartwright, Rev. Richard.SyAssists in funeral service of Lord Sydenham, 344.
Cartwright, Richard(1759-1815). Born at Albany, New York. On the outbreak of hostilities with the mother country came with his parents to Upper Canada. For a time served as secretary to Colonel Butler of the Queen's Rangers, and later engaged in business at Kingston in partnership with Robert Hamilton. Made judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the district, and on the formation of Upper Canada into a separate province appointed to the Legislative Council. Urged to accept a seat in the Executive Council, but repeatedly refused. Created lieutenant of the county of Frontenac by Simcoe, and during the War of 1812 served as colonel of the militia. Occupied a position of great prominence in the political and business life of the province.Index:BLOffered and refuses solicitor-generalship of Upper Canada, 120; his letter of explanation, 121.RHis influence on Strachan, 37.BkBrock's high opinion of, 179.SOn later emigration from United States, 57; member of Legislative Council, 79; his report on marriage question, in Upper Canada, 86; accused by Simcoe of republicanism, 97, 98; asserts his loyalty, 98; advises Simcoe in regard to land regulations, 103; describes methods of business in early times, 109.Bib.: Cartwright,Life and Letters of Hon. Richard Cartwright.
Cartwright, Sir Richard John(1835- ). Grandson of the preceding. Born at Kingston. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Entered public life, 1863, as member for Lennox and Addington. Minister of finance in Mackenzie Cabinet, 1873-1878. On the return of the Liberals to power, in 1896, became minister of trade and commerce.Index:MdFavours commercial union, 297; introduces unrestricted reciprocity resolution, 1888, 298-299; his modified resolution of 1889, 299.BHis account of pre-confederation scenes in the house, 153-154.CDiscussion with Cartier in 1872, on the militia, 110.Bib.: Works:Remarks on the Militia of Canada;Memories of Confederation. For biog.,seeDent,Can. Por.andLast Forty Years; Morgan,Can. Men;Canadian Who's Who.
Carver, Jonathan(1732-1780). Born at Stillwater, New York. Joined the company of rangers raised by John Burk of Northfield, 1756-1757. After the treaty of Paris, 1763, conceived the idea of exploring the Western territory acquired by England. Between 1766 and 1768, travelled from Michilimackinac to the Mississippi, ascended the Minnesota River, and returned by way of Grand Portage, Lake Superior. Went to England, 1769, to secure government support for his plans of Western exploration, but failed. Died there, Jan. 31, 1780.Index:DHis River of Oregon, 19; reference to Oregon, 56-57.Bib.:Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. The best edition is the third, published at London, 1781. For a bib. of the various editions, and translations,seeLee,Bibliography of Carver's Travels(Wisconsin State Hist. Soc.Proc., 1909).See alsoDurrie,Jonathan Carver and "Carver's Grant"(Wisconsin Hist. Soc.Coll., vol. 6); Gregory,Jonathan Carver: His Travels in the North-West(Parkman ClubPub., No. 5); Bourne,Travels of Jonathan CarverinAmer. Hist. Review, 1906; Parkman,Conspiracy of Pontiac.
Cas Reservé.LIn connection with sale of liquor to Indians, 171, 174.
Cascades.On the St. Lawrence River.HdImprovements in navigation at, 185.
Case, William.RVisits England, 1831, 90; his connection with split in Methodist body, 105.
Casgrain, Henri Raymond(1831-1904). After studying medicine, decided to enter the church, and ordained a priest in 1856. In 1872, owing to an affection of the eyes, compelled to abandon the ministry, and thereafter devoted himself entirely to literature. His first work,Légendes Canadiennes, appeared in 1861; and this was followed by many other publications, in history, biography, and belles-lettres. One of the principal contributors to theSoirées Canadiennes, theFoyer Canadien, and other French-Canadian periodicals. A charter member of the Royal Society of Canada; elected president of that body in 1889.Index:LHis pen-portrait of Mme. de la Peltrie, 153-154.ChOn the question of Champlain's tomb, 261-262.Bib.: Among his principal works are:Histoire de la Mère Marie de l'Incarnation;Biographies Canadiennes;Un Pélerinage au Pays d'Evangéline;Montcalm et Lévis. For bib.,seeR. S. C., 1894, 21. For biog.,seeRouthier,Éloge historique de H. R. Casgrain(R. S. C., 1904); Morgan,Can. Men.
Cass, Lewis(1782-1866). Served under General Hull in War of 1812. Drew up Hull's flamboyant proclamation to the people of Canada. Opposed surrender of Detroit. Governor of territory of Michigan.Index:BkOn surrender of Detroit, 257.Bib.: Contributed toHistorical Sketches of Michigan, 1834. For biog.,seeMcLaughlin,Lewis Cass;Cyc. Am. Biog.
Castillon, Jacques de.ChAssisted in forming Company of New France, 168; presents pictures to church of Notre Dame de la Recouvrance, 240.
Castle Frank.SCountry chalet built for Simcoe near York, 215.
Castle of St. Louis.SeeChâteau St. Louis.
Catalogne, Gédéon de.Employed for some years on military and other engineering works in Canada. In 1701 commenced a canal from Lachine to the Little River, with the object of providing a boat channel around the rapids. The work was abandoned, and resumed in 1717, but was again abandoned, owing to the cost of the rock cutting. Accompanied Denonville on his expedition against the Iroquois, in 1687.
Cataraqui.A fort, built by the engineer Raudin in 1673, under Frontenac's orders, the site having been selected by La Salle. The fort stood at the mouth of the Cataraqui, on the site of the present city of Kingston. Here Frontenac held a great Council with representatives of the five Iroquois nations, 1673. On Frontenac's recommendation, Cataraqui was granted to La Salle as a seigniory, upon his repaying the amount the fort had cost the king. Fort Frontenac, as La Salle named it, became the base of his ambitious scheme of western explorations.Index:FExpedition of Courcelles to, 59; of Frontenac, 76-84; fort, afterwards known as Fort Frontenac, erected at, 83.HdLands allotted to Loyalists in neighbourhood of, 236, 255; settlers at, 258, 265.SBarracks of, on site of old Fort Frontenac, 51; Loyalist settlements in surrounding country, 58; detail of, 59.See alsoKingston; Fort Frontenac; La Salle.Bib.: Machar,Old Kingston; Sulte,Le Fort de Frontenac(R. S. C., 1901); Girouard,L'Expédition du Marquis de Denonville(R. S. C., 1899).
Cathcart, Charles Murray, Earl(1783-1859). Served in Holland, 1799; saw service through Peninsular War; fought at Waterloo; assumed title, 1843; succeeded General Jackson as commander-in-chief of the forces in British North America, 1845; administrator the same year, on the departure of SirCharles Metcalfe; governor-general, 1846; succeeded by Lord Elgin, 1847.Index:MdSucceeds Metcalfe as governor-general, 25; correspondence with Draper over Macdonald's appointment to Cabinet, 26.BLBecomes administrator, and afterwards governor-general, 265-266; his character and attitude towards political questions in Canada, 266.ESucceeds Metcalfe as governor-general, more interested in problems of defence than in politics, 38; replaced by Elgin, 40; his instructions to Rebellion Losses Commission, 65.BHis appointment and character, 28; warns British government of disaffection in Canada, 31.Bib.: Dent,Can. Por.andLast Forty Years; Morgan,Cel. Can.
Catherine.ChChamplain sails for France in (1626), 155.
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard(1816-1885). Educated at the Séminaire de Québec; studied law and called to the bar, but turned immediately to journalism. EditedLe Canadienfor a time; and in 1842 established theJournal de Québec. Entered public life, 1844, as member for Montmorency, which county he represented continuously until 1872. Entered MacNab government, 1855, as commissioner of crown lands. Became commissioner of public works in Cartier-Macdonald ministry, 1861-1862. Speaker of the Senate, 1868-1872. Accepted presidency of the Council in Mackenzie administration, 1875-1877; minister of inland revenue, 1877. Resigned the same year to accept the lieutenant-governorship of Manitoba, 1877-1882.Index:CAs journalist and politician, 24; attitude towards Cartier, 24; his writings, 24; praises Cartier in theJournal de Québec, 88.EBrings up question of Seigniorial Tenure in Parliament, 126; votes against secularization of the Clergy Reserves, 164.Bib.: Works:Remarks on the North-West Territories;Étude sur l'Union Projectée des Provinces Britanniques;L'Union des Provinces de l'Amérique du Nord. For biog.,seeRevue Canadienne, 1884; Dent,Can. Por.; Taylor,Brit. Am.
