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=St. Jean.= =Ch= One of the vessels of Company of New France, 245.

=St. Joachim.= =L= Boarding school for children established at, 100; Laval's gift to school at, 199.

=St. John.= City and seaport of New Brunswick, situated at the mouth of the St. John River. It was incorporated as the city of St. John in 1785, during the administration of Thomas Carleton, having previously been known as Parrtown, so named after John Parr, governor of Nova Scotia.

Champlain was the first white man to stand upon its site, in 1604.

=Index=: =W= Presents address to Sir Charles Metcalfe, 74-75; grammar schools in, 85. =T= Young Men's Debating Society, 7; preferred men to measures, 25. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_; Lovell, _Gazetteer of Canada_.

=St. John Island.= _See_ Prince Edward Island.

=St. John's.= Capital of Newfoundland. Founded in 1582 by Sir Humphrey Gilbert. It was captured by Iberville in 1696, and again during the Seven Years' War, but finally reverted to Britain, with the rest of the island, in 1763. =Index=: =Hd= Taken by the French, 44. =F= Captured by Iberville, 347. =Bib.=: _Ency. Brit._

=St. John's.= A city on the Richelieu River, Province of Quebec. It was a military station during the American invasion; captured by Arnold in 1775; and relieved by Preston with troops from Montreal. Later in the same year, the fort was besieged by Montgomery, and the little garrison held out gallantly for twenty-four days, being forced to surrender in the end through the capture of Chambly, which gave Montgomery fresh ammunition and supplies. =Index=: =Dr= Fort at, abandoned by Americans, 146; reoccupied by British, 161. =Hd= Fortifications of, 125, 130, 133; people of, pay schoolmaster, 235. =Bib.=: Lovell, _Gazetteer of Canada_.

=St. John's River.= =L= Recollet mission on, 111.

=St. Joseph de Levis.= =WM= Skirmish at, 102, 103.

=St. Julien.= =Ch= Spanish vessel, commanded by Champlain, 3.

=St. Laurent.= =Ch= French vessel seized by the English, 222.

=St. Laurent.= Village on north bank of St. Lawrence. =Index=: =WM= Letter of cure of, to British officers, 93.

=St. Lawrence Channel.= =C= Cartier favours deepening of, 45.

=St. Lawrence Gulf.= The first authenticated voyage to the gulf is that of Jacques Cartier, in 1534. In his second voyage, of 1535-1536, Cartier made further discoveries. On Aug. 10, 1535, he sailed into what is now known as Pillage Bay, on the Labrador coast of the gulf. As this was the feast of St. Lawrence, he named the bay _Baye Sainct Laurens_. Since then the name has gradually spread until it embraces the whole gulf, and the great river that empties its waters there. =Bib.=: Dawson, _The St.

Lawrence Basin_.

=St. Lawrence Island.= _See_ Cape Breton.

=St. Lawrence Rapids.= =Hd= Amherst loses a large number of men in, 37.

=St. Lawrence River.= Rises at the source of the St. Louis River, west end of Lake Superior, and falls into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. West of Lake Ontario the river is known by different names, and the St. Lawrence proper issues from that lake. The name was originally given by Jacques Cartier to a bay on the Labrador coast of the gulf. Cartier explored the river in 1535, as far as the island of Montreal. =Index=: =Ch= Early visits of fis.h.i.+ng vessels to, 59. =Bib.=: Dawson, _The St. Lawrence Basin_; Johnson, _Picturesque St. Lawrence_.

=St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway.= =E= Chartered, 1845, to connect with Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway, 99; provincial guarantee, 1849, 99. =C= Built in 1849,--gives Montreal access to the sea through Portland, 45. _See also_ Railways.

=St. Leger, Colonel Barry.= =Hd= Ordered to occupy Crown Point, 211; unjust complaints against, by chaplain of regiment, 256; his application on behalf of his son, 295; commandant of Quebec garrison, 309; in chief command in Canada, 314. =Dr= Fails in attack on Fort Stanwix, 173; brave, but lacking in capacity, 174; sent to Ticonderoga, 179.

=St. Malo.= Seaport of France. =Index=: =Ch= Merchants of, demand freedom of commerce in the St. Lawrence, 123. =L= Jurisdiction of bishop of, over New France, 6.

=St. Martin, Captain.= =WM= Killed in battle of Ste. Foy, 264.

=St. Maurice Forges.= Were situated on the river St. Maurice, about nine miles above Three Rivers, Quebec. Iron ore was discovered on the banks of the St. Maurice in 1667, but the mines were not systematically worked until 1733, when a company was formed and forges established. Since that date and until 1883, under different owners.h.i.+p, they were in active operation, being the oldest blast-furnace, on the continent of America.

=Index=: =Dr= Their output of iron manufacture, 60; Americans cast cannon at, 141. =Hd= Use made of, by Haldimand, 46-48; under direction of Nordberg, 48; Laterriere's report on, 48; Haldimand in charge of, 54; leased by Murray, 62; Laterriere inspector of, 277-278; partners of, 345. =L= Development of mines by Talon, 82. =Bib.=: _See_ General Index to Royal Society of Canada _Trans._

=St. Maurice River.= One of the tributaries of the St. Lawrence, rises in the height of land near the head waters of the Nottaway, and falls into the St. Lawrence at Three Rivers, after a course of 325 miles.

During the seventeenth century it was much infested by Iroquois; and the French were constantly at war with them in its neighbourhood. It was first seen by Cartier in 1535, and named by him the Riviere du Fouez, or Riviere du Foix. =Index=: =Ch= Named De Fouez by Jacques Cartier, and Three Rivers by Champlain, and known to the Indians as the Metaberoutin, 52. =Bib.=: Lovell, _Gazetteer of Canada_.

=St. Maws.= =S= English const.i.tuency for which Simcoe sat, 15.

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