Part 64 (1/2)

=Rainsford, John.= =F= Rescues comrades cast away on Anticosti, 304.

=Raisin, Sister Marie.= =L= Member of Congregation de Notre Dame, 91.

=Ralleau.= =Ch= Secretary of De Monts, 33.

=Ramesay, De.= =F= Commands militia in attack on Iroquois, 351.

=Ramezay, Claude de.= =WM= Commandant of garrison of Quebec, 214, 219; describes despondency in city, 224; calls council which declares for capitulation, 225; seeks pretext for capitulation, 230; capitulates, 231, 232. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_.

=Rand, Theodore Harding= (1835-1900). Born at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.

Educated at Horton Academy and at Acadia College. Taught for a time in the provincial Normal School, Truro. Subsequently superintendent of education in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Occupied various professors.h.i.+ps in educational inst.i.tutions; chancellor of McMaster University, Toronto, 1892-1895. =Bib.=: Works: _At Minas Basin, and other Poems_; _Song Waves and other Poems_; _Treasury of Canadian Verse_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_.

=Randal, Robert.= =Mc= Virginian, settled at Chippewa, 138; Mackenzie defends, 138; goes to England about Alien Act, 139; success of his mission, 142, 143.

=Randolph, Beverley= (1755-1797). Governor of Virginia. Born in Henrico County, Virginia, and educated at William and Mary College. In 1784 was appointed a visitor of the college. A member of the Virginia a.s.sembly during the American Revolution. In 1787 appointed president of the Executive Council; and in 1788 governor of Virginia. =Index=: =S= American commissioner to treat with Indians, 123; entertained by Simcoe at Navy Hall, 184, 229. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Rangers (British).= =Hd= Established near Cataraqui, 265. =WM= Reembark after fall of Quebec, 236. _See also_ Queen's Rangers.

=Rankin, Colonel.= =Md= Challenges Macdonald, but makes frank apology, and meeting is averted, 81-82.

=Rankine, Alexander.= =T= Deserts Liberals in New Brunswick, 18.

=Rattray, William Jordan= (1835-1883). Born in London, England.

Emigrated to Canada, 1848. In 1858 graduated from Toronto University, and later entered the journalistic profession. Published a number of books on religious and general subjects; for several years on the editorial staff of the Toronto _Mail_. Contributed to Canadian and American periodicals. =Index=: =Mc= His opinion of Mackenzie, 5, 6, 12, 26; views on the Rebellion, 26; on destruction of the _Advocate_, 115; opinion of Head, 307. =Bib.=: _The Scot in British North America_. For biog., _see_ Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Raudot, Antoine-Denis= (1679-1737). Son of Jacques Raudot. Filled the office of inspector-general of the navy at Dunkirk, before coming to Canada with his father in 1705. Acted as a.s.sistant to the intendant; recalled to France in 1710, and appointed intendant-general of seamen; also made a director of the Company of the Indies. Succeeded his father as councillor of marine. =Bib.=: Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903).

=Raudot, Jacques= (1647-1728). Councillor to the Parliament of Metz in 1674; and to the Cour des Aides at Paris, 1678. Came to Canada as intendant, 1705, and devoted himself with rare disinterestedness to the welfare of the colony. Returned to France in 1711. =Bib.=: Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903).

=Razilly, Chevalier de.= =Ch= One of the Hundred a.s.sociates, 170; ordered to a.s.sist Quebec, 200; instructions cancelled, 201; sent with expedition to take possession of Quebec, 213.

=Re, Francois, Sieur de Gand.= =Ch= One of the Hundred a.s.sociates, 171.

=Read, David Breakenridge= (1823- ). Born in Augusta, Ontario. Educated at Upper Canada College; studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1845; practised his profession in Toronto; appointed Q.C., 1858; mayor of Toronto, 1858. =Index=: =Mc= On Mackenzie, 1; Mackenzie as a reformer, 5; on responsible government, 12. =Bib.=: Works: _The Lives of the Judges of Upper Canada_; _The Life and Times of General John Graves Simcoe_; _The Life and Times of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock_; _The Rebellion of 1837_; _The Lives of the Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada and Ontario_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Reade, Alfred.= =W= Appointed by Governor Colebrooke as provincial secretary of New Brunswick, 76; causes resignation of ministers, 76-78; discussed in House, 79-80; appointment cancelled, 80.