Caughnawaga Indians.A community of Iroquois, chiefly drawn from the Oneida and Mohawk, and speaking a modification of the Mohawk tongue. Having been converted by the Jesuit missionaries, they were induced to settle in 1668 at La Prairie, near Montreal. In 1676 they removed to Sault St. Louis, and the majority have remained in that vicinity ever since. About 1755 a new settlement was formed at St. Regis, farther up the St. Lawrence. Many accompanied the fur traders to the west as hunters. In the narratives of the fur trade they are referred to as Iroquois.Index:HdTheir sympathies secured for Congress by Jesuits, 130; village of, burned by Sir John Johnson, 156; their disloyalty, 189.Bib.: Colden,Five Nations; Hodge,Handbook of American Indians.
Caumont.ChPont-Gravé's clerk, 121; chief clerk of De Monts's (Rouen) company at Quebec, 133.
Cayahoga.BkUnited States schooner carrying Hull's stores and baggage, captured, 218.
Cayet, Victor Palma.ChHis work on French navigation, 15.
Cayley, William.Inspector-general, 1845-1848, and again, 1854-1858. By the Act of 1859, the office was changed to minister of finance.Index:EInspector-general, 1854, 140; favours division of Clergy Reserves among various denominations, 163.BGalt takes his place in government, 107.Bib.:Finances and Trade of Canada. For biog.,seeDent,Last Forty Years.
Cayugas.One of the tribes of the Iroquois confederacy. Parkman gives four forms of the name: Cayugas, Caiyoquos, Goiogoens, Gweugwehonoh. Their fighting strength is given in theRelationof 1660 as 300. At this time, however, they had been weakened by continual warfare. The Cayuga villagesstood on the shore of Cayuga Lake, and their territory extended from that lake to the Owasco, both included. The tribe lay between the Senecas on the west and the Onondagas on the east. By the beginning of the nineteenth century they had been crowded off their ancestral lands, and scattered abroad. Some seven hundred are now on the Six Nation reserve, in the Niagara peninsula. The remainder are for the most part in the western United States.Index:ChIroquois tribe, 50.See alsoIroquois; Senecas; Onondagas; Mohawks; Tuscaroras.Bib.: Pilling,Iroquoian Languages.See alsoIroquois.
Cazeau, François.HdArrested on charge of treason, 279.
Census.The first census in Canada seems to have been taken in 1640, when the inhabitants numbered 375, distributed as follows: married men, 64; married women (three born in Canada), 64; widower, 1; widows, 4; unmarried men, 35; boys (30 born in Canada), 58; girls (24 born in Canada), 48; nuns, 6; Jesuits, 29; others, 66. Benjamin Sulte finds the population in 1650 to have been 705; and in 1663 about 2500. The census of 1665 gives the total population as 3251. The first census of the Dominion was taken in 1871, when the population was 3,635,024; the census of 1881 gave a total of 4,324,810; of 1891, 4,833,239; of 1901, 5,371,315.See alsoAcadians.Index:EProvided for by La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 86; placed under Department of Agriculture by Hincks-Morin government, 117.FOf 1666, 55.Bib.:Census of Canada, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.See alsoJohnson,First Things in Canada; and General Index,Trans.R. S. C., underCensus.
Centurion.WMAdmiral Saunders's ship, in action off Beauport shore, 136.
Chabanel, Noél.Jesuit missionary in the Huron country, 1643. Had been a professor of rhetoric in France, before coming to Canada. When the Hurons were driven from their country by the Iroquois, in 1649, he and Garnier led their demoralized flock to the Island of St. Joseph, in Matchadash Bay, an inlet of Georgian Bay. Even here the Iroquois followed them, and attacked the mission of St. Jean, Dec. 7, 1649. Chabanel had left the place a short time before, and so escaped the general massacre. He, however, fell a victim to one of his own Hurons, who confessed that he had murdered the missionary and thrown his body into a river.Index:LDied a martyr, 62.Bib.: Parkman,Jesuits in North America.
Chabot, J.(1807-1860). Born at St. Charles, Bellechasse, Lower Canada. Studied law and practised in Quebec. Sat in the Assembly for Quebec, 1843-1850; for Bellechasse, 1851-1854; and for Quebec, 1854-1856. Became chief commissioner of public works, 1849, and again in 1852; government director of the Grand Trunk, 1854; and Seigniorial Tenure commissioner the same year. Appointed judge of the Superior Court of Lower Canada, 1856.Index:ECommissioner of public works, 1853, 126; and again in coalition ministry, 1854, 141; votes against secularization of the Clergy Reserves, 164; commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure law, 186.Bib.: Morgan,Cel. Can.; Dent,Last Forty Years.
Chalmers, Thomas.ROffered, but declines, charge of educational policy in Upper Canada, 37.
Chamberlain, Joseph(1836- ). British statesman.McJustifies Upper Canada Rebellion, 29, 30.Bib.:Who's Who.
Chambers, Captain.BkSent to Moraviantown to oppose enemy, 219, 235; in command of 2d Brigade, 247.
Chambly, Jacques de.An officer of the Carignan Regiment; built Fort St. Louis, on the Richelieu, 1665, and given its command. In 1672 the seigniory of Chambly granted to him. Succeeded De Grandfontaine as governor ofAcadia; transferred to Grenada; and later to Martinique, where he died.Index:FAppointed governor of Acadia, 90, 269; taken prisoner to Boston and there set at liberty, 269; again governor, 270; governor of Grenada (W. I.), 270.Bib.: Sulte,Régiment de Carignan(R. S. C., 1902).
Chambly.Fort, otherwise known as St. Louis, on the Richelieu. Built by Jacques de Chambly, 1665.Index:FFort erected at, 51.DrCaptured by Montgomery, 99; abandoned, 146.LFort erected at, 53.HdWeak defences of, 134.
Champdoré.ChCarpenter to De Monts's expedition, 22.
Champlain, Antoine.ChFather of Samuel Champlain, 1.
