Volume 23 - Section XII - ElectricCanadian.com

CANADA AND ITS PROVINCESHo well, David. United States representativeon St Croix River Commission, 8 758, 759 ;his dispute with Barclay, 759, 7G4-6 ;anddivision of the islands, 776-7.Howison, John. His Sketches of Upper Canada,12 514.Howlan, George William (1835-1901). Confederation delegate from Prince EdwardIsland, 13 373.Howland, W. H. First president of theOntario Society of Artists, 12 634.Howland, Sir William Pearce (1811-1907),minister of Inland Revenue (1867-68).Delegate to England on construction oftranscontinental road, 7 633 ; negotiates onreciprocity, 9 128 ;defends acceptance ofoffice under Macdonald, 6 20, 17 108 ;lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 104, 190 ;sketch of, 104.Howse Pass. David Thompson intercepted at,4 666, 667.Hubbard, William. Member for SunburyCounty (1785), 13 164.Hubert, Jean Frangois (1739-97), bishop ofQuebec (1788-97). Opposes establishmentof Royal Institution, 11 33, 16 406-7, 448 ;on repressive measures of government, 403 ;his report on the Canadian Church, 11 34-5 ;his visitations, 35 ; urges restoration ofJesuit estates, 15 196 ;death of, 11 35 ;sketch of, 24.Hudson, George (1800-71), railway speculator.His attitude to Great Western Railway project, 10 392.Hudson, Henry (d. 1611), English navigator.Attempts to discover North-East Passage, 1150 ;discovers and explores Hudson Bay,151-2; his mutinous crew, 152, 154; barterswith savage on Rupert s Bay, 153 ; mysteryof his fate, 154.Hudson, Captain. Visits Nootka Sound, 2137, 43.Hudson Bay. Explorations of Henry Hudson.1 152-5 ; of Button and Baffin, 156 ;ofJens Munk, 157 ; of Luke Foxe and ThomasJames, 158-9 ; hopes of passage to East byway of, ended, 159 ; expedition of Gentlemen Adventurers, 162-5 ;French claim to,171-2 ;Talon sends expedition to discoverits trade possibilities, 2 475 ;discoveriesand settlements on, 8 880-1 ;territorialdispute following Treaty of Neutrality(1686), 1 180, 8 881-4 ;armed conflict on, 1176-81 ;French intrusion in made an articlein British declaration of war (1689), 8 884 ;terms of Treaty of Ryswick respecting,884-6 ;ceded to Great Britain under Treatyof Utrecht (1713), 1 190, 201, 2 364 ;boundaries under Treaty of Utrecht, 8 886-7 ;boundaries undetermined up to Cession ofCanada, 889-91. See also Hudson s BayCompany.Hudson Bay Railway. Land grant for, 10444-5 ;construction begun, 462 ;routechosen and economic importance of, 20 313.founded onHudson River. Dutch company(1614), 2 451.Hudson Strait. George Waymouth s exploration of, 1 149-50 ; Henry Hudson s voyagein, 151 ;Thomas Button s expedition in,155.Hudson s Bay. Engaged in fight with d lberville,1 185, 186, 187.Hudson s Bay Company. Special Article :Adventurers of Hudson s Bay, 1 149-98.Charter granted to (May 2, 1670), 165 first;shareholders of, 166 ;terms of its charter,166-7, 168 ; rights conferred on. 167 ;tributepaid by, 167 ; sovereigns stockholders in,167 its ; early dividends, 168, 169, 175, 191 ;watering of stock, 168 ; discourages liquortrade, 169 ; development of trade, 169-70 ;early posts of, 170 ;its first expedition (1670),170 ; Talon s opposition to, 172 ;Frenchincursions on the Bay, 173-4, 176-87 ; partition of territory and claims under Treaty ofNeutrality (1686), 8 881-4 ;its losses, 1 181 ;opposition to renewal of charter, 188 ;itsclaim for damages, 188, 191 ;shorn of itspossessions under Treaty of Ryswick (1697),189 ; its boundaries under the treaty, 8 884-886 ;offers to divide Bay with the French,1 189 ; Bay restored under Treaty ofUtrecht, 190-1 ;articles of and boundariesfixed by Treaty of Utrecht, 8 886-91 ;flourishing condition of, 1 191 ; attacked byArthur Dobbs, 196-7 ; summary of exploringwork before and alter the Cession, 191-8,4 460, 5 306-13 ; time taken for returns fromoutlying stations to reach market, 313;attacks on its territorial rights and trademonopoly, 19 17 ; its claims disregarded byCanadian traders, 17 ;contrasted in businessmethods and personnel with North-WestCompany, 17-19 ; rivalry with, and subsequent incorporation of, North-West Company, 4 646, 8 861, 21 61-2 ; trading resultsof incorporation, 8 862 ;its grant to Selkirk,20 369 ; hostility of its officials to Selkirksettlement, 19 21, 24, 25, 27, 31 ;introducesdomestic cattle, 7 656-7 ; encroachments ofindependent traders on its monopoly, 1950-1 ; adopts measures to cope with illicittraffic in furs, 51-2 ; imposes duty on goodssent from Red River by way of St Paul, 52 ;postal services of, 7 630-1 ;its Red Riverand Saskatchewan steamboat services, 10567 ; opposes establishment of communications between weste boundary of Canadaand British Columbia, 7 632 ;taken over byInternational Financial Association, 8 930,19 60-1 ; policy of reorganized company,61-2 ;service of, on Red River, 20 287-8 ;leases South-Eastern Alaska from RussianAmerican Fur Company, 21 247 ;its protestand claim in Dryad case, 8 928, 21 68 ;leases exclusive trading rights and territoryin Alaska, 8 929 ;leases posts in Alaska,21 68-70 ;its rights in North-West surrendered to Dominion terms of transfer, 632, 7 491, 8 895-6, 11 150-1, 20 289 ; passivehostility of its officials to transfer, 6 33-4,19 67, 71 ;total area granted to, in PrairieProvinces, 20 314 ;its aggregate land sales,315-16 ;and educational policy in Edmonton, 481-2 ;Indians demand compensation