Dupuy to inquire “whether he is a man of good conduct and has the necessary ability”; however, Richard Testu* de La

. A handsome and very intelligent man, Father Pijart attracted people above all by his congenial personality. He had such a reputation for saintliness that after his death the population took relics

Callière’s absence. Provost was the man chiefly responsible for preparing the town of Quebec to defend itself against

individual whose life was “manly and devoid of display.” He impressed on his countrymen that distinctive mixture of religious, moral, and patriotic values cherished by so many native Canadian Methodists

Neuvillette was “a hot-headed man whose only occupation is engaging in debauchery, and who associates with the soldiers in order to use them for making contacts.” In 1699 he had to go to France at the king’s

, Ont., 12 Nov. 1874. John Philip Roblin was educated at the local school taught by Jonathan Greely. As a young man he cleared and farmed land

Ambroise is supposed to have made a single remark: “I look like a drowned man.” On the eve of his departure for Rimouski Rouillard asked Rioux to lend him a tin goblet, because he had lost his own. The

and grasping man. From 1672 on, he appeared almost yearly before the Conseil Souverain in the roles of petitioner, defendant, respondent, or appellant. He was churchwarden of the parish of Notre-Dame in

Mother 50 miles distance.” The transition was particularly disturbing because Goddard, according to Scott, “was a man of no religion; he did not so much as pray in his house nor ask a blessing at his table

. Aged about 14 Samuel Skrimsher went to Hudson Bay in 1733 to serve as an apprentice at York Fort (York Factory, Man.). Following the expiry of his apprenticeship in 1740, he was employed at the fort as a

. 28 March 1887 in Victoria, B.C. William Smithe, of Northumbrian ancestry, was educated in local schools at Whittington. As a young man he

had abused his father’s confidence by stealing from him. Jean Soullard seems to have been an active and enterprising man. His name appears regularly

Soupiran*, surgeon barber, and Marthe Bélanger; d. 16 June 1764 at Quebec. Simon Soupiran was evidently a man of probity and, trained by

recommended him to be director of a government agency in Europe. When the offer finally came eight years later, Spence had already decided to move to the Red River settlement (Man.). He and his family arrived

entrusted with the manifold problems that the annual voyage to the bay of three or four company ships involved. By this time Spurrell was a man of substance, and in 1756 and 1757 he acquired more than £2,500

companions of the dead man. Tory newspapers accused Mackenzie of collusion with the witnesses to create the case against Higgins, and stressed his friendly relations with Sullivan

wax relief Image of the holy Infant Jesus in his cradle.” The Relation adds: “It is incredible how zealous this man is in all manners of piety.” In 1668 Louis was dogique of the little

miles north of Fort Churchill (Churchill, Man.). He had at least one brother, to whom he was very attached. In the early 19th century the Hudson’s Bay Company hired young natives to winter at its posts

TEHORENHAEGNON, Huron medicine-man, considered one of the “two greatest sorcerers in the country”; fl. 1628–37

upon which Poulet might be admitted to the Sacrament; but the sick man would not yield. Although he was a member of the seminary, M. Thiboult was imprudent enough to agree to act as attorney for the