Champlain, Samuel(1567?-1635).WMHis elevated sentiments, 20.ChBirth and education, 1; sails to West Indies, Mexico, and Panama in command of Spanish vessel, 3, 4; suggests channel through isthmus, 5; captures English vessels and returns to France, 6; publishes account of travels, 7; obtains pension and made hydrographer to king of France, 8; accepts offer of Aymar de Chastes of Dieppe to go to Canada, 9; arrives at Tadoussac, 10; explores Saguenay, 12; ascends St. Lawrence to Sault St. Louis, anchors at Quebec, and explores Gaspesia, 13; sails for France, 14; submits narrative of his voyages to the king, 14; accompanies De Monts to Acadia, 19; explores country and gives names to places, 19; describes river St. John, 20; discovers a copper mine, 22; makes plan of Ste. Croix Island, 24; explores coast of Norembega, 25; describes Pentagouet (Penobscot) River, 27; further explorations, 30; describes settlement at Port Royal, 32; returns to France, 37; sails for Quebec, 40; resists Basque traders, 40; arrives at Quebec, 41; conspiracy formed against, 42; execution of chief conspirator, 43; explores vicinity of Quebec, 44; illness, 46; fits out expedition against Iroquois, 47; conference with Huron chiefs, 48; his Indian policy, 49-52; encounter with Iroquois on Lake Champlain, 53; sails for France, 54; has audience with the king, 55; consults with De Monts, 56; returns to Canada, 59; arrives at Quebec, 61; proceeds again to attack Iroquois, 61; wounded in encounter near mouth of Richelieu River, 62; returns to Quebec, 63; hears of the assassination of Henry IV, and sails for France, 64; marries Hélène Boullé, 65-67; returns to Canada, 67; arrives at Quebec, 68; makes a clearing at Montreal, 69; names St. Helen's Island after his wife, 69; sails for France, 70; final interview with De Monts, 71; motives for pursuing his work in Canada, 72, 82; becomes lieutenant in Canada of Charles de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons, 73; on death of Soissons, becomes lieutenant of the Prince de Condé and returns to Canada, 73; arrives at Quebec and proceeds to Falls of St. Louis, 74; goes up the Ottawa River, 75; his astrolabe, 76; sails for France, 79; engages the services of missionaries for Canada, 83; brings to Canada three Récollet fathers and one friar, 85; arriving at Quebec, proceeds to Falls of St. Louis, 85; ascends Ottawa River, passes through Lake Nipissing into Georgian Bay and reaches territory of Hurons, 88; proceeds with Hurons on another campaign against Iroquois, 101; wounded in fight with Iroquois, 103; desires to return to Quebec, but is detained by Hurons, 103; settles quarrel between Algonquians and Hurons, 105; returns to Quebec, 106; convokes meeting to consider question of missions, 108; sails for France, 111; returns to Canada (1617), 112; sails for France (1618), 116; returns to Canada (1620), 121; his projects for the advancement of Canada, 124, 125; obtains letter from the king in his favour, 126; his commission renewed by Duc de Montmorency, 129; takes his wife to Canada, 129; receives letters from Montmorency and the king, 130, 131; his difficulties with rival Companies, 132, 136; confirmed as lieutenant of viceroy, 137; salary and trading privileges, 138; publishes ordinances, 139; returns to France with his wife (1624), 141; meets Montmorency, 150; appointed by the Duc de Ventadour as his lieutenant, 152; sails for Canada (1626), 155; arrives at Quebec, 156; fortifies Cape Diamond, 157; reconstructs Fort St. Louis, 158; his treatment of the Indians, 159; tries to make an alliance with Iroquois, 160; his policy towards the Montagnais, 162; imprisons Montagnais suspected of murder, 165; receives three young Montagnais girls to be educated, 165; one of the Hundred Associates (Company of New France), 170; forms establishment at Cap Tourmente, 171; criticizes conduct of Roquemont, 175; summoned by David Kirke to surrender Quebec, 176; his answer, 178; builds mill for grinding pease, 180; sends part of population of Quebec to Gaspé, 181; asserts superiority of his commission over Pont-Grave's, 182; summoned by Kirke to surrender Quebec, 188; capitulates, 190; his action criticized, 192, 193; signs articles of capitulation on board Kirke's ship, 195; delayed several weeks at Tadoussac, 204; his two Indian girls, Esperance and Charité, taken back by the Indians, 205; embarks for France, 206; goes to London and sees French ambassador, 207; shows him map of the country, 211; names given by, to harbours and rivers of New England, 212; crosses over to France, and has interview with the king, 212; returns to Quebec (1633), 228; takes active part in civilization of Micmacs, 237; erects chapel of Notre Dame de la Recouvrance, 238; his bequest to it, 239; appointed governor, by Company of New France (Hundred Associates), 244; his last letter to Cardinal Richelieu, 246; defrays expenses of some families coming to Canada, 250; approves of exclusion of Protestants as settlers, 255; his piety, 258; death, 261; question of his tomb, 261; his will, 265; will set aside, 266; character and fame, 267; monument to, 268, 275; the Father of New France, 269; crossed the Atlantic twenty times, 270; his conduct towards and influence over Indian tribes, 271; his Indian alliances, 272; his writings, 274, 275; eulogies pronounced on, 276-279.FEarly career of, 3; sails for St. Lawrence and explores river to Lachine Rapids, 4; explores Baie des Chaleurs, returns to France, 5; accompanies De Monts to Acadia, 7; founder of Quebec, 8; plot against his life, 8; expedition against Iroquois, 9; returns to France and sails again for Canada, 10; returns to France, marries, and sails again for Canada, 11; prospects island of Montreal, 12; returns to France (1611), sails for Canada (1613), again to France, again to Canada (1615), 13; brings out Récollet missionaries, 13; heads another expedition against Iroquois, 14; begins construction of Château St. Louis, 15; surrenders Quebec to English under Kirke, 20; lands in England, 21; urges restitution of Canada, 22; sails for Quebec (1633), 24; death of, 26.LHis anxiety for the propagation of the faith, 4; his pious administration, 8.Bib.: Works:[OE]uvres de Champlain(Laverdière), 1870;Voyages(Laverdière), 1870;Voyages(trans. by Otis, with memoir by Slafter), 1878-1882; Grant,Voyages of Samuel de Champlain; Bourne,Champlain's Voyages; Biggar,Works of Samuel de Champlain(Champlain Society,in prep.). For bib. of the original editions,seeHarrisse,Notes pour Servir, etc. For biog.,seeGravier,Vie de Samuel Champlain; Sedgwick,Samuel de Champlain; Dix,Champlain: the Founder of New France; Verreau,Samuel de Champlain(R. S. C., 1899); Parkman,Pioneers of France; Dent,Can. Por.
Champlain Lake.Discovered by Samuel Champlain, July, 1609. Here took place the first hostile encounter between the French and the Iroquois. The French were the aggressors, and had bitter enough cause to remember the fact throughout the century. In 1666 the Sieur de la Motte built a fort on Île LaMotte, which was afterwards abandoned. Fort St. Frederic was built at Crown Point, 1731. It was enlarged and strengthened in 1734, and again in 1742. Lake Champlain became the war thoroughfare, not merely between the Iroquois and French, but between New France and New England. Fort Carillon was built, 1755-1756. With this lake are associated the names of Dieskau and Sir William Johnson, Montcalm and Abercrombie, Ethan Allen and Montgomery.Index:FChamplain reaches, in his expedition against the Iroquois, 9, 10.HdCanada to be attacked by way of, 34; trouble among the settlers on, 89, 197; guarding against invasion from, 125, 133, 134; Major Carleton on, 149; messengers intercepted on, 129; forts captured by Ethan Allen, 198; Vermont negotiations held upon, 204; fear of rebel approach by, 208, 216; Ethan Allen offers to meet Haldimand upon, 214; Loyalists on shores of, 250.WMMontcalm at, 32, 34; 54-61; forts on, evacuated by Bourlamaque, 146.DrArmed craft on, captured, 82; Americans evacuate Canada by way of, 146; route of attack on New England, 147; Carleton builds a fleet on, 149; description of the lake, 153; Carleton defeats Arnold on, 154-157.ChEncounter with Iroquois at southern extremity of, 53.Bib.: Parkman,Montcalm and Wolfe; Crockett,History of Lake Champlain; Smith,Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony; Reid,Lake George and Lake Champlain; Palmer,History of Lake Champlain.Seebib. note in Crockett.
Chandler, Edward Barron(1800-1880). Elected to New Brunswick Assembly, 1827, for Westmoreland, which he represented until 1836, when called to Legislative Council. Became executive councillor, 1844. Engaged in negotiations for Intercolonial Railway, 1850-1852; reciprocity, 1854; and Confederation, 1865. Succeeded Tilley as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1878.Index:WSent by New Brunswick Assembly to lay grievances before colonial secretary, 24; becomes member of government, 72; resigns, 76.TGoes to London to secure support for Intercolonial, 26-27; 54; member of Executive Council, 1856, 41; delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 73; to Quebec Conference, 77; Confederation delegate to England, 120.HJoins Joseph Howe in mission to Toronto on behalf of Intercolonial Railway project, 137; secures support of New Brunswick government, 139; his speech at Amherst on behalf of Howe, 140; accompanies Hincks to England on Intercolonial Railway mission, 142.BComplains at Quebec Conference, that proposed union legislative, not federal, 163.Bib.: Hannay,History of New Brunswick; Dent,Can. Por.
Chandler, Samuel.McAids Mackenzie's escape, 397.
