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=Brule, etienne.= A famous _coureur de bois_ who accompanied Champlain on his exploration of the Ottawa, in 1615, and subsequently made extensive explorations in the country of the Hurons and the Iroquois (1615-1618). Treacherously murdered near the present town of Penetanguishene by a party of Hurons in 1632. =Index=: =Ch= Interpreter, accompanies Champlain to Quebec, 41; accompanies Champlain to the Ottawa River, 88; at Cap de la Victoire, 139; learns Huron language, 144; sent on mission to Three Rivers, 163; sides with the Kirkes, 194; conduct in the Huron country, 202; his death, 203, 246. =Bib.=: Champlain, _Voyages_; Sagard, _Voyage du Pays des Hurons_; Parkman, _Pioneers of France_; b.u.t.terfield, _History of Brule's Discoveries and Explorations_; Sulte, _etienne Brule_ (R. S. C., 1907).

=Brulon, Jean Gauthier de.= =L= Canon and confessor of chapter of Quebec, 197.

=Bruyeres, Lieutenant-Colonel R. E.= =Bk= Reports on condition of forts in Upper Canada, 157.

=Bryce, George= (1844- ). Born at Mount Pleasant near Brantford, Ontario. Educated at Toronto University and Knox College. Took part in the skirmish at Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids. In 1871 removed to Manitoba and organized Manitoba College. Professor of English literature in Manitoba College, 1871-1909; and head of the faculty of science and lecturer in biology in Manitoba University, 1891-1904. Moderator of the General a.s.sembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1902-1903.

President of the Royal Society of Canada, 1909-1910. =Index=: =Md= On causes of Riel Rebellion, 158. =Bib.=: Works: _Manitoba_; _Short History of the Canadian People_; _Apostle of Red River_; _Hudson's Bay Company_; _Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men._; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Bryce, James= (1838- ). Born in Belfast. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge. Entered Parliament in 1880. In 1886 under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; in 1892 chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 1894 president of the board of trade. Chief secretary for Ireland, 1905-1906, and in 1907 appointed British amba.s.sador at Was.h.i.+ngton. =Index=: =E= On the disadvantages of congressional government, 255-257. =Bib.=: Works: _Holy Roman Empire_; _American Commonwealth_. For biog., _see_ _Who's Who_, 1910.

=Brymner, Douglas= (1823-1902). Born in Scotland. Came to Canada, 1857.

For some time editor of the _Presbyterian_, and a.s.sociate editor of the Montreal _Daily Herald_. In 1872 appointed Dominion Archivist, and held the position up to the time of his death, laying the foundations of the present splendid collection of ma.n.u.script material bearing on the history of Canada. =Index=: =Hd= His services as Dominion Archivist, 319; his opinion of Haldimand, 320; his translation of Haldimand's diary, 321. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Buade, Antoine de.= =F= Grandfather of Frontenac, 61.

=Buade, Henri de.= =F= Father of Frontenac, 61.

=Buade, Louis de.= _See_ Frontenac.

=Buchanan, Isaac= (1810-1883). Born in Scotland. In 1833 emigrated to Canada and entered into business life. Strongly opposed the Rebellion of 1837. Elected for York to the first Parliament of Canada. In 1864 appointed president of the Council in the Tache-Macdonald ministry, retiring the same year. From 1878 to 1883 a Dominion arbitrator.

=Index=: =H= Joseph Howe's letter to, 1866, 190. =BL= On responsible government, 90; in political controversy, 1844, 238; his ”Five Letters against the Baldwin Faction,” 239-240. =B= Retires from government with Foley and Simpson, to make room for George Brown, Mowat, and Macdougall, 159. =Mc= Urges Mackenzie's amnesty, 474; generosity of, 504. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Buchanan, James= (1791-1868). Fifteenth President of the United States.

=Index=: =E= His tribute to Lord Elgin, 123-124. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.

Biog._

=Buckingham, Richard Plantagenet Grenville, third Duke of= (1823-1889).

Born in England. Entered Parliament, 1846; lord of the treasury, 1852; and privy councillor, 1866; president of the Council, 1866-1867, and colonial secretary, 1867-1868. Governor of Madras, 1875-1880. =Index=: =Md= Referred to by Sir John A. Macdonald in connection with Confederation negotiations, 128-129. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Bude, General de.= =Hd= Haldimand's letters to, 116, 117, 119, 191, 222; Haldimand gives Carleton letter of introduction to, 191; consulted on housekeeping matters by Haldimand, 328; his interest in Mathews, 331; Grenville's plan for placing him in Duke of York's family, 333; mentioned in Haldimand's will, 342.

=Bulkeley, Richard.= Came to Nova Scotia with Governor Cornwallis, 1749.

Appointed secretary of the province, 1759, and continued to hold office under thirteen successive governors, until 1793. Member of the Council of Nova Scotia, 1759. Administrator of Nova Scotia, 1791; judge of the Admiralty Court; brigadier-general of militia. Died, 1800. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.

=Buller, Charles= (1806-1848). Born in Calcutta. Entered Parliament in 1830; and called to the bar, 1831. In 1838 secretary to Lord Durham and accompanied him on his momentous mission to Canada. In 1846 judge advocate-general, and in 1847 chief poor law commissioner. =Index=: =BL= His connection with Durham's Report, 235; on colonial self-government, 235. =Sy= Lord Durham's chief secretary, 98; object of great dislike to Upper Canada Tories, 98; his speech in House of Commons on union resolutions, 122; advocates responsible government for Canada, 123. =Mc= Credited with authors.h.i.+p of Lord Durham's Report, 82, 83. =Bib.=: _Dict.

Nat. Biog._; Strachey, _Charles Buller_: Bradshaw, _Self-Government in Canada_.

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

=Bullion, Mme. de.= =F= Benefactress of Hotel Dieu at Montreal, 29.

=Bulyea, George Headley Vickers.= Born in Gagetown, New Brunswick.

Educated at University of New Brunswick. For a time princ.i.p.al of the Sunbury County Grammar School. Removed to Qu'Appelle, North-West Territories, 1883. Elected to the North-West Council, 1894; special representative to the Yukon, 1896; commissioner of agriculture and public works in the Territorial government; appointed first lieutenant-governor of Alberta, 1905. =Bib.=: _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Bunker Hill.= =Hd= Battle of, 108.

=Burel, Brother Gilbert.= =Ch= Jesuit, 152; returns to France, 208.

=Burgoyne, John= (1723-1792). Born in England. Educated at Westminster, and entered the army in 1740. In 1775 served in New England; second in command, 1776, and lieutenant-general, 1777. In the latter year succeeded General Carleton as commander-in-chief of the forces in Canada. After several successful engagements with the Americans, defeated at Saratoga in October, 1777. In 1782 commander-in-chief in Ireland. =Index=: =Dr= Arrives with reinforcements, 144; marches up Richelieu, 146; returns to England, 163; returns to Canada, haying been promoted over head of Carleton, 171; his personal charm, 174; his previous career, 175, 176; occupies Ticonderoga, 178; injudicious speech of, 178; his surrender at Saratoga, 180; his defence of himself, 182.