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noCANADA AND ITS PROVINCESLaSalle, Jean Baptiste de (1651-1719), founderof Brothers of Christian Schools. Preventsorder from undertaking work in Canada, 16345.La Salle, Robert Cavelier de (1643-87). Sketchof, 1 88 ; granted seigniory on MontrealIsland, 88 ;his expedition among theSenecas, 89-92 ;discoverer of Niagara andOhio Rivers, 93, 101 ; granted seigniory ofFort Frontenac, 104, 2 349 ;his journeyfrom Fort Crevecoeur to Fort Frontenac, 1102 ;builds Le Griffon, 101, 10 481 ;encouraged by Talon, 2 475 ;obstructed byLa Barre, 352 ;first to visit site of Chicago,15 77.La Saussaye, de. Conveys Jesuit missionariesto Mount Desert Island, 2 386.Laserre, surgeon on board the Prince of Wales.Succumbs to fever at Fort Churchill, 1925.La Soudrays, Guybert de (d. 1721), Sulpician.Founds convent of Boucherville (1703), 16358.L Assomption. Seigniory of first held by LeGardeur de Repentigny, 2 553 ; secondaryschool founded at, 16 423.Latchford, Francis Robert (6. 1856). Commissioner of Public Works of Ontario (1899-1904), 17 180, 230 n. ; attorney-general, 184,196 n.La Tour, Charles Amador de. Companionof Biencourt, 13 35 ;in charge of Acadia,39 ; at Port la Tour, Cape Sable, 39 ;refuses his father s proposal that he shouldgo over to the English, 40 ;lieutenantgeneralAcadia, 40 ; constructs fort onthe St John, 40 ; ejects New England fishersfrom Machias, 42 ;his feud with Charnisay,42-3 ;obtains assistance from New Englandand compels Charnisay to raise his blockade,44-5 ;his wife s heroic defence of Fort laTour, 45-6 ;marries the widow of Charnisay,50 ;obtains from Cromwell confirmation ofgrant made to him by Sir William Alexander,51 ;sells his rights in Acadia, 51 ; death of,51.La Tour, Claude de. Huguenot who settledin Acadia about 1609, 13 39 ; capturedand taken to England, 39 ;created abaronet of Nova Scotia, 39-40 ;endeavoursto obtain his son Charles s submission to theBritish, 40.La Tour, Abb de. On mental characteristicsof Canadian children, 15 44.La Tourette, Charles Greysolon, Sieur de. Trading-posts constructed by, 1 105.Latter-Day Saints, 11 399.Latulippe, Elie Anicet (6. 1859). Vicarapostolicof Timiskaming, 11 71.Lauberiviere, Francois Louis Pourroy de (1711-40), bishop of Quebec (1739-40). Embarksfor Quebec, 2 434 ;outbreak of pestilence onboard ship, 435 ;his death, 435.Laune, William de. Reconnoitres with Wolfeat the Etchemin, 1 291.Laurens, Henry (1724-92). Signs provisionaltreaty of peace between Great Britain andUnited States (1783), 8 752.Laurent, Sister (Grey Nuns). Founds conventat St Norbert, 20 420.Laurentic. White Star-Dominion liner, 10 610.Laurentides National Park. Its streams famousfor speckled trout, 16 567.Laurie, John Wimburn (d. 1912), major-general.Takes part in suppression of North-WestRebellion, 7 434.Laurie, Patrick Gammie (d. 1903). Founderof Saskatchewan Herald, Battleford, 19 164.Laurier, Sir Wilfrid (b. 1841), prime minister ofCanada (1896-1911). Special Article : TheLaurier Regime, 6 131-205. His maidenspeech, 15 176 ;on clerical intimidation, 673 ; defeated in Drummond and Arthabasca,73 ;condemns Riel s execution, 104-5 ;leader of opposition, 106 his ; guarded replyon Manitoba schools discussion, 126 ; opposesTupper s remedial measure, 126-7, 11 183 ; Aeffects a settlement, 8 131, 11 183, 19 130 ;denies that free trade is a liberal and protection a conservative principle, 6 81 ;his Iguarded utterance on commercial union, 109 ;on advantagesprotective tariff, 127 ;his reciprocity policyof 1911, 176 ;member of Joint High Com-.^nission, 135, 9 169 ;increases head-tax onChinamen, 21 264 ;and South African War, 6 \of a revenue instead of a138-9, 140, 142-3 ; passes bill for construction of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 149-50 ;favours private ownership, 10 461, 467 ; onsubordination of military to civil authority,6 151 ;his schools settlement in Saskat- .chewan and Alberta, 11 188-9, 19 266, 267, \268 ;denies that Keewatin was withdrawnfrom Manitoba in order to set up separateschools, 135 ; gives provincial status to theV Territories, 6 153-4, 19 265; defends lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan in hischoice of premier, 270-1 ; charges of maladministration against his government, 6162-3 ;his election campaign in Ontario in1908, 166 ;his resolution on Canadian navalpolicy, 168-9 ;introduces Naval ServiceBill, 170-1 ;letter on navy question, 172 ;and Canadian preference, 9 207, 212 ; and \proposed imperial secretariat, 6 191 ;andcolonial contributions to the navy, 192 ; andproposed reconstitution of Colonial Office,193 ; approves Declaration of London, 194-196 ; supports freedom to Dominions to withdraw from existing treaties, 197, 9 234 ;hisresolution on inter-imperial trade, 6 199 ;onnaturalization laws of colonies, 198 ; andcolonial co-operation in working BritishLabour Exchange Act, 199 ;on policy ofelecting imperial statesmen to office ofgovernor-general, 276-7 ;on the pitfall ofconcurrent jurisdiction, 5 156 ;definesloyalty of the French Canadian, 12 478 ;claims twentieth century as Canada s, 20307-8 ;Willison s biography of, 12 509.Laut, Agnes C. (b. 1871). Her books on pioneertraders and explorers, 12 504.Lauzon, Jean de (1582-1666), governor of NewFrance (1651-56). Seigniory granted to, 2558 ;sells Island of Montreal, 411 ;his reception at Jesuit College, 16 361.