Chansons of French Canada.Most of the inimitable folk-songs of Quebec came in their original form from France, and have undergone more or less of a transformation in their new environment. A few originated in French Canada.Index:CChansons de rondeamong the habitants, 119-120; at Cartier's house, 123.Bib.: Gagnon,Chansons populaire; McLennan,Songs of old Canada; Burpee,Songs of French Canada; Wood,Footnotes to Canadian Folk-Songs(R. S. C., 1896); Bourinot,Songs of Forest and RiverinRose-Belford Monthly, 1877;French Songs of Old Canada, pictured by W. Graham Robertson; Tiersot,French Folk-Songs.
Chapais, Jean Charles(1812-1885). Born in Rivière Oùelle, Quebec. Member of the Executive Council and commissioner of public works, 1864-1867. In 1867 privy councillor and minister of agriculture; and 1869-1873 receiver-general. In 1868 called to the Senate.Index:TDelegate to Quebec Conference, 76; minister of agriculture in first Dominion Cabinet, 129.Bib.: Dent,Last Forty Years.
Chapais, Joseph Amable Thomas(1858- ). Educated at Laval University. Called to the bar, 1879. EditedLe Courrier du Canadasince 1884. Appointed member of Legislative Council of Quebec, 1892, and elected Speaker, 1895; president of the Executive Council, 1896, and minister of colonization, 1897.Index:FHis work on Talon referred to, 57.Bib.: Works:Jean Talon, Intendant de la Nouvelle France;Discours et Conférences. For biog.,seeMorgan,Can. Men;Canadian Who's Who.
Chapleau, Sir Joseph Adolphe(1840-1898). Studied law and called to the bar, 1861. Elected to Quebec Legislature, 1867, and successively solicitor-general, and provincial secretary, of the province. Premier of Quebec, 1879. Entered Dominion Cabinet, 1882, as secretary of state. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Quebec, 1892; knighted, 1896.Bib.: Works:Léon XIII, Homme d'État;Question des Chemins de Fer. For biog.,see J. A. Chapleau: Sa Biographie et Ses Discours; Morgan,Can. Men; Dent,Can. Por.
Chapman, Henry Samuel(1803-1881). Born in England. Came to Canada, 1823, and established at Montreal theDaily Advertiser, the first daily newspaper published in British America, 1833. Connected with several other newspapers. A strong supporter of the Reform party. Removed to England and called to the bar, 1840. Went to New Zealand, where he became a judge. Died in Dunedin, New Zealand.Index:HAttempts to secure Joseph Howe's support for agitation in Lower Canada, 50; Howe's reply, 50.
Charbonnel, Armand François Marie de.Roman Catholic bishop of Toronto, 1850-1860. Died, 1860.Index:ROpposes public schools, 219, 225; Ryerson's letter to, 224-225; referred to inGlobe, 226; his letter to Ryerson, 226; his policy, 228; his complaints, 229; drafts Separate School Bill, 230; his pastoral letter, 234; resigns charge of Toronto diocese, 235.
Charest, Dufils.WMCommands party sent to heights of Lévis, 103.
Charles I(1600-1649). King of England; succeeded to the throne, 1625.Index:ChHis instructions to English ambassador at Paris, 215; restores New France and Acadia to France, 221.Bib.:Dict. Nat. Biog.
Charles II(1630-1685). King of England; succeeded to the throne, 1660.Index:WAnnuls charter of London and other towns, 54.Bib.:Dict. Nat. Biog.
Charles Emmanuel III(1701-1773). King of Sardinia. Succeeded to the throne, 1730.Index:HdHis foreign policy, 5.
Charlesbourg.WMDe Pontbriand retires to, 153.
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de(1682-1761). First came to Canada in 1705, as an instructor in the Jesuits' College at Quebec. Returned to France in 1709. It was at this time that he gathered the material for hisHistoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle-France. Again visited Canada in 1720 by order of the French government to report as to the best route for an overland expedition in search of the Western Sea. In the course of this journey visited the mission and posts of what was then the extreme western frontier of New France, returning to France in 1723, by way of Mobile.Index:LOn the character of the Canadian population, 117; on the character of Frontenac, 144, 145.FOn bravery of Canadians and indifferent conduct of French troops, 212; on Lachine massacre, 224, 227; on old age of François Hertel, 235; his account of "flag" incident in siege of Quebec, 295; on character and conduct of Frontenac, 333-336.ChHis opinion of Lescarbot, 37; his description of the French settlements in Canada, 243; his eulogy of Champlain, 276, 277.Bib.: Besides hisHistoire du ParaguayandHistoire de l'Isle Espagnole ou de S. Dominique,Charlevoix was the author ofLa Vie de la Mère Marie de l'Incarnationand of the first general history of Canada,Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle-France. HisVoyage dans l'Amerique Septentrionalewas translated into English in 1756. Dr. J. G. Shea's translation of the History was published at New York in 6 vols., 1866-1872; and reprinted by F. P. Harper, New York, in 6 vols. An abridged translation of Charlevoix'sJournalis found in vol. 3 of FrenchHist. Coll. of Louisiana. For biog.,seeJ. E. Roy,Essai sur Charlevoix(R. S. C., 1907).
Charlottetown.Capital of Prince Edward Island. Originally founded by the French, about 1750, and then known as Port la Joie. In 1713 it was a fortified post, with a garrison of sixty soldiers. The population numbered 1354 in 1752; and in 1758 it had been increased to over 4000 by the arrival of a large number of Acadians from the mainland. It came under British rule in 1763, and received its present name about 1768.Bib.: Campbell,History of Prince Edward Island.
Charlottetown Conference, 1864.MdArranged by Tupper, 104; the Canadian proposals, 104; terms of union, 107.HJoseph Howe invited to attend as delegate, but declines, 176-177; Sir Charles Tupper's connection with, 176-177; Nova Scotia delegates, 177; maritime union found impracticable, 178; Sir John Macdonald proposes Confederation, 178.BHistory of, 161.TDelegates to, 73; history of, 73-75.SeeQuebec Conference; Macdonald; Tupper.Bib.: Whelan,Union of the British Provinces; Saunders,Three Premiers of Nova Scotia.
Charny-Lauzon.SeeLauzon-Charny.
Charron, Jean-François.LCharitable work of, and of his brother, 125; house of charity established by, 245; death of, 246.
Chartier de Lotbinière, Eustache Gaspard Michel.DrAdvised in connection with question of Canadian laws, 63, 68; elected Speaker of the Assembly, 277.
Chartier de Lotbinière, René Louis.LAppointed to Sovereign Council, 166.FMember of the Sovereign Council, 106.
Charton, François.ChJesuit, 152; returns to France, 208.
Chastes, Aymar de.ChGovernor of Dieppe, obtains charter for colonization of Canada, 8; suggests that Champlain should visit Canada, 9; death of, 9.FTrading patent granted to, 3; his death, 5.
Château de Ramezay.At Montreal.Index:HdPurchased for government house, 186; belonged to William Grant, 186.BLGovernment offices in, during Elgin's governorship, 325.
Château Haldimand.At Quebec.Index:HdFoundation stone laid by Haldimand, 344; used as school in connection with Laval University until 1892, then pulled down, 344.
Château St. Louis.At Quebec. Commenced by Governor de Montmagny, 1647, and completed by his successor, D'Ailleboust. Demolished, 1694, and rebuilt with new wing. Enlarged, 1723; and in 1808 renovated and again enlarged, by government of Lower Canada. Up to the close of French régime, it was the official residence of the governors of Canada; and after the cession, their British successors continued to occupy the building. It was destroyed by fire, 1834. The Château Frontenac hotel now stands immediately back of the site of the Château St. Louis, which occupied part of what is now Dufferin Terrace.SeeHabitation de Québec.Index:FConstruction begun, 15.BkDescription of, 90; occupied by Sir James Craig, 90.HdGovernor's residence at Quebec, 169, 222, 304, 314; balls at, 223; wing added by Haldimand namedin his honour, 344.Bib.: Gagnon,Le Fort el la Château St. Louis; Doughty,Fortress of Quebec; Douglas,Old France in the New World.
