Galissonnière, Canadian Governor, 222, 223

Galt, Sir Alexander, Canadian statesman, 372

Gannentaha, Onandaga French Mission, 148, 149

Garmeau, F. X., French Canadian historian, 449

Garry, Fort, 385, 388, 391; view of, 389

Gaspé, Cape, 8, 33

George, Lake, 137; battle of, 231

Germain, Lord George (Sackville), 287

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 43

Gold, discovery of, in the Yukon and in Alaska, 430

Gomez, Estevan, 27

Gosford, Lord, Canadian Governor, 342, 352

Gourlay, Robert, Canadian reformer, 344; his ill-treatment, 345

Government of Dominion of Canada, 426, 429

Governor-General of Canada, 428

Grand Trunk Railway, 416; Pacific Railway, sections, 418; Government subsidy granted, 418; arbitration, 477

Grasett, Colonel, in Riel's second rebellion (1885), 397

Great Northern, 418

Greenfield, Premier, 479

Griffin, Le Salle's vessel, 186

Grosseilliers, Sieur de, 170

Guarantee Act, 416

Guerchéville, Mme. de, 61

Guyart, Marie (Mere de l'Incarnation), Superior of Ursulines, 132; portrait of, 131


Habitants, of French Canada, 163-167, 442-447

Haldimand, General, Canadian governor, 287, 290, 301

Hale, Horatio, on Indian legends, 113, 119

Haliburton, Judge ("Sam Slick"), 360; portrait of, 359

Halifax, City of, founded, 222; razed, 468

Hampton, General, defeated at Chateauguay, 328

Harvey, Colonel (Sir John), at Stoney Creek, 325; in Nova Scotia, 363

Head, Sir Francis Bond, 350-353, 355

Hébert, French Canadian sculptor, 193, 449

Helluland of the Norsemen, 20

High Commission created, 430

Hincks, Sir Francis, Canadian statesman, 367

Hennepin, Father, his voyages, 187

Hève, La, in Acadia, 98

Hey, Chief Justice, 278

Highways Act, 470

Historians of Canada. See Bibliographical note at beginning of volume

Hochelaga (Montreal), Indian village of, 37-41; inhabitants of, 112

Holbourne, Admiral, 240

Hospitals in Canada, 130

Hôtel Dieu of Montreal, 134

Hôtel Dieu of Quebec, 130

House of Commons of Canada, 428

Howe, Joseph, Canadian statesman and father of responsible government, 362, 364; portrait of, 363; action of, with respect to union, 412, 413

Howe, Lord, death of, 245

Hudson's Bay, English trading posts at, attacked by French, 195, 203, 205; Company of, 381-388; Railway, 418

Hughes, Sir Sam, 465

Huron Indians, 115; habits of, 116; habitations of, 82, 116; conquered by Iroquois, 141-143; dispersion of, 143-145


Iberville, Chevalier d', 198, 203, 207, 208; portrait of, 209

Ile Royale. See Cape Breton

Imperial Conference, 463, 474

Imperial Munitions Board, 467

Indians of Canada, tribal divisions of, 114, 115; customs of, 115-117, 123-128; English policy towards, 275; present population and development of, 402, 403

Intercolonial Railway, 417

International Commission, 431

Iroquois, or Five Nations, 111, 114; tribal divisions and habitations of, 118, 119; habits and institutions of, 118-123; plan of long-houses of, 119; Canadian raids of, 137, 138, 146, 150; attacks of, on Hurons, 141-143; attacks on Western Indians, 195; French expeditions against, 74, 153, 154, 196, 203; joined by Tuscaroras and become Six Nations, 121


Japanese Government, 479

Jesuits in Acadia, 61; in Canada, 85, 86, 89; first Canadian martyr, 139; their heroism, 139-143; Relations, 113, 114, 127

Jette, Sir Louis, 430

Jogues, Isaac, first Jesuit martyr, 139

Johnson, Sir W., 227; defeats French at Lake George, 231

Johnston, J. W., Canadian statesman, 362

Jolliet, Louis, discovers Mississippi, 179, 180

Jonquière, Marquis de la, Canadian governor, 218

Journalism, 426

Judiciary of Canada, 428


King, Hon. W. L. Mackenzie, 467, 468, 475

King's College in Nova Scotia, 360

Kingsford, William, Canadian author. See Bibliographical Note at the beginning of this volume

Kirk, Admiral, captures Quebec, 88

Klondyke rush, 463


Labour organizations, 481

La Chine, origin of name, 184; massacre at, 196

Lacolle Mill, American defeat at, 331

Lafontaine, Sir L. H., Canadian statesman, 364; portrait of, 369

La Hontan, 195

Lalemant, Charles, Jesuit superior, 86

Lalemant, Gabriel, Jesuit missionary, his heroic death, 142

La Mothe-Cadillac, founder of Detroit, 207

La Tour, Charles de, in Acadia, 93-109

La Tour, Claude de, in Acadia, 93-97

La Tour, Madame de, her heroism, 102-104

Laurentides, 6; their antiquity, ib. See View of Cape Trinity, 9

Laurier, Wilfrid, Canadian premier, 414, 429, 432, 433, 439, 454, 460, 463, 467, 472

