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GENERAL INDEXAleutian Islands, separating Bering Sea fromPacific Ocean. Discovered by Vitus Bering,2140.Alexander. Ottawa River steamboat, 10 554.Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825). His claimsin Bering Sea, 8 727, 917.Alexander VI, Pope (1431-1503). AwardsSpain territories in New World (1493), 2113.Alexander, Sir William, afterwards Earl ofStirling (c. 1567-1640). Obtains grant ofAcadia and Cape Breton Island fromJames I (1621), 13 36 ;divisions and designations of territory, 36 ;his scheme ofcolonization, 36-7 ;finds difficulty in obtaining suitable tenants, 37 ;his threeexpeditions, 37 abandonment of; colony,38 ;territorial claims founded on his grant,8 756, 763, 769, 774, 792.Alexander, William John (b. 1855). Author ofIntroduction to the Poetry of Robert Browning,12 529.s fort onAlexandria, Hudson s Bay CompanyFraser River. Named after AlexanderMackenzie, 4 654 ; 659, 127 n.Alexandria Archipelago.Sighted by Chirikoff,21 41.Alexis, Brother. Murdered by Iroquois at Lacla Biche (1875), 11 163.Algoma. (1) Steamboat on Georgian Bay andLake Superior route, 10 546. (2) C.P.R.steamboat, 10 556.Algoma Steamship Line.Freighters owned by,10 557.Algonquin Indians. Ally with French againstIroquois, 1 45 ;at feud with Hurons, 55, 60,69 ;settlement at Sillery for converts, 2 410 ;their canoes, 10 477 ; mission to, of LakeTimiskaming, 11 67-8.Algonquin, L . (1) War vessel built at Quebec,10 482, 15 55 ;its defective condition, 10483. (2) Lakes freighter, 10 557.Algonquin National Park, 17 218.Ahen Labour Act and its amendment in 1901,9 341.Allain, Abbe. Quoted re education in Francein seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, 16323, 324, 325-6.Allan, Adam. Removes boundary mark atMeductic, 13 177.Allan, Captain Alexander. Fathor of Sir HughAMan, 10 602.Allan, Andrew. His association with Sir HughAllan, 10 602-5.Allan, Sir Hugh (1810-82). His early career,10 602 ; characteristics, 603 ;establishes afleet of sailing vessels, 603 ; Montreal OceanSteamship Company acquired by, 604-5 ;and C.P.R. charter, 6 54-5 his ; part inPacific Scandal, 56-8, 10 421 ;founder ofCanada s ocean-going marine, 5 7.Allan, John (1746-1805). One of the Cumberland rebels, 13 218 ; plans conquest of NovaScotia, 219 his ; revolutionary propagandaon St John River, 136-7 ; alleges trespasson United States territory, 8 757, 13 160.Allan Line. Its formation, 10 604 ; securesmail contracts, 5 399, 10 604 ;first fleet of,605 ; speed of steamers in 1856, 5 399 ;effect of trade depression on (1859), 10 605 ;a period of steamship disaster, 5 402-3, 10605 ;cancellation and renewal of contract,5 403-4 ; steamships and their routes, 10606-8 ; companies absorbed by, 607 ; itsadaptability, 607.Allard, Germain, Recollet. Arrives at Quebec,2420.Allard, Joseph. Member of first board ofEducation of Manitoba, 20 427.Allard, Jules. Portfolio in Quebec governmentheld by, 15 213 n.Allegiance, sloop-of-war. Takes part in actionnear Sydney (1781), 13 222.Allen, Ethan (1737-89), American Revolutionary leader. Outlawed, 3 79 stirs; up disaffection, 81 ;surrenders at Montreal, 81 ;negotiates for return of Vermont to Britishallegiance, 115.Allen, George T. Justice of peace for Vancouver Island (1849), 21 87.Allen, Ira (1751-1814). Purchases arms forVermont, 3 153 ;treats for freedom of trade,4 534 ;and the Chambly Canal, 10 515.Allen, Isaac (1741-1806). Locates lands forloyalists in Nova Scotia, 13 148 ; puisnejudge of New Brunswick, 153 his ; previousservice, 155.Allen, Sir John Campbell (1817-98). JudgeNew inBrunswick, 14 415.Allen, Captain William. In command of theBonaventure and Seaforth, 1 184.Allet, Antoine d (b. c. 1634), Sulpician. Assistsin founding seminary at Montreal, 2 415.Alligator, H.M.S. Brings four captures intoHalifax, 13 252.Alline, Henry (1748-84). His New Lightrevival and its influence, 11 353, 381.Alfioux, Vincent (b. 1698). Professor of hydrography in Jesuit College, Quebec, 16 376.Allison, David (b. 1836). Superintendent ofEducation in Nova Scotia, 14 532.Allouez, Claude (c. 1613-89), Jesuit. Foundsmission on Chequamegon Bay, 1 80 ;addresses Indians at Sault Ste Marie on greatness of French king, 102-3.Allsopp, George. Signs petition of Quebectraders (1764), 15 134; appointed to legislative council (1788), 134.Allumette Island. Algonquin village on, 1 50 ;Nicolet and Br6beuf separate at, 60 ;tollpaid to Algonquin chief at, 68.Allward, Walter Seymour (b. 1875). Sculptor,12 633.Alma Ladies College, St Thomas, 11 337.Almon, William Bruce.Howe to a duel, 13 292.Challenges JosephAlnwick. School for Indian children established at (1838), 5 349.Alsatian. Allan liner, 10 608.Alstine, Peter Van. Assists in settlement ofhis disbanded loyalists, 17 24, 25, 26 ; signsthe loyalist petition (1787), 39.Allan, William. Member of executive council Alvarez Fagundez, Joao. Explores coast efof Upper Canada, 3 355.Nova Scotia, 1 25.