Châteaufort, Marc Antoine Bras-de-fer de.FInterim governor after death of Champlain, 27.
Châteauguay.Battle in War of 1812, Oct. 26, 1813. The stream from which the battle took its name, rises in Franklin County, New York, and falls into the St. Lawrence a few miles above Caughnawaga. The scene of the battle was about six miles above the confluence of the English with Châteauguay River. Hampton was in command of the Americans, and De Salaberry commanded the Canadian troops, with Colonel Macdonell in charge of the reserves. Although the former had an overwhelmingly superior force, the result of the battle was in favour of the Canadians; and the contemplated attack on Montreal was abandoned. The battle was won by French-Canadian militia under a French-Canadian commander.See alsoWar of 1812; Salaberry.Bib.: Lucas,Canadian War of 1812; Lighthall,An Account of the Battle of Chateauguay; Macdonell,The Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada; Kingsford,History of Canada.
Chateauneuf, Pierre Antoine de Castaguere, Marquis de(1644-1728).ChFrench ambassador in London, instructions to, 214.
Chatel, Aimée.LMember of the Congregation de Notre Dame, 91.
Chatham, William Pitt, first Earl of(1708-1778). The "Great Commoner," who brought England "to a height of prosperity and glory unknown to any former age." He urged continually a conciliatory policy towards America, until it became apparent that the colonists would be satisfied with nothing less than independence. His broad outlook and unerring instinct in the choice of men were chiefly responsible for the triumphs of British policy at home and abroad. Sent Boscawen and Amherst to the capture of Louisbourg, and Wolfe and Saunders to victory at Quebec.Index:DrOpposes Quebec Act, 65.Bib.: Almon,Anecdotes and Speeches of Chatham; Rosebery,William Pitt; Green,William Pitt, Earl of Chatham;Correspondence of William Pitt with Colonial Governors, ed. by Kimball.Seehis letters and instructions to Wolfe, Saunders, and Amherst, in Doughty,Siege of Quebec, and Wood,Logs of Conquest of Canada.
Chaumonot, Joseph.Came to Canada, 1639, with Madame de la Peltrie, Marie de l'Incarnation, and Fathers Vimont and Poncet. Accompanied Brébeuf as missionary to the Neutral Nation, whose country was along the north shore of Lake Erie, 1640. Sent to the Onondagas, 1655. Missionary in charge of the Hurons at Old Lorette, where, in 1674, he built the chapel in honour of Our Lady of Loretto. Died, Feb. 21, 1693.Index:LAccompanies mission to Gannentaha, 65; chief promoter of cult of Holy Family, 86.Bib.: Shea,Vie de Chaumonot; Parkman,Jesuits in North America; Campbell,Pioneer Priests of North America.
Chaussegros de Léry, Gaspard(1682-1756). Sent to Canada in 1716 to superintend the fortifications of Quebec, Montreal, and other places in the colony. Prepared a plan of the cathedral at Quebec in 1725; and of the fortifications at Quebec in 1730. Mentioned as having been at Fort St. Frederic in 1742; made a plan of Detroit in 1750.Index:LMakes plans for entrance to Montreal church, 90.WMCriticized by Montcalm, 79.Bib.:Traité de Fortification.
Chaussegros de Léry, Gaspard-Joseph.Son of preceding. Engineer; made a legislative councillor, in 1774.
Chauveau, Pierre Joseph Olivier(1820-1890). Born at Quebec. Educated at Quebec; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada. First enteredpublic life, 1844, defeating John Neilson in Quebec County. Represented the same constituency in the Assembly until 1855. Solicitor-general, in Hincks-Morin ministry, 1851; and provincial secretary, 1853. In 1855 succeeded Dr. Meilleur as chief superintendent of education of Lower Canada. In 1867 elected to the Dominion Parliament, as well as to the Quebec House, and the same year formed a provincial ministry. Resigned, 1873, and the same year Speaker of the Senate, retiring in 1874. Three years later sheriff of Montreal.Index:MdLeader of Quebec government, 141; the appointment revealed Macdonald's judgment, 141-142.CConservative leader in Quebec, 24; superintendent of public instruction, 24, 37; premier of Quebec, 68; his character, 68.EOne of leaders of the opposition in 1847, 45; returned in elections of 1848, 50; Solicitor-general for Lower Canada, 113; provincial secretary in Hincks ministry, 126; and in MacNab-Morin government, 141; votes against secularization of the Clergy Reserves, 164.Bib.: Works:Charles Guérin, Roman de Moeurs Canadiennes;François-Xavier Garneau, Sa Vie et Ses [OE]uvres;L'Instruction Publique au Canada;Souvenirs et Légendes. For biog.,seeDent,Can. Por.; Taylor,Brit. Am.; Morgan,Cel. Can.
Chauvin, Pierre, Sieur de Tonnetuit.A Huguenot, born at Dieppe. Appointed captain of the garrison at Honfleur, 1589. Obtained trading monopoly for ten years in Canada. Made a trading voyage to Canada, 1600, bringing out a few colonists, whom he landed at Tadoussac. Sailed again the following year, with a larger fleet, but no colonists; and again in 1602. Died, 1603.Index:ChAttempts to form settlement at Tadoussac, 8; left in charge of Quebec colony, 54.FObtains patent for exclusive trade in Canada, 2; sails for the St. Lawrence, 3.Bib.: Biggar,Early Trading Companies of New France.
Chedabucto, now known as Guysborough, Nova Scotia.Index:FFrontenac arrives at, 232.
Cheffault.ChAgent of Company of New France, 244.
Cherououng.ChMontagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163.
Chesapeake.BkAffair of, 82-86.
Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley(1827-1896). Entered the House of Commons, 1860; financial secretary, 1865-1866; first lord of the Admiralty and privy councillor, 1868. In 1875 came to Canada on Lord Dufferin's invitation as a commissioner under the Prince Edward Island Land Purchase Act. Secretary of state for war, 1880-1882; chancellor of the exchequer, 1882-1885; and home secretary, 1886.Index:WCommissioner under Land Purchase Act, 136.Bib.:Dict. Nat. Biog.
Chimeourimou.ChMontagnais chief, sent on embassy to Iroquois, 163.
Chipman.WJudge of Supreme Court, New Brunswick, 8; one of Maine Boundary commissioners, 8.
Chipman, Ward.WJudge of Supreme Court, New Brunswick, 8; succeeds Saunders as chief justice, 74; resigns, 129.TResigns as chief justice, 17.
Chippewa Indians.A large tribe, of Algonquian stock, formerly ranging along both shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, and westward as far as North Dakota. First mentioned in the JesuitRelationof 1640, as living around Sault Ste. Marie. During the eighteenth century, they fought successfully against the Sioux, Foxes, and Iroquois. They numbered in 1764 about 25,000; and at the present time count over 30,000, of whom about one-half are on reservations in Canada.Index:HdSioux offer to attack, 148.Bib.: Hodge,Handbook of American Indians; Schoolcraft,Indian Tribes; Grant,Sauteux Indiansin Masson,Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest.
Chisholm, G. C.SySergeant-at-arms of Legislative Assembly, 334.
Chittenden, Thomas(1730-1797). First governor of Vermont, 1778-1797.Index:HdClaims separation of Vermont from New York, 201; negotiates with Haldimand, 202; General Washington's letter to, 212-213; Ira Allen's proposed treaty with, 214-215.Bib.: Chipman,Thomas Chittenden;Cyc. Am. Biog.
Choiseul, Étienne-François, Duc de(1719-1785). Minister of foreign affairs; signed the treaty of 1759 with Austria; minister of war, 1761.Index:WMFrench minister, glad to get rid of Canada, 11.
Cholera Epidemic, 1832 and 1834.PImported by immigrants, 87; government blamed for neglect to provide quarantine, 88; committee formed to inquire into causes, etc., 88-89; one of the grievances in the Ninety-Two Resolutions, 89.See alsoEpidemics.