Laval, Mgr., first Canadian bishop, 157; character of, 158-160; portrait of, 159

Lawrence, Fort, 228

Lawrence, Governor, his part in expulsion of Acadians, 235

Law, systems of, in Canada, 428

Le Borgne, in Acadia, 106

Le Caron, Father, first western missionary, 82

Legislative Council, made elective in Canada, 367

Legislatures, Provincial, constitution of (in 1774), 278; (1792), 302-304; (1840), 357; (1867), 426

Leif Ericson, Norse voyager in America, 19, 20

Le Loutre, French priest in Acadia, 229, 230

Lemieux, Hon. Rodolphe, 479

L'Escarbot, in Acadia, 55, 56

Le Moyne, Simon, Jesuit missionary, 147

Lévis, Chevalier de, 248; Canadian town named after, 2; at battle of St. Foy, 262

Liberal Convention, 468

Liotot, murderer of La Salle, 190

Liquors, sale of, 160

Livius, Chief Justice, 304

Loans, domestic, 469

Local government in French Canada, 164; in English Canada. See Municipal Institutions

Lodge, Mr. Henry C., 430

Long Sault, heroic incident at, 150

Lorette, Hurons of, 144

L'Ordre de bon temps, at Port Royal, 57

Loudoun, Earl, 237

Louisbourg, 211; taken by New England expedition, 215-217; by Amherst and Boscawen, 242, 243; destroyed, 243; present aspect of, ib.; view of, in 1731, 210

Louisiana, 208, 224, 225, 436

Louis XIV., his interest in Canada, 152, 156

Lount, Samuel, Canadian Reformer, 353, 355

Loyalists, United Empire, 297; their trials, 292, 293, 294; famous names among, 295; their influence on Canada, 292, 296

Lundy's Lane, battle of, 331; monument at, 333, 337


Macdonald, Alexander, 463

Macdonald, Sir John Alexander, Canadian statesman and premier, political, career of, 372, 394, 398, 408-413; one of founders of Confederation 372; autograph and portrait of, 405; his tenure, as premier, 408; character of, 408, 410; monuments to, 413

Macdonnell, Bishop, 310

Mackenzie, Alexander, Canadian premier, 408

Mackenzie River, 383

Mackenzie, W. Lyon, Canadian Reformer, 348; career of, 348-351, 343-355, 368; autograph and portrait of, 349

Mackinac or Michillimackinac, 174, 175, 187, 203, 207, 223, 272 (Pontiac's War); 322, 332 (War of 1812)

McDonell, Colonel, attorney-general, killed at Queenston, 322

McDonnell, Colonel, captures Ogdensburgh, 324; at Chateauguay, 328

McDougall, William, Canadian statesman, 373; in the Northwest, 387-390

McLeod affair with the United States, 374, 375

McNab, Colonel (Sir Allan), 353, 354

Macrae, Colonel, 466

Magdalen Islands, 32

Maisonneuve, Sieur de, founder of Ville-Marie (Montreal), 133-136; portrait of, 135

Mance, Jeanne, 134-136

Manitoba, province of, 391, 392. See Winnipeg

Manufactures in Canada, 419-421

Markland, Norse discovery, 20

Marquette, Father, 178; discovers Mississippi, 179, 180; his death, 182, 183

Marquis wheat, 463

Masères, Attorney-General, 278

Mason and Slidell difficulty, 377

Massé, Father, Jesuit missionary, in Acadia, 61; in Canada, 80

Matagorda Bay, La Salle at, 190

Matthews, Peter, Canadian Reformer, 355

Meighen, Hon. Arthur, 470, 474

Membertou, Micmac chief, 58, 59, 60, 62

Membré, Father, French missionary, 187, 188

Merchant Marine, 467

Metcalfe, Lord, Canadian Governor, 362

Mêtis or half-breeds of Canada, 11, 386; rebellions of (1869), 386-391; (1885), 393-400. See Riel

Micmacs (Souriquois), 114, 115

Middleton, General, commands Canadian forces in second Red River Rebellion (1885), 396

Military Service, 468

Mining an important industry, 423

Mississippi, discovery of, 179, 180, 181, 188; France in valley of, 224, 225, 434

Mohawks, division of Iroquois Confederation, 118; settle in Canada, 300, 402. See Iroquois

Monckton, General, 230; at siege of Quebec, 250, 257

Money in French Canada, 161, 162

Monongahela, battle of. See Braddock

Montagnais Indians, 115

Montcalm, Marquis de, 238; victories of, 237, 238; defeat of, by Wolfe, 256; death of, 257; character of, 260; monument to, 259, 261

Montgomery, General, in Canada, 284; death of, 285

Montgomery's Tavern, near Toronto, Canadian rebels defeated at (1836), 353

Montmagny, Charles Hault de, Canadian governor, 129, 133; called "Onontio," 153

Montreal, city of, founded as Ville-Marie, 134-136; view of, in 1760, 265

Monts, Sieur de, in Acadia, 50-59, 68-75

Morgan, Lewis H., on the Iroquois, 119

Morrison, Colonel, defeats Americans at Chrystler's Farm, 328

Mounted Police of the Northwest, 401

Municipal Institutions in Canada, 367, 368, 426

Murray, General, at siege of Quebec, 250; defeated by Lévis, 262; Canadian governor, 275-277; character of, 276