Volume 23 - Section XII - ElectricCanadian.com

Mount Stephen (b. 1829). President of StPaul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba RailwayCompany, 19 111 denounces; independentrailway construction in Manitoba as aviolation of contract with Canadian Pacific,10 440.Stephen, Sir James (1789-1859), legal adviserat Colonial Office. On changing by ordersin-councilof rating of coins fixed by coloniallegislature, 4617; discusses charter of King sCollege with Strachan, 18 354 witness;before Canada Committee, 3 306.Stephens, Harrison. Introduces Jersey cattlein Canada, 7 658.Stephenson, Robert (1803-59), civil engineer.Suggests appointment of railway commissionto lay out territories, 10 407 his; glowinganticipations of the Grand Trunk, 408.Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm AugustHeinrich Ferdinand von (1730-94). Ownerof the Steuben map, 8 821.Stevens, B. B. Anglican clergyman at Queenston,11 223.Stevens, Dorothy. Artist and etcher, 12 627,631.Stevenson, Alexander. Submits plan for canalbetween Lake Louis and Lake St Francis,10 512.Stevenson, David (1815-86), civil engineer. Oneffect of Canadian winter on commerce andon habits of the people, 10 365.Stevenson, D. W. Methodist missionary toChina, 11 325.Stevenson, John. Speaker of Ontario legislative assembly, 17 111.Stevenson, Robert. Captain of the M Donald,1765.Stewart, Alexander. A pioneer settler of township of Douro, 17 80.Stewart, Charles James (1775-1837), Anglicanbishop of Quebec (1825-37). Apostle ofthe Eastern Townships, 11 2 Id- 16 ; visitingmissionary for Upper and Lower Canada,216, 222 ;his labours as bishop, 216 ;andWesleyan missionary work, 5 349.Stewart, George. Conductor of Stewart sQuarterly, 12 522.Stewart, John. Unreliability of, 13 349 ;hisattacks on Lieutenant-Governor Patterson,351.Stewart, John. One of fathers of Confederationin British Columbia, 21 171 n.Stewart, Robert. Appointed to executivecouncil of Upper Canada, 17 81.Stewart, Robert. First speaker of assembly ofSt John s Island, 13 349 ; organizes Scottishimmigrant settlement at Malpeque, 358.Stewart, Mrs Robert. On privations of pioneersettlers of Douro, 17 81-2.Stewart, Samuel (b. 1852). Commissioner inarranging Indian treaty (1906), 7 598.Stewart, William James (b. 1863). Member ofCanadian section of International WaterwaysCommission, 6 366, 8 838.Stewart River. A tributary of the Yukon, 22593 ; gold discoveries on, 606.Stikine River. Dispute regarding boundary on,8 931.GENERAL INDEX 199Stisted, Sir Henry William (1817-75). Lieutenant-governor of Ontario (1867-68), 17104, 105, 190 n.Stobo, Robert (b. 1727). Hostage at FortNecessity for return of French prisoners,1 237 ;breaks his parole and gives information to Wolfe, 291.Stone, Colonel. Burns St David s and is dismissed the service, 3 256.Stoney Creek. Battle of, 3 241-2.Stoneys, Indian tribe. Parties to a cession ofterritory, 7 597.Storm, W. G. Painter of decorative subjects,12 625.Stormoir.it. Lakes freighter, 10 556.Story, Thomas. Signs presentment of grandjury of Quebec (1764), 15 128; 129.Strachan, John (1778-1867), Anglican bishop ofToronto (1839-67). Graduates at AberdeenUniversity (1796), 18 346 ; early experienceas a teacher, 346 ; designed for Presbyterianministry, 346 ; accepts tutorship in familyof Richard Cartwright of Kingston (1799),3 335 n., 18 346-7 ; opens school at Kingston,347 ;ordained into Anglican Church andsets up school at Cornwall (1804), 347 ; denounces Selkirk s colonizing project at RedRiver, 19 20 ; rector of York and headmaster of district school (1813), 18 349;member of executive (1817), 353 ;describesthe West as a dreary wilderness, 19 140 ;and District Schools Act of 1819, 18 281 ;member of legislative council (1820), 353 ;introduces Bell-Lancaster method of teaching, 282 ; opposes union of provinces (1822),3 297 ;first superintendent of Education forUpper Canada (1823), 18 282, 353; hisattack on the Methodists, 357 ; representsclergy in purchase of Huron Tract, 3 334 ;outlines plans for university, 18 353-5 ;obtains charter of King s College, 354 ;assembly and his personal expenditures inbehalf of its charter, 285 ;his improvidentadministration, 363 ;rebuked by Sydenham,5 21 ;delivers first presidential address ofKing s, 18 363 ;his complaint againstPresbyterians and Methodists, 364 ;attacksBaldwin s federated university scheme, 367 ;wrecks university bill of 1847, 5 61, 18370-1 ; opposes Baldwin s university bill of1849, 372 ;favours collegiate in preferenceto professorial teaching, 373 ;foundsTrinity College (1852), 374 ; contrasted withRyerson, 357-8, 375-6 ; supports concessionsto separate schools, 314 ; five phases ofeducational development associated with,346 ;characteristics of, 5 62 ; gets behindlocal opinion, 63 ;Colborne on harmfuleffects, of his zeal, 3 340-1 ; his methods andsuccess as a teacher, 18 347-8, 353 ;hisvigorous humanity, 348-9 ; champion of alost cause, 357.Straits Settlements. Canadian preferencegranted to (1898), 9 213.Strange, T. Bland, colonel. Organizes firetpermanent Canadian artillery force, 7 426 ;engaged in suppression of North-West Rebellion, 432.