Chouageun.SeeOswega.
Chouartditdes Groseilliers, Médard. Born in France about 1621. Came to Canada, 1642. After serving the Jesuits for some years as adonné, or lay helper, engaged in the fur trade, and with his brother-in-law Radisson (q.v.) made extensive explorations in the West and North, 1659-1663. With Radisson afterwards went to England and was instrumental in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company, and laying the foundations of its gigantic fur trading monopoly on the shores of Hudson Bay.Bib.: Dionne,Chouart et Radisson(R. S. C., 1893); Sulte,Radisson in the North-West(R. S. C., 1904); Sulte,Découverte du Mississippi(R. S. C., 1903); Bryce,Hudson's Bay Company; Laut,Pathfinders of the WestandConquest of the Great North-West.
Christian Doctrine, Brothers of the.LArrival of, in Canada, 125.
Christian Guardian.RFounded at York (Toronto), 1829, 82; Egerton Ryerson, first editor, 82; exponent of Methodist views on religious, educational, and political questions, 82-83; its policy, 94-95; Ryerson's articles in, 96, 97, 98, 100, 109, 110, 134, 137.
Christie, Alexander.MSChief factor, Hudson's Bay Company, and later governor of Assiniboia, 222.Bib.: Ryerson,Story of my Life.
Christie, David(1818-1880). Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh High School. Came to Canada, 1833, and devoted himself to farming. Took a prominent part in politics as a leader of the Reformers. Sat for Wentworth in the Legislative Assembly, 1851-1854, and for East Brant, 1855-1858. Elected to the Legislative Council, 1858, and held his seat until Confederation. Appointed to the Dominion Senate, 1867; secretary of state, 1873; Speaker of the Senate, 1874-1878. Administrator of Ontario during the illness of the lieutenant-governor, 1875. Died in Paris, Ontario.Index:BA leader of the Clear Grits, 39.EWell-known agriculturist, and a leader of the Clear Grits, 110.Bib.: Dent,Last Forty Years.
Christie, Robert(1788-1856). Born in Nova Scotia. Repeatedly expelled from the Assembly of Lower Canada; re-elected after the union, and held his seat until 1854. Contributed to QuebecGazetteandMercury.Index:FPapineau causes his expulsion on four occasions from Assembly, 80; his reconciliation with Papineau, 180; Papineau's letters to, 144, 181-182, 191-193.McOn Union Act, 405.Bib.:History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, from the Commencement to the Close of its Existence as a Separate Province. For biog.seeMorgan,Cel. Can.
Chronicle.Newspaper, published at Halifax.Index:HPublished by Wm. Annand, 75; Joseph Howe contributes to, 90-93; letters of Howe in, on Irishquestion, 75; Jonathan McCully editor, 186; Howe's "Botheration Scheme" articles, 186; action for libel, 188; opposes Confederation, 189; attacks Howe, 209; Howe's letter to editor of, 210-212.
Chronicle and Gazette.Newspaper published at Kingston.Index:SyPraises Sydenham's policy, 351.BLOn the debate on responsible government in the Legislature, 1841, 95; on Draper's speech, 27.McQuestion of government printing, 103.
Chrystler's Farm.Battle in War of 1812-1814, fought Nov. 11th, 1813. The scene of the fight was near the head of the Long Sault Rapids, on the St. Lawrence. Morrison commanded the British troops, about 800 men, and Boyd the Americans, numbering 1800, increased during the fight to 2400. The Americans were driven off the field. Morrison captured 100 men and a gun. The American loss was 300 men; and the British, 200 men.See alsoWar of 1812.Bib.: Lucas,Canadian War of 1812; Kingsford,History of Canada.
Chubb.FCommandant of Fort Pemaquid, fires on Indians while under flag of truce, 331; killed, 332.
Church.Newspaper published at Toronto.Index:BLQuoted on debate on responsible government in 1841, 90; on Bagot's letter to La Fontaine, 125; opposes Baldwin's University Bill, 197; on Rebellion Losses Bill, 319-320.BControversy with theBanner—opposes responsible government, 6.
Church of England.The first Anglican church in what is now Canada was built at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1750, when Cornwallis was governor of the province. The first see was established in 1787. Dr. Charles Inglis as bishop of Nova Scotia had charge of the whole of British North America. The first service held in Quebec was in the Ursuline Convent, September, 1759. The first Anglican bishop of the diocese of Quebec was Dr. Mountain, appointed in 1793; and in 1839 Dr. John Strachan became first bishop of Toronto. As population grew, the eastern dioceses were subdivided into nine. The see of Rupert's Land, founded 1849, was subsequently divided into Rupert's Land, Moosonee, Saskatchewan, Calgary, Mackenzie River, Qu'Appelle, Athabaska, Keewatin, and Selkirk. In 1859 was established the see of British Columbia, divided later into New Westminster and Caledonia. In 1857 the Church of England Synod was legally constituted; and after that year bishops were elected by the votes of clergy and laity in Canada. The first Church Congress was held, 1883. The General Synod of the Church in the Dominion was established, 1893, and the metropolitans of Canada and Rupert's Land were made archbishops, the first of whom were Dr. J.T. Lewis and Dr. R. Machray.Index:BAnd the Family Compact, 11; and the Clergy Reserves, 48-49; privileges granted under Act of 1791, 51-52; Durham's estimate of numerical strength, 52-53; recognition of its exclusive claims said by Durham to have been chief cause of Rebellion, 53;EIts claims to the Clergy Reserves under the Constitutional Act, 1791, 145, 150et seq.RIts relations with mother church in England, 39; advantages in Canada, 39; statistics in Upper Canada, 51.DrAllowed use of Récollet church at Montreal, 241; Jesuit church transferred to them, 242; first Anglican conference and confirmation held in Récollet church at Quebec, 242, 272.WIn New Brunswick, 7.TControls King's College, 21.Bib.: Hopkins,Canada: An Ency., vol. 2; Cross,The Anglican Episcopate and the American Colonies; Anderson,History of Church of England in the Colonies; Akins,Church of England in North American Colonies; Taylor,The Last Three Bishops Appointed by the Crown; Lowndes,Bishops of the Day; Machray,Life of Archbishop Machray; Mockridge,Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland;Champion,The Anglican Church in Canada; Wynne,The Church in Greater Britain.
Churchill, Fort.SeePrince of Wales, Fort.
Churchill River.Rises in La Loche Lake, lat. 56° 10' N., long. 109° 40' W., and after a course of 1000 miles, empties into Hudson Bay. The mouth of the river was discovered by Munk, a Danish navigator, in 1619, but it was not until 1774 that its upper waters were discovered by Joseph Frobisher (q.v.), and explored by Thomas Frobisher and Alexander Henry,the Elder(q.v.), in 1775. The Churchill was formerly known under various names: Danish River, in honour of Munk; English River, so called by Frobisher; and Missinipi, the native name.Bib.: Laut,Conquest of the Great North-West; Bryce,Hudson's Bay Company.
Citizen.Newspaper published at Ottawa. Established, 1844.Index:McNewspaper, Mackenzie's obituary in, 517; urges monument to, 518.
Civil Law.DrImportance of the question to the French population, after 1760,10-11; British authorities at Quebec find difficulty in defining, 11; attempt to enforce English law abandoned, 13; Murray establishes courts, 13; criticisms of the grand jury, 15; confusion of English and French codes, 40-41; dissatisfaction of the French-speaking inhabitants, 41; Masères suggests four plans to Carleton, 41-42; Maurice Morgan sent out to study legal situation, 43; Carleton favours the French civil code, 43; dishonest magistrates and tyrannical bailiffs, 51-54; report of Committee on Administration of Justice, 1769, 54; Ordinance of 1770, 54; French-Canadians petition for their own laws, 61; French law established by Quebec Act, 64; discussed in British Parliament, 65-68; confusion of civil procedure, 225-227.Bib.: Bourinot,Constitutional History of Canada and How Canada is Governed; Ashley,Earlier Constitutional History of Canada; Houston,Canadian Constitutional Documents.
