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=Fort Simpson.= On coast of British Columbia, near Alaskan boundary.

=Index=: =D= Built by Hudson's Bay Company, at mouth of Naas River, 1831, 116; moved forty miles south, 1834, 120. =Bib.=: Walbran, _British Columbia Coast Names_ (under _Port Simpson_).

=Fort Stanwix.= On Mohawk River, near Lake Oneida. =Index=: =Dr= Unsuccessful attack on, 173. =Hd= Abandonment of by rebels, 151.

=Fort Stikine.= On Stikine River. =Index=: =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, handed over by Russians, 121-122; Rae left in charge of, 122.

=Fort Taku.= =D= Built by Hudson's Bay Company, on Taku River, 121; known as Fort Durham--erected 1840, 122; abandoned, 1843, 178-179.

=Fort Ticonderoga.= _See_ Ticonderoga. =Index=: =Dr= Fort seized by American rebels, 82. =Hd= Carleton's raiders penetrate beyond, 149.

=Fort Umpqua.= =D= Founded in 1832 by Hudson's Bay Company, on route from Fort Vancouver to San Francis...o...b..y, 132.

=Fort Vancouver.= On Columbia River. =Index=: =D= Established by Hudson's Bay Company, in 1824, 47; depot of western department, 72; described, 72, 110; built by John McLoughlin, 111, 113; its importance, 111; range of its operations, 111-112; agriculture at, 128; abandoned, 1849, 145. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_.

=Fort Vincennes.= =WM= On Wabash River, 22.

=Fort Walla Walla.= Hudson's Bay Company post, on Columbia River.

=Index=: =D= Distributing point for Snake River country, 7.

=Fort Wayne.= =Bk= Expedition to, under Captain Muir, 274, 275.

=Fort William.= At mouth of Kaministiquia River, Lake Superior. =Index=: =D= Headquarters of North West Company, 59. =MS= Replaces Grand Portage, 13; named after William MacGillivray, 100; Selkirk at, with the De Meuron soldiers, 189. =Bib.=: Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=Fort William Henry.= On Lake George. =Index=: =WM= Siege and destruction of, 37, 42-46; ensuing ma.s.sacre, 47-52. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_.

=Fort Yale.= =D= Founded in 1848, by the Hudson's Bay Company, on Fraser River, 186.

=Fort Yukon.= Built by Alexander Hunter Murray of the Hudson's Bay Company, at the mouth of Porcupine River in 1847. John Bell had descended the Porcupine to its mouth in 1844. Although Fort Yukon was on Russian territory, the Company maintained it until the sale of Alaska to the United States, when they were summarily ejected, 1869. The Company thereupon moved up the Porcupine to the Ramparts, where they built Rampart House, then supposed to be on British territory, but proved to be west of the boundary. The fort was moved twelve miles up the river, and in 1890 was again moved to the eastward. =Index=: =D= Built by Murray (not Bell) near mouth of Porcupine River, 125. =Bib.=: Murray, _Journal_ (Canadian Archives, 1910).

=Forts.= _See also_ Carillon, Chambly, Crown Point, Frontenac, Kaministiquia, Miami, Michilimackinac, Niagara, St. Johns, Sorel, Three Rivers, Ticonderoga, Western Forts.

=Foster, Captain.= =Dr= Captures American post at Cedars, 142; gives up his prisoners under agreement with Arnold, 143.

=Foster, George Eulas= (1847- ). Born in Carleton County, New Brunswick.

Entered political life as member for King's County, New Brunswick, in the Dominion House of Commons, 1882; minister of marine and fisheries, 1885; minister of finance, 1888-1896. Elected for York, New Brunswick, 1896; and for Toronto North, 1904. =Index=: =Md= Minister of finance in Macdonald administration--moves amendment to Sir Richard Cartwright's resolution on unrestricted reciprocity, 299. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Foster, S. K.= =T= Candidate for St. John, New Brunswick, defeated, 25.

=Fothergill, Charles.= =Mc= Attacks Mackenzie in Upper Canada _Gazette_, 38; accuses Mackenzie of disloyalty, 99; moves to pay Mackenzie for report of debates, 102, 103; dismissed from position of king's printer, 110. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_.

=Foucher, Jean.= =Ch= Chief farmer at Cap Tourmente, informs Champlain of destruction of establishment at Tadoussac, 176.

=Fouez.= _See_ St. Maurice River.

=Fournier, Telesph.o.r.e= (1824-1896). Studied law, and called to the bar, 1846; one of princ.i.p.al editorial writers on _Le National_; elected to the House of Commons for Bellecha.s.se, 1870; minister of inland revenue, in Mackenzie government, 1873; minister of justice, 1874; postmaster-general, 1875. Appointed judge of Supreme Court the latter year; resigned, 1895. =Index=: =C= One of the leaders of the Quebec Liberals, 24; a popular speaker, 25; kept in opposition by radical programme, 29. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._

=Fox, Charles James= (1749-1806). British statesman. =Index=: =Dr= Thought Quebec Act should have been introduced in Commons, 66; discusses Const.i.tutional Act in House of Commons, 265. _S_ Discusses Const.i.tutional Bill in House of Commons, 9. =Bk= Death of, 80. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Russell, _Life of Fox_; Trevelyan, _Early Life of Fox_; Egerton and Grant, _Canadian Const.i.tutional Development_.

=France.= =F= Condition of, in 1675-1676, 150, 151. =Dr= Declares war against Britain, 271; anger in, on conclusion of Jay Treaty, 287; refugees from, permitted to enter Canada, 289; some dangerous characters arrive from, 289; takes revenge on Britain in American Revolution, 269.

=Franchere, Gabriel= (1786-1856). Born at Montreal. Joined the Pacific Fur Company, organized by John Jacob Astor, and sailed from New York for the mouth of the Columbia, 1810. Returned overland, reaching Montreal in September, 1814. Continuing in the fur trade, established at Sault Ste.

Marie in 1834; and later in New York. =Bib.=: _Relation d'un Voyage a la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Septentrionale_, trans. by J. V.