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=Bourlamaque, de.= Born in France. Governor of Guadaloupe; sent in 1756 with Montcalm to Canada as third in command and colonel of engineers. In command at Ticonderoga in 1759; promoted brigadier-general, and took part in the defence of Quebec. Died, 1764. =Index=: =WM= Third in command, 12; holds Amherst in check, 131; evacuates Forts Carillon and Frederic and falls back on Ile-aux-Noix, 146; which he reports himself able to hold till fall, 158; joins army of Levis on march against Quebec, 245; repairs bridges over Cap Rouge River, 248; occupies position at Lorette and Ste. Foy, 249; in battle of Ste. Foy, 256; wounded, 260. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_.

=Bouteroue, Claude de.= Born in France. Came to Canada to act as intendant during the absence of Talon from 1668 to 1670. Returned to France, 1671, and died there, 1680. =Index=: =L= Acts as intendant during Talon's absence, 116. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_.

=Bouthillier.= =Ch= Negotiates restoration of Quebec, 220.

=Bow River Pa.s.s.= Through the Bow Range of the Rocky Mountains, head waters of Bow River. =Index=: =D= Entered by David Thompson, 1805, 58.

=Bowell, Sir Mackenzie= (1823- ). Born in England. Came to Canada with his parents, 1833, and engaged in journalistic work. In 1867 elected to the Dominion House of Commons for North Hastings. In 1878 appointed minister of customs, holding that office until 1891; minister of militia, 1892; and minister of trade and commerce, 1892-1894. In 1894 succeeded Sir John Thompson as premier, and resigned office in 1896.

Created a K. C. M. G., 1895. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Can.

Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Bowen, Edward= (1780-1866). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada in 1797; studied law and called to the bar in 1803. From 1809 to 1812 represented Sorel in the a.s.sembly; and in the latter year appointed to the Court of King's Bench. In 1821 appointed a member of the Legislative Council, and in 1835 elected Speaker. In 1849 chief-justice of the Superior Court for Lower Canada. =Index=: =E= Made a judge of the Seigniorial Court, 187.

=Bib.=: Taylor, _Brit. Am._

=Bowes, Colonel.= =Bk= Of the 6th Regiment, a.s.sumes command on death of General Hunter, 69; leaves Canada, 73.

=Bowring, Dr.= =Sy= An a.s.sociate of Sydenham's, 13; trade commissioner to France, 29.

=Boyd, Colonel.= =T= Represents Charlotte County in New Brunswick a.s.sembly, 102.

=Boyd, John= (1828-1893). Born in Ireland. Emigrated to New Brunswick, and engaged in business at St. John. In 1880 called to the Senate, and on Sept. 22, 1893, succeeded Sir S. L. Tilley as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick. =Index=: =T= Succeeds Tilley as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 138. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.

=Braddock, Edward= (1695-1755). Born in Scotland. Entered the army, 1710, and in 1743 major of the Coldstreams. Served in the expedition to L'Orient, 1746; and under the Prince of Orange in Holland, 1746-1748.

Colonel of the 14th Foot at Gibraltar, 1753. In 1755 general and commander-in-chief in British North America; and on July 9, 1755, commanded the British expedition against Fort Duquesne, where he was defeated and mortally wounded. =Index=: =WM= Death of, at Fort Duquesne, 22. =Hd= His defeat rouses Pennsylvania a.s.sembly to vote military supplies, 13. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Bradley, _The Fight with France_.

=Bradstreet, Simon= (1603-1697). Born in England. Educated at Cambridge; and emigrated to Ma.s.sachusetts, where he became a.s.sistant judge of the Court in 1630. In 1631 one of the founders of Cambridge, Ma.s.s.; from 1630 to 1679 a.s.sistant governor of Ma.s.sachusetts; from 1679 to 1686 governor; and from 1689 to 1692 president of the administration of the colony. =Index=: =F= Made governor of Ma.s.sachusetts, 266; on failure of expedition against Quebec, 301. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Bragg's Regiment.= =WM= On British right, 189; in battle of Ste. Foy, 259, 261.

=Brandon House.= Built by the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1794, on the head waters of the a.s.siniboine River, about seventeen miles below the present city of Brandon. The buildings were burnt about 1814, and the post abandoned. =Index=: =MS= Built by Hudson's Bay Company, 6. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=Brandy Question.= =F= Condemned by Champlain, 25; subject of dispute between civil and religious authorities, 46, 115; king's instructions regarding, 116, 118, 120; question referred to a meeting of the princ.i.p.al inhabitants, 121; opinions expressed, 122, 123; king's decision thereon, 125; evils depicted, 335. =L= Sale of liquor to Indians, 7, 36-39, 113; Frontenac's opinion and Colbert's instructions, 170, 171; conference on the subject, 172; Laval's att.i.tude, 173-175; Dollier de Ca.s.son's testimony, 175. _See also_ Liquor question. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_ and _Old Regime_.

=Brant, Isaac.= =S= Son of Joseph Brant, commits murder, 191; attacks his father and is killed by him in self-defence, 192.

=Brant, Joseph= (1742-1807). A Mohawk Indian chief, whose native name was Thayendanegea. Educated at an Indian school in Connecticut. Visited England in 1775. In the Revolutionary War sided with the British and rendered valuable service. Revisited England after the war. Translated the Book of Common Prayer and St. Mark's Gospel into the Mohawk tongue (London, 1787). =Index=: =S= Mohawk Indian, distrusted by Simcoe, 75, 125; visits Philadelphia and received by Was.h.i.+ngton as Indian emissary, 121; part taken by, in subsequent negotiations, 124, 125; loss of influence with his own people, 125; his motives and policy, 126, 128, 129; kills his son Isaac in self-defence, 192. =Hd= Commands scouting parties, 153; made a colonel of Indians on Haldimand's recommendation, 154; did not harm women or children, 154, 170; his success against rebel force under Lockerby, 169; advises reserve for Six Nation Indians, 258; highly esteemed by Haldimand, 300; Allan MacLean's opinion of, 308; visits Haldimand in London, 327. =Bib.=: Stone, _Life of Brant_; Cruikshank, _Joseph Brant in the American Revolution_; Eggleston, _Brant and Red Jacket_; Ke-che-ah-gah-me-qua, _Life of Brant_; Dent, _Can.

Por._

=Brant, Molly.= =Hd= Sister of Joseph Brant, her influence with Indians, 154; pensioned, 155.

=Brantford.= City of Ontario, on the Grand River. Named after Joseph Brant, the Mohawk chieftain. Founded about 1820.

=Bra.s.sy.= =T= Offers to build European and North American Railway, 25, 27.

=Breadalbane, John Campbell, second Marquis of= (1796-1862). Represented Okehampton in Parliament, 1820-1826, and Perths.h.i.+re, 1832. =Index=: =Sy= Offers to go to Canada as governor-general, 58. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.

Biog._

=Brebeuf, Jean de= (1593-1649). Born of a n.o.ble family of Normandy.

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