Civil List.SyPermanent provision for, considered necessary, 120; Sydenham asks for, 204; possible opposition to, 308.SIn Upper Canada, under Simcoe, 177.
Civil Secretary.SyOf the governor, large range of duties undertaken by, in pre-union times, 331.
Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, fourth Earl of(1800-1870). Ambassador at Madrid, 1833-1839; lord privy seal, 1839-1841; foreign minister, 1853-1858, 1865-1866, and 1868-1870.Index:SyGovernor-generalship of Canada tendered to, 58.Bib.:Dict. Nat. Biog.
Clark, George Rogers(1752-1818). American frontier leader.Index:HdRebel leader, his cruel treatment of garrison of Vincennes, 168.Bib.:Campaign in the Illinois; English,Conquest of the Country North-West of the Ohio.
Clark, Peter.SCommands boat sent to meet Prince Edward, 183.
Clark, Samuel.TRector of Gagetown, 5.
Clark, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas.BkCommand assigned to, on Niagara frontier, 206.HdDeath of his wife, 237.
Clark, Sir William Mortimer(1836- ). Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, and admitted a writer to the signet, 1859. Came to Toronto, 1859; called to the bar of Ontario, 1869. Engaged largely in financial affairs. Lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 1903-1908.Bib.: Morgan,Can. Men;Canadian Who's Who.
Clarke, Captain.FKilled at Fort Loyal, two daughters taken to Quebec, 303.
Clarke, Sir Alured(1745-1832). Lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada,1790-1795. Had been governor of Jamaica before coming to Canada; and after leaving the country, filled several high offices in India, finally becoming governor-general. Returned to England, 1802, and made field-marshal, 1830.Index:DrAppointed lieutenant-governor, 249; administers government in Carleton's absence, 269; gives names to counties, 269.SAppointed lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada in absence of Dorchester, 47; Simcoe's harmonious relations with, 130.Bib.: Morgan,Cel. Can.
Clarke, Jonathan.STeaches school at Fredericksburg and Matilda, 167.
Claus, Colonel.BkCommand assigned to, on Niagara frontier, 206.
Clay, Henry(1777-1852). American statesman and orator.Index:BkHis confident prediction of conquest of Canada, 215.Bib.:Works, ed. by Colton, 1857; new ed., 1898; Schurz,Life of Henry Clay;Cyc. Am. Biog.
ClayoquotSound.West coast of Vancouver Island.Index:DNatives of, attackTonquin, 1811, and massacre crew, 37.
Clear Grits.BLeaders of the party, 39; origin of name, 40; denounced by theGlobe, 40; platform, 41; significance of movement, 235.CClamouring against institutions of Quebec, 25.ELeading members of party, 110; its platform, 111; George Brown becomes recognized leader, 112; influence of party—defection of Rolph and Cameron, 112; attack government on account of Gavazzi riots, 125; unite with Conservatives and Rouges to defeat Hincks government, 127; their strength in 1854, 134; fight for the speakership, 135; obnoxious to French-Canadians, 137; advocate secularization of Clergy Reserves, 161, 163.BLBeginnings of, 335; their programme, 341; Brown's connection with, 342.MdStruggle against religious and racial influence, 46; George Brown first opposes and later becomes leader of, 54.Bib.: Dent,Last Forty Years; MacKenzie,George Brown.
Clément, Pierre.DrOn causes of failure of West India Company, 149; on galley service, 215.Bib.:Histoire de Colbert;Madame de Montespan et Louis XIV.
Clergy, French-Canadian.DrFaithful to the British government, 72, 80.HdIlliterate but highly respected, 42; receive donations for fire sufferers, 44; refuse to believe that Canada would ever be ceded to Britain, 128; Quebec Act and, 174; Haldimand's attitude towards, 180, 181, 182; attempt to get French priests into Seminary, 187; their interest in establishment of public library, 191; alarmed at large numbers of Protestant settlers, 264.
Clergy Reserves.MdQuestion embitters public life of Upper Canada, 13, 28; nature and history of the dispute, 55-62; secularization of, carried out by MacNab-Morin coalition ministry, 63; Macdonald introduces bill, Oct. 17, 1854, 65; bill passed by Assembly, November 23, and by Legislative Council, Dec. 10, 65; provisions of the bill, 65-66.SCreated by Constitutional Act, 12, 156.DrCreated by Constitutional Act, 267.SyDesigned for support of state church, 77; treatment of, in Durham's report, 93; conflict over, 238-244; Sydenham's plan for settlement of questions, 245-246; attitude of Reform party respecting, 246; bill recommended by governor passed and sent home for approval, 248; question settled by Imperial Parliament, 249.BLSet apart by Constitutional Act, 1791, 42; William Morris's connection with, 83; and Upper Canada College, 192; and Ryerson, 240; pressing for settlement, 339; secularization of, advocated by Clear Grits, 342; history of question, 343-349.BTaché advises French-Canadians to oppose secularization of, 48; history of question, 51-60.RRyerson enters the controversy, 19, 26-27; endowment of established church provided for, in Act of 1791, 34-35; influence of John Strachan, 36-37;dominance of Church of England party, 38-40; extent and value of the Reserves, 47; question comes up in Legislature, 47; claims of Church of Scotland, 48-49; petition and claims referred to select committee of British House of Commons, 1827, 50; Ryerson proposes sale and appropriation of proceeds to general educational purposes, 115; Sir George Arthur proposes division among various religious bodies, 119; Ryerson's attitude towards division, 119-120.EGranted to Protestant clergy by Constitutional Act, 1791,102; Baldwin's attitude towards, 102-103; La Fontaine's attitude towards, 102-103; Canadian Legislature receives power to settle question, 119; settlement delayed, 126, 132; secularization proposed by Sicotte, 126-127; secularization a condition of MacNab-Morin coalitions, 140; history of the question, 145-169; report of select committee, 147; Imperial Act passes, 158-159; its repeal proposed by Price, 161; value of the Reserves, 161—162; provincial Legislature given power to vary or repeal Union Act, and to settle Clergy Reserves, on certain conditions, 167; bill introduced by John A. Macdonald, finally settling question, 168; terms of bill, 168.McCreated by Constitutional Act, 70; details of, 70; Durham on, 71; Mackenzie's views on, 94-95; grievance report on, 72; Glenelg's position, 283.Bib.: Lindsey,The Clergy Reserves; Hincks's Letters in MontrealHerald, December, 1882; Dent,Last Forty Years; Bradshaw,Self-Government in Canada; Ryerson,Story of my Life; Bethune,Memoir of Bishop Strachan.
Clermont, Chevalier de.FKilled in skirmish on Beauport flats, 294.
Clermont, College of.LLaval studies at, 21.
Clinton, Sir Henry(1738-1795). Sent to America, 1775; served in the South, and with Howe at Philadelphia; succeeded him as commander-in-chief, 1778; Captured Charleston, 1780; succeeded by Sir Guy Carleton, and returned to England, 1782.Index:SReplaced as commander-in-chief by Sir Guy Carleton, 39; secures promotion for Queen's Rangers, 39.DrReturns to England, 192.HdIn command at New York, 131; succeeded by Dorchester, 188; his efforts to bring Vermont back to allegiance to Britain, 199-200; Haldimand's report to, on Ira Allen's diplomacy, 207; Haldimand's letter to, on the policy of Vermont, 208; and his proposed proclamation to the people of, 211; Haldimand's letter on crisis in spring of 1782, 212; his list of rebels, 280; his emoluments in America, 330.Bib.: Works:Narrative of the Campaign in North America, Rejoinder to Cornwallis's Observations;Observations on Stedman's American War. For biog.see Dict. Am. Biog.;Cyc. Am. Biog.
Clitherow, John(1782-1852). Entered army, 1799; lieutenant-colonel, 1812; served in the Egyptian campaign, 1801; the Hanover campaign, 1805; the Walcheren expedition, 1809, and throughout the Peninsular War. Appointed major-general, 1830; lieutenant-general, 1841. Adminished the government of Canada after the death of Sydenham, 1841.Index:SyCloses session of 1841, 342; senior military officer at Kingston, 342.Bib.: Morgan,Cel. Can.
