River. A man was needed who could map the regions traversed, and there was no one more capable than the teacher of hydrography at the Quebec college. The expedition left Lachine on 15 June and was

agricultural reform and experimented himself. In 1855 he sent samples of his pressed peat to the Paris exhibition. Described as a man of “urbanity,” Boston

Bullies or Loafers,” declaring that Williams’ supporters had come to the polls armed and his own supporters had taken up sticks in self-defence. Yet Boulton, a kindly man who was noted for his benevolence

. 1806. James Brenton, a junior member of the Rhode Island bar, came to Nova Scotia as a young man and on 9 Dec. 1760 was admitted to the

unknown Indian and a Métis woman; d. 2 April 1875 at The Pas, North-West Territories (Man.). On 15 Oct. 1819 the Hudson’s Bay

came from Saint-Cosme-de-Vair, in the bishopric of Le Mans, which explains the surname given him. But as there was another family of Buissons who came from the same place, and particularly since

Bunn* and Catherine Thomas; m. Isabella Clouston in 1854, and Rachel Harriott in 1859; d. 11 April 1875 at St Clements, Man

the early government of Saint John. As an unmarried man Bunting did not have family obligations to restrict his activities. Although his civic

“struck it very rich at 22 feet.” The claim soon became one of the largest operations in the Cariboo district and its success made Cameron a wealthy man. But prior to the strike, on 23 October

Red River (Man.) at the time of the first Métis uprising under Louis Riel*. Big John reportedly was one of the leading canoeists. Pleased

stated that he showed “a surprising ignorance” of the subject. He appears, however, to have been an honest man whose opinions were respected in the community

within the district had “a greater influence over the Indians than this remarkable man.” It is clear that Chatelain was also influential within the Métis community at Fort Frances, and that he had been

kindly and affable man, according to Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher* de Saint-Maurice; he always had a friendly

any other coloured Baptist minister.” A man of force and character, Christian was a moving preacher, capable of drawing large crowds. Hearing him speak at Whitby in 1837, an observer noted that “while

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London in 1768, was probably a hoax, for its author already had a reputation as a high-spirited young man. The turning point of Clerke’s professional life

graduated in 1735 from Harvard College, where he was known as an outstanding wrestler, swimmer, and skater, “a large and powerful man.” In 1739 he was ordained in the Congregational church at Haddam

 Kamloops. As a young man, Little Louis occasionally worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company. He is mentioned in the journals of Thompson’s River Post

Ferres, endorsed Colby as a man of high principles. Colby agreed with the views expressed by Conservatives in Stanstead who, although they were opposed to some of the Legislative Council’s

. Collier possessed a strong personality and was a man of consistent views, qualities which stood him in good stead as judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, but also help to explain his running battle on the

in Stanbridge. He displayed an early interest in the military life and joined the local militia. In 1870 he volunteered for service in Red River (Man.) [see Garnet Joseph