Volume 23 - Section XII - ElectricCanadian.com

158 CANADA AND ITS PROVINCESPoiriet, Pascal (b. 1852). Historian of Acadia,12 460.Poirier, Sylvain. See Perry.Poisson, Adolphe (b. 1849). French-Canadianpoet, 12 469.Poitevin, Magdelaine. Holds her land underdeed that was burned at the time of thefire, 13 309.Poles. Training school founded at Winnipegfor, 20 43G.Poletica, Chevalier de. His suggested boundaryline in Alaska, 8 920, 922, 923.Polette, Judge Antoine (d. 1887). Commissioner to investigate Pacific Scandal, 6 58.Polish Succession, War of the (1733-38), 15 49.Poliwka, John Damascene, Basilian Father.Ministers to Ruthenians of Winnipeg, 11186.Polk, James Knox (1795-1849), president ofUnited States (1845-49). Fifty-four-fortyor fight a plank in his platform, 8 863, 864 ;on the only way to treat John Bull, 864 n.,869 n.; invites British governmenta proposal, 865 ;takes Senate s advice onOregon Treaty, 865 and n., 866.Pollock, Allan. Aids in re-establishing ofDalhousie College, 13 263.to makePollock, Charles. One of fathers of Confederation in British Columbia, 21 171 n.Polly. Ship which conveyed Selkirk colonistsfrom Portree to Charlottetown, 13 356.Pomeranian. Allan liner, 10 606.Pommier, Hugues (d. 1686). Artist and missionary priest, 12 601, 16 382.Poncet de la Riviere, Joseph Antoine (1610-75).Descends St Lawrence from Lake Ontario(1653), 1 83; acting parish priest of Quebec,2416.Pond, Peter. Joins Alexander Henry theElder (1775), 4 645 his ; explorations in theAthabaska country, 650-1.Pontbriand, Henri Marie Dubreuil de (1709-60),bishop of Quebec (1741-60). Sketch of, 2436 ;rebuilds cathedral of Quebec, 436-7 ;and immobilizing of cures, 437 ;his visitations (1742), 438-9; and training of thePontiac (1720-69), Indian chief. See Pontiao aWar.Pontiac S War. Special Article, 3 53-70.Causes of Indian rising, 53-7 ;Pontiao fttool in hands of French, 65 ;Britishover-confidence a contributory cause of,53-4 ;chief s ambition and characteristics,57, 59-60 ; British take over Western posts,57-9 ;destruction of British in Indiancountry projected, 59 ;Pontiac addressescouncil of tribes, 60 ; designs against Detroit, 60-3, 61-2 ; capture of Western posts,63-5 ; Bloody Run and Bushy Run, 65-6 ;chief warned to expect no help from French,66 ; tragedy of Devil s Hole, 67 ; its closingevents, 68-9 ; Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 69 ;results of war, 69-70 ;assassination ofPontiac (1769), 70.Pooley, Charles Edward (b. 1845). Presidentof council of British Columbia, 21 218, 221.Poor, John Alfred (1801-71). His railwaypropaganda in Montreal, 10 376.Pope, James Colledge (1826-85). Confederationdelegate from Prince Edward Island, 13373 ;minister of Marine and Fisheries(1878-82), 6 83.Pope, John Henry (1824-89). Minister ofAgriculture (1871-73, 1878-85), 8 83.Pope, Sir Joseph (b. 1854). On the defectionsfrom Sir John Macdonald in 1873, 6 59-60 ;his biography of Sir John Macdonald, 12 509 ;representative on International Seal Conference (1911), 8 747.Pope, S. D. Superintendent of Education ofBritish Columbia, 22 432.Population. Of British North America (1812),3 204 ; (1825, 1831) 4 587 ;its distributionat Confederation, 9 102-3 ; preceded bypolitical development and railway communication, 6 200 ; percentage of increase duringeighties compared with United States, 9152 ;the drift to the city, 196-7 ; causes ofrecent rapid flow, 6 201-2 ;racial divisionsand problem of assimilation, 202 ; migrationto Prairie Provinces, 9 246 ;causes of ruraldepopulation, 18 579-80; (1871: tables),7 517-18 ; population and distributionclergy, 439 ;denounces moral obliquities,439 ;and Marquis de la Jonquiere, 439 ; (1871), 6200; (1881)91,201,7520; (1891),conduct of during fight for Canada, 1 282, 2 6 201 ; increase (1891-1911), 9 195 ; respec440-1 ; death of, 441.tive increases in rural and urban populationPontchartrain, Louis Phelypeaux (1643-1727), west of Lake Superior (1901-11), 18 577.minister of Marine and Colonies. Rebukes See under various provinces and cities.Saint-Vallier for interfering in liquor question, Porcupine. Steamer on Ottawa-Grenville route,2 491 ; suggests resignation to Saint-Vallier, 10 554.429.Porcupine River. Explored by John Bell, 5Ponteach. Quoted on treatment of Indians at 306 ; description of, 22 593-4.hands of English traders, 3 56.Port Arthur, Duluth, and Western Railway.Font-Grave, Frangois Grave, Sieur de. Ex Charter acquired by Mackenzie and Mann,tensive privileges granted to (1599), 2 10 454.316; arrives at Tadoussac (1603), 1 45; Port Brestaccompanies de Monts (Old Fort). Jacques Cartier exexpedition of 1604, plores coast of Labrador from, 1 29.13 18 ; accompanies Champlain s expedition Port Colborne. Occupied by volunteers duringof 1608, 2 449 ;returns to France, 450 ;Fenian raids of 1866, 7 409.again at Quebec, 1 46 ;builds first shipsNew of Port Dover, Lake Erie. Sulpicians winterFrance at Port Royal (1606), and at, 1 95-6 ;looted and burnt by ColonelTadoussac (1608), 10 478; commands Campbell, 3 253.expedition of 1615,1 52; 56; remains after Port Hope. Incorporated (1834), 18 424; itsEnglish conquest, 15 22.indebtedness to Municipal Loan Fund, 5 176.