Closse, Major.LHis piety, 8.
Cloutier, Zacharie.ChJoiner, accompanies Robert Giffard to Canada, 252.
Club Démocratique.CTheir appeal to the public, 26-27.
Cobb, Sylvanus(1709-1762). A native of Plymouth, Mass. Served in the expedition against Louisbourg, 1745. For some years engaged in the coast defence of Nova Scotia. Served at the second siege of Louisbourg under Amherst and Boscawen. Removed to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Died of the plague at the siege of Havana, 1762.Bib.: Murdoch,History of Nova Scotia;Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia, ed. by Akins.
Cobden, Richard(1804-1865). British statesman.Index:SyA more advanced radical than Sydenham, 20.Bib.: Morley,Life of Richard Cobden;Dict. Nat. Biog.
Cochrane, Thomas(1777-1804). Born in Nova Scotia. A member of the English bar. Chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, 1801; judge of the King's Bench of Upper Canada, 1804. Drowned in wreck of theSpeedy, while on his way to hold court.Index:BkDrowned in foundering of theSpeedy, 69.Bib.: Morgan,Cel. Can.; Read,Lives of the Judges.
Cockburn, James(1819-1883). Born in Berwick-on-Tweed, England. Came to Canada, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1846. Practised his profession at Cobourg. Represented West Northumberland in the Assembly, 1861-1867; solicitor-general for Upper Canada, 1864-1867. A delegate to the Quebec Conference. After Confederation sat in the House of Commons for West Northumberland, 1867-1874, and during that time was Speaker of the House. Again elected to the House of Commons, 1878, and retained his seat until 1881, when he retired to accept the chairmanship of the commission on the consolidation of the statutes of Canada.Index:TSolicitor-general, West, delegate to Quebec Conference, 76.ELast Speaker of the House of Commons to exercise privilege of addressing the governor-general on measures of the session, 1869, 130.Bib.: Taylor,Brit. Am.; Rattray,The Scot in British North America; Dent,Last Forty Years.
Cockrel.SEstablishes school at Niagara and afterwards at Ancaster, 167.
Coffin, William Foster(1808-1878). Born in Bath, England. Came to Quebec with his father, an army officer, 1813. Returned to England, 1815, and until 1824 was a student at Eton. Came back to Canada, 1830. Called to the bar, 1835. Took part in the suppression of the Rebellion of 1837. Joint sheriff of Montreal, 1840-1851. Appointed commissioner of ordnance lands, 1856, and one of the Intercolonial Railway commissioners, 1868. Held many important offices under the government of Canada and in the militia.Bib.: Works:History of the War of 1812;Three Chapters on a Triple Project; Thoughts on Defence from a Canadian Point of View; Quirks of Diplomacy. For biog.,seeMorgan,Annual Register, 1878.
Coke, Sir John(1563-1644). Sat in Parliament, 1621-1629; secretary of State, 1625; a commissioner of the treasury, 1635-1636.Index:ChEnglish Commissioner in matter of Canada, 214.Bib.:Dict. Nat. Biog.
Colbert, Jean Baptiste(1619-1683). First minister to Louis XIV.Index:FCreates West India Company, 49; disapproves Frontenac's action in summoning "three estates," 67; anti-clerical tendencies, 73; Madame Maintenon's opinion of, 74; advice to Courcelles in relation to ecclesiastical power, 115; asks for particulars as regards effect of liquor traffic, 118; speaks of bishop as aiming at too much power, 119; overthrow of his commercial policy, 151.LMinister of marine and colonies, not favourable to emigration, 80; enjoins Frontenac to act with more moderation, 165; prejudiced against clergy, 170; his despatch on subject of liquor traffic, 170.Bib.: Colby,Canadian Types of the Old Régime; Chambers,Biog. Dict.
Colebrooke, Sir William Macbean George(1787-1870). After serving in the army, and as political agent in the East, became lieutenant-governor of the Bahamas, 1834-1837; governor of the Leeward Islands, 1837; and in 1841 succeeded Sir John Harvey as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick. Afterwards governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands, 1848-1856.Index:WAppoints son-in-law as provincial secretary, New Brunswick, 76; action resented by members of government, 76-80; his unpopularity, 100-101.Bib.: Hannay,History of New Brunswick; Rattray,The Scot in British North America;Dict. Nat. Biog.
Coles, George(1810-1875).TDelegate to Quebec Conference, 77.
Collins, Francis.McReports legislative debates, 106; publishesCanadian Freemanin 1825, 111; convicted of libel, 134; fined and imprisoned, 134.Bib.: Dent,Upper Canadian Rebellion.
Collver, Jabez.SPresbyterian minister, the first to come to Upper Canada, 165.
Colonial Advocate.Newspaper, published by William Lyon Mackenzie.Index:McNewspaper, published at Queenston, May 18, 1824, 85; reviews condition of provinces, 86, 87; topics discussed in, 94-97; reports debates, 102, 103; granted a subsidy for printing, 103; moved to York, January, 1825, 106; House refuses publication of reports in, 108; destruction of, 113; W.J. Rattray on, 116; defendants made to pay £625 damages, 129; criminal prosecution of, 130; second destruction of, 221; last issue, November, 1834, 259.BLIts extravagant language, 12; established by Mackenzie, 13; aids in consolidating Reform party, 13; its office attacked by Tories, 14-15.REdited by W. L. Mackenzie, 64, 66; attacks Egerton Ryerson, 98.
Colonial Conference, 1894.Opened at Ottawa, June 28, with Mackenzie Bowell in the chair. Delegates present from the Imperial government, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Cape Colony, and Canada. Resolutions were passed in favour of an Imperial Customs Union and a Pacific Cable. Conference adjourned, July 11.See alsoImperial Conference.Bib.:Proceedings of the Colonial Conference, 1894; Ewart,Kingdom of Canada.
Colonial Empire.Newspaper, published at St. John.Index:TBrings charge against government, 51.
Colonial Gazette.Newspaper, published in London.Index:SyPublishes article on Poulett Thomson's mission to Canada, 135-141; not entirely confident of his success, 140.
Colonist.Newspaper, published in Toronto.Index:BEdited by Samuel Thompson, 4; George Sheppard, editorial writer on, 135.
Colonization.LLaval's interest in, 77; arrival of colonists from La Rochelle, 1663-1664, 77; system of apprenticeship, 77-78; Sovereign Council asks for men from north of France, 78; Bourdon brings out a ship-load of girls, 79; soldiers of Carignan Regiment come out as colonists, 79; Talon's immigration policy, 80; Colbert's opposition, 80.FCartier's attempts at, 2; settlement at Port Royal, 6-7; at Quebec, 7-8; and the trading Companies, 19, 28; of Montreal, 33-34; marriageable girls sent out, 57.ChCharacter of, in New France, 143-147; by Company of New France, 168-169.DImpetus to, from western side, 2.
Coltman, W. B.A merchant of Quebec, and lieutenant-colonel in the militia. Sent by Governor Sherbrooke, 1816, to Red River, to investigate dispute between the Hudson's Bay and the North West Companies.Index:MSSent to Red River to investigate troubles, 195; his report, 196.
Columbia.DHudson's Bay Company, vessel, 183.
Columbia Fur Company.DOrganized, 1822, by recruits from the North West Company, 134.See alsoAstor; Astor Fur Company.
Columbia River.Rises in Upper Columbia Lake, lat. 50° 10', long. 115° 50', and flows into Pacific Ocean. Total length about 1150 miles. Its mouth was discovered by Robert Gray, of Boston, May, 1792, and named by him after his vessel. It was first reached overland by Lewis and Clark, in 1805; and firstexplored throughout its entire length by David Thompson, of the North West Company, 1807-1811. Its principal branch is the Kootenay.Index:DCarver's "River of Oregon," 19; Russian colony projected at, 44; named by Gray, 57; Fraser raised mistaken for, 59; Lewis and Clark on, 67.