daughter of Enos Collins, reputed to have been at one time the richest man in British North America. Philip distinguished himself as a student at King’s

bishop of Ely, who had confirmed him in the Church of England four years earlier. After a brief period as a tutor in Rome and on the Isle of Man, Machray returned to his studies at the University of

was one of eleven children of Hugh M’Coll, a feuar of Glastrein. As a young man he entered a Glasgow commercial office but returned to Argyll after his apprenticeship and joined his father in business

struggle will at least be an honourable one, and that the enemy will not boast much, even if he should be victorious.” A cultivated man and pleasant

stories of his rough sayings and impetuous temper. . . . A short, square, hardy little man, with a countenance that told at once the determined fortitude of his nature. Without genius

mission field, so Gordon spent the summer of 1885 at the Chesterville station near Cartwright, Man., where his love of the west was kindled. His first published work, “Jottings from a missionary’s diary

work as well as in politics. He was a handsome man, standing well over six feet tall, and he was slender when young. Moreover, he was unusually affable. He had an excellent sense of humour, and often

. 12 Feb. 1787 in Nicolet, Que., son of Jean-Baptiste Provencher, a farmer, and Élisabeth Proulx; d. 7 June 1853 in St Boniface (Man

the lower Qu’Appelle valley (Sask./Man.), son of Wapiimoosetoosus; d. 1917 on the Star Blanket Indian Reserve, Sask. Ahchuchwahauhhatohapit

Kahkewaquonaby* (Peter Jones) as “a very intelligent man, open & pleasant in his manner.” In January 1833 several chiefs at Coldwater petitioned Bishop Alexander

. If any one man symbolized the rise of Winnipeg as the grain centre of western Canada, it was Nicholas Bawlf. “Be sure you are right, then go ahead,” was his motto and he followed it to the letter. He

1890s, Beaugrand progressively withdrew from the political scene because of his frail health. A man of substantial wealth, decorated with the Legion of Honour, he would spend the last 15 years of his

Bell and Mary Ann Wight; m. 19 Aug. 1897 Grace Campbell McEwan in Elton, Man., and they had a son and a daughter; d. 8 Aug. 1923 in Winnipeg and was buried there in Elmwood Cemetery

Signay* recalled him to work with the Indians at Lac Témiscamingue. But Bellecourt, apparently an emotional and impulsive man, soon returned to the west. In 1840 the tireless priest started missions at

“of the opinion that no man can prevent [Masta] from explaining the Bible, since in so doing he is acting according to his conscience and is teaching valuable things.” Kadnèche had interceded strongly

1801 he described Bentom to the archbishop of Canterbury, John Moore, as “a very young man, but remarkably confident; and possessing that sort of noisy and random eloquence which captivates weak and

Marianite Sisters of Holy Cross in Le Mans, France, and the second superior in Saint-Laurent in 1849, had become provincial in 1857 and superior general in 1858, but she had returned to France in 1863

concentrated on political corruption and additional taxation, asking if Nova Scotia should forever endure the burdens of the National Policy and permit excessive prices to be charged for the poor man’s bread

his cane, and tore his clothes. Duchesneau finally escaped, and managed to get to the law courts; his father, lest the governor should carry off the young man by force, barricaded the building and armed

established what is said to have been the first drugstore between Brandon, Man., and Kamloops, B.C. After his brother-in-law John Dawson and Regina druggist Robert Martin became his partners, the business soon