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11 127, 19 53 and n. his ; explorations, inconjunction with Dease, to North-Westcoast, 4 688-9 ;results of expedition, 689-90.Commissioner in arranging Indian treaties (1871), 7 594-5.Sinclair, Archibald Gordon (6. 1875). Presbyterian minister in the Yukon, 11 294.Sinclair, James. Leader of free traders in RedSimpson, Wemyss M.River Colony, 19 54 ;asked to give bond notto import goods from United States, 55 ;hisgoods refused by Hudson s Bay Companyships, 55 ; represents Sayer at his trial, 56 ;receives parting gift from Governor Simpson,58.Presbyterian missionary to theSinclair, J. A.Yukon, 11 294.Sinclair, R. Bligh, colonel.His plan of militiareorganization in Nova Scotia, 7 414 ;foreshadows Kitchener s proposals for Australia,417-18.Singleton, George. Signs loyalist petition(1787), 17 39.Sioux, Indian tribe. War with Crees andOjibways, 1 75 ;Radisson and Groseillierswinter with, 75-6 ; 78, 103 ; murder JeanBaptiste La Verendrye, 122 ; settlement inManitoba, 7 611 ;condition and characteristics, 611.Sipprell, J. Wilford. Principal of ColumbianCollege, New Westminster, 11 337.Sir James Kempt. Steamboat on Upper StLawrence, 10 499.Sir John Sherbrooke. Liverpool privateer ssuccess as a prizetaker, 13 253.Sir Robert Hall. War vessel on Lake Ontario,10 494.Sir Robert Peel. Lake Ontario steamboat, 10499 ;fired by Bill Johnson, 4 393.Sirius. Sails from Cork to New York (April1838), 5 365 ; transference of mails of becalmed Tyrian to the, and its historic sequel,10 596-7, 13 286-7.Sitka. Massacre of Russians at, 21 41, 53.Six Nations, the Iroquois Confederacy,comprising Mohawks, Onondagas, Senecae,GENERAL INDEX195Simons, Menno. Founder of Mennonite sect, Oneidas, Cayugas, and Tuscaroras. Their11 391.system of government, 4 701-2 ; laws ofSimpson, Alexander. Hia account of the inci descent of, 702dent between Thomas incited ; against British, 3Simpson and Larocque, 58 ;causes of Sir William Johnson s influence19 52 and n.over, 4 700-1 ; losses in Revolutionary WarSimpson, Sir George (1792-18GO), governor of paid byHudson s Bay Company. On British government, 707 ; educainjuriousness tional work of New England Company onof Red River Settlement to Company s behalf of, 5 348. See Iroquois.interests, 19 44 ; supports Buffalo Wool Sixtieth Regiment. See Royal Americans.Company, 45 ;on flourishing state of colony, Sixty-fifth Rifles. Employed in suppression of47 ;his transcontinental journey, 5 316-20 ; North-West Rebellion, 7 431, 432.at sources of the Columbia and the Saskat Sixty-second Regiment. At capture of Castine,chewan, 317 ; describes meeting with 13 259Chippewas at Fort ; sent to Canada during Trent crisis,William, 318 ; promises 14 409, 410 and n.rum to Indians not as a luxury but as a Sixty-sixth Fusiliers. Employed in suppressionmedicine, 319 ;connives at illicit trading, of North-West Rebellion, 7 431.19 54-5 ;forces Father Belcourt to leave Sixty-third Halifax Rifles, 7 415 and n.Red River, 11 135 ;his adroit ; emmanagement ployed in suppression of North-West Reafter collapse of Sayer trial, 19 58 ; witnessbefore House of Commons Committee (1857),21 125 ; describes the West as unfavourablefor cultivation, 19 140 ; death of, 8 930.Simpson, Thomas ( 1 808-40). Ill-treats a Metis,bellion, 431.Sixty-third Regiment. Dispatched to Canadaduring Trent crisis, 14 409 and n.Skagway, Lynn Canal. Made a sub-port ofentry, 8 933.Skakel, Alexander (c. 1775-1846). Master ofRoyal Grammar School of Montreal, 16463-4.Skelton, Oscar Douglas (b. 1878). Member ofBritish Columbia university site commission,22 439.Skinner, Robert J. Member of council ofBritish Columbia, 21 176.Skinner, Thomas James (d. 1889), justice ofpeace and member of first legislative assemblyof Vancouver Island, 21 106, 112 ; agent ofPuget Sound Agricultural Company, 124.Skinners Company. Petition against renewalof Hudson s Bay Company charter, 1 188.Slave River. Hearne s ascent of, 4 672-3 ;itscourse and length, 22 641-2 ; navigableextent and steamer service, 10 568.Slave Indians. Alexander Mackenzie s parleywith, 4 675.Sleeper, Louis. Operates copper deposits ofActonvale, 16 585.Sleigh, Lieutenant-Colonel, 77th Regiment.Author of Pine Forests and HacmatackClearings, 12 515-16.Slidell, John (1793-1871). Seized on board theTrent, 14 409.Slude River (Hudson Bay). Fort erected on,1 192.Smallpox, Outbreaks of. Among Indians atFort William Henry, 1 260 ;during siege ofQuebec (1775), 3 86 ;in Halifax, 13 215;among aborigines of British Columbia, 11147 ; at St Albert, 160 ;in Saskatchewanand Alberta, 19 195.Smart, James Allan (b. 1858). Deputy superintendent-general of Indian Affairs, 7 621.Smart, William (c. 1779-1876). Presbyterianminister at Brockville, 11 266.Smartt, Thomas William. Favours colonialcontributions to Navy atence of 1907, 6 192.Imperial ConferSmet, de, Jesuit. His mission to the Kutenaiand Okinagan Indians, 11 131 ; endeavoursto arrange peace between Blackfeet andFlatheads, 134.