=Rebellion Losses Bill.= =Mc= Furious debate on, between MacNab and Blake, 489. =BL= Pa.s.sed in 1847, 292; La Fontaine responsible for, 303; its history, 305-334, 335, 336. =E= History of, 63-84; commission appointed by Draper-Viger government, 64; report of commissioners, 65; La Fontaine's resolutions, 67-68; new commission appointed, 68; bitter opposition of Tories, 68-69; the debate, 69-70; public meetings held in opposition to bill, 70; bill pa.s.sed by both houses by large majorities, 70; Elgin gives royal a.s.sent, 71; his reasons for doing so, 72-73; the Montreal riots, 73-77, 161, 203. =B= History of, 34-38. =C= John A.

Macdonald characterizes it as a reward for treason, 32. =Md= Circ.u.mstances leading up to introduction of bill, 33-35; presented to Legislature, 35; pa.s.ses the a.s.sembly, 36; consented to by Elgin, 36-38; cause of unseemly riots, 38; causes division of opinion in British Parliament, 41. _See also_ Rebellion of 1837 (Lower Canada). =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada.= The culmination of a long agitation, on the part of the French-Canadians, for a larger measure of popular government. The older and more experienced of their leaders refused to overstep the bounds of const.i.tutional agitation; but Papineau, Wolfred Nelson, and a few more hot-headed enthusiasts determined to resort to armed rebellion. A series of violent speeches and demonstrations, in the summer and autumn of 1837, in which Papineau was the central figure, led to incipient riots in Montreal and elsewhere, and the decision of the authorities to arrest Papineau blew the smouldering embers into a fierce blaze. Nelson and Brown gathered their followers together at St. Denis and St. Charles on the Richelieu, and Colonel Gore and Colonel Wetherall were sent to disperse them.

Shortly after, Amury Girod raised the flag of revolt at St. Eustache, and Sir John Colborne led a force against him. In every case the rebels were dispersed. Papineau, Nelson, Brown, and the other leaders fled.

Papineau and Brown escaped over the border. The others were captured and exiled to Bermuda. The next year Robert Nelson and Dr. Cote made a final attempt at Napierville. Nelson managed to escape, but his misguided followers were captured, twelve executed, and eighty-seven transported to Australia. =Index=: =C= Responsibility of the government for, 2; Cartier's part in, 7; defence of, 9-10; the aftermath, 11; suspension of the const.i.tution of 1791, 11; origin of, 121-122. =Sy= In Lower Canada, 57. =B= Attributed by Durham to racial animosity, 11; his remedy, 12.

=P= Responsibility of the bureaucrats for, 24-25; street fights in Montreal, 127; Demaray and Davignon arrested, and rescued by Bonaventure Viger and party of _Patriotes_, 128; rebels gather at St. Denis and St.

Charles, 128; Colonel Gore's expedition up the Richelieu, and Colonel Wetherall's against St. Charles, 128-132; the fight at St. Denis, 130-132; at St. Charles, 133; death of Lieutenant Weir, 134; the fight at St. Eustache, 135-137; leaders sent into exile, 138-139; outbreak of 1838 crushed, 139-141; causes of the Rebellion, 143-161; O'Callaghan's version, 146-149; Bouchette's views, 149-153. =BL= Papineau's connection with, 45-46; history of, 45-49; its lessons, 51; general pardon, 287-288. =MS= Governor Simpson and Hudson's Bay Company influence strongly against Papineau, 243. =H= Its effect on popular party in Nova Scotia, 49. =E= Its causes, 17-21; Durham on, 18, 25-26; aftermath of the Rebellion, 62-63; contrasted with the disturbances of 1849, 75-76; spirit of its leaders, 91-92. =Md= Cartier involved in, 7; takes advantage of amnesty, 7; pa.s.sions kindled by, 13; and responsible government, 23. _See also_ Ninety-Two Resolutions; Papineau; Nelson; Rebellion Losses Bill. =Bib.=: Christie, _History of Lower Canada_; Kingsford, _History of Canada_; Carrier, _Les Evenements de 1837-1838_; David, _Les Patriotes de 1837_; Globensky, _La Rebellion de 1837_; Th.e.l.ler, _Canada in 1837-38_.

=Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada.= Almost the exact counterpart of the revolt in the lower province. The leaders here were William Lyon Mackenzie, Samuel Lount, Van Egmond, and Rolph. The plan was to march upon Toronto, seize the city, and proclaim a republic. This was early in December. On the night of the 5th, the insurgents marched on the city, were met on the outskirts by a small body of Loyalists, and ignominiously fled. The following day, having gained reinforcements, they made a stand at Montgomery's tavern, and were completely routed by the militia under MacNab. Mackenzie, Lount, and Rolph made their escape.