ship and another “Fleming” vessel of 200 tons. After plundering the fishing fleet, Nutt sailed for England.
He seems to have been a humane man, for a
Harbour Lake and shot ten moose. He then went to Musquodoboit and offered to get moose for two cents a pound for a white man, who would sell it. Returning to the woods by the reserve, Cope shot
Roberval’s companions on his voyage to Canada were Marguerite and a young man, her lover, but the latter is not named either by the Queen of Navarre or by Thevet, both of whom recount this romantic adventure
black man had received the Christian name Olivier in honour of Olivier Letardif, the head clerk; at his burial
expand into the territory north and west of Lake Nipigon. When HBC man James Sutherland* wintered at Red Lake in 1790–91, he found that Cameron
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Berley’s date and place of birth are unknown but he was certainly an Englishman, and presumably he was a young man when he joined the HBC in 1708 as a gunner at £50 a year for three years. He served his term
, commandant at Detroit, selected Chachagouesse, whom he described as a man of great authority, to travel to Montreal with Makisabi, a Potawatomi chief, to negotiate a peace settlement between the Illinois and
aux Gratias (Morris), about 30 miles from St Norbert (Man.), son of Moïse Goulet and Marie Beauchamp, both Métis; m. 13 April 1888 Caroline Rowand (d. 1922), the widow of Peter
of St Mary’s Bay.
The task of a missionary in Nova Scotia required a mixture of qualities almost too great to expect in one man. Since most
medicine man; b. on the Miamis (Maumee) River (Ohio); had three sons who survived to adulthood; d. late 1841 or early 1842 on Walpole Island (Lambton County), Upper Canada
BENSON, MANLY, Methodist minister; b. 27 April 1842 in Newburgh, Upper Canada, son of Mathew (Matthew
, Canada East, and Henriette Piette; m. c. 1876–80 Adelle Malcouronne, and they had no children; d. 13 Feb. 1890 in Winnipeg, Man
), Métis fur trader, farmer, businessman, and politician; b. on or about 1 Oct. 1832 in St Boniface (Man.), son of Joseph F. (Fafard) Delorme and Josephte Bellisle; m. there
. 1910 in Berens River, Man.
Angus McKay’s father, a fur trader, was a native of Sutherlandshire, Scotland, and his mother was of mixed Cree and French
two men to help cultivate it.
Although the haughtiest man in the world before his baptism, Tessouat became as gentle and humble as a little child, the
-made man. His father died when he was eight, and thus his opportunities for formal schooling were limited. His extensive education was the result of his own efforts. In spite of these difficulties Waugh
children; d. 15 May 1899 in Russell, Man.
The great-grandson of judge D’Arcy
Manning and George Dimock, and by the age of 19 he had become a member of the Rawdon church. McLearn originally aspired to be a schoolteacher, but after feeling the call to preach he chose
.). There, in “the King’s House,” as Moses reported, “live Alamewhehum [Allemewi] an old Man and Anandamoakin a fat Man well dressed in French Cloaths as are almost all the Warriors. The Old Man is a friend
, London, England, son of William Beddome; m. 11 July 1859 Frances Omand of the Red River Settlement (Man.), and they had eight children; d. 24 March 1881 at Headingley, Man