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=Seneca Indians.= One of the tribes of the Iroquois confederacy. They dwelt chiefly in the region of the Seneca and Canandaigua lakes, and extended westwards to Genesee River. During the American Revolution they espoused the British cause. There are now some hundreds living in Grand River Reservation, Ontario. =Index=: =F= Show quarrelsome temper, 143; attack Illinois, 144; enraged by murder of a chieftain on territory of Ottawas, 145; accept terms of peace, 146; attack canoes of French traders, 181; Denonville's expedition against, 207-214. =Ch= One of the five tribes or nations, 50; murder four delegates sent to Five Nations, 164. _See also_ Iroquois. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_; Hodge, _Handbook of American Indians_.

=Senezergues, De.= =WM= Brigadier, commands battalion of La Sarre Regiment, 12; commands regular troops, 105; mortally wounded, 199; carried on board British vessel, 222.

=Separate Schools, Manitoba.= =C= The question used as a test of provincial power, 61-62; rights of Roman Catholics safeguarded, 1871, 71; overthrown by Legislature, 72; judgment of provincial courts reversed by Supreme Court, 72. =Bib.=: Ewart, _Manitoba School Question_; Wade, _Manitoba School Question_; Willison, _Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party_. For further references, _see_ _Lit. Am.

Hist._, pp. 438-439.

=Separate Schools, New Brunswick.= =C= Public opinion aroused in Quebec, 73; Costigan and other Roman Catholic members from New Brunswick demand disallowance of bill against, 73-74; Macdonald and Cartier oppose disallowance, 74-76; question becomes an issue in Quebec elections, 76; opinion of law officers in England obtained, 76; opinion adverse to Roman Catholics, 77; Costigan again demands disallowance, 77; compromise effected, 77-78; in Parliament, 131. =Md= Bill pa.s.sed in 1871, 194; takes away government support from separate schools, 194; Roman Catholics pet.i.tion for its disallowance, 194, 285; compromise effected, 194-195.

=Separate Schools, North-West Territories.= =B= Provision for, opposed by George Brown--he warns the Senate that effect would be to fasten them on the West forever, 249.

=Separate Schools, Nova Scotia.= =Md= Refused to Roman Catholics, 116.

=Separate Schools, Upper Canada.= =B= Opposed by George Brown, 121; a compromise arranged, 122-123; bill introduced by R. W. Scott, 144; Ryerson's support of bill, 144; adopted by government and becomes law, 144-145; attacked by _Globe_, but finally accepted by George Brown, 145.

=Md= Claimed by Roman Catholics and conceded after years of controversy, 82. =Bib.=: Hodgins, _History of Separate Schools in Upper Canada_.

=Servants.= =S= Scarcity of, in Upper Canada, 182.

=Seven Nations.= =Hd= Their fighting force an uncertain quant.i.ty, 126.

=Seven Oaks.= =MS= Conflict between Hudson's Bay Company men and North West Company men, June 19, 1816, 180; Governor Semple shot, 181; Alexander Ross on, 184; Joseph Ta.s.se on, 184; Sergeant Huerter on, 183; printed evidence, 199. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Manitoba_ and _Romantic History of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_.

=Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantel= (1627-1696). =F= Her son-in-law a candidate for governors.h.i.+p of Canada, 65; describes severities exercised on peasants in revolt in France, 150.

=Seward, William Henry= (1801-1872). Governor of New York, 1838; appointed secretary of state by Lincoln, 1860. =Index=: =N= Suggests Canadian agent at Was.h.i.+ngton to confer on Reciprocity Treaty, 192; tells Galt that treaty could not be renewed, 193. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Sewell, Jonathan= (1766-1839). Born at Cambridge, Ma.s.s. Educated at Bristol, England. In 1785 studied law in New Brunswick under Ward Chipman; in 1789 called to the bar of Lower Canada and practised in Quebec. Appointed solicitor-general, 1793, and attorney-general, 1795.

In 1808 chief-justice of Lower Canada, and held the position until 1838; also president of the Executive Council from 1808 to 1829, and Speaker of the Legislative Council from 1809 to 1838. The dispute as to boundaries, between the Dominion government and the province of Ontario, was afterwards settled on the basis of his decision of 1818. Introduced, in 1809, into the procedure of the courts, certain rules of practice which for some years met with strong opposition. In 1814 went to England to meet the charges made against him in this regard, and his conduct upheld. Received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Harvard. =Index=: =P= Papineau describes him as ”a vain creature,” 55; fills dual positions of president of Executive Council and chief-justice, 59. =B= Chief-justice, his part in movement for Confederation, 129. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel.

Can._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.

=Seymour, Frederick.= Succeeded Sir James Douglas as governor of British Columbia, and arrived in the colony, April, 1864. Had previously been governor of British Honduras. On the union of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1866 became governor of the united colonies. In the spring of 1869 visited several Indian tribes on the coast; taken ill, and died at Bella Bella, June 10, 1869. =Index=: =Md= Governor of British Columbia, death of, 149. =Bib.=: Begg, _History of British Columbia_.

=Shaw, Major-General aeneas.= =Bk= Stationed on frontier between Kingston and Cornwall, 195. =S= Member of Legislative Council, 79, 98.

=Shaw, Helen.= =Md= Wife of Hugh Macdonald, and mother of Sir John A.

Macdonald, 1; her strong character, 2.

=Shea, Sir Ambrose= (1818-1905). Born at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Entered Newfoundland a.s.sembly, 1850; Speaker, 1855-1861; member of government, 1864-1869; governor of the Bahamas, 1887-1895. =Index=: =T= Represents Newfoundland at Quebec Conference, 77. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can.

Men_.

=Sheaffe, Sir Roger Hale= (1763-1851). Born in Boston, Ma.s.s. Entered the army, 1778; served in Ireland and Holland; stationed in Canada, 1802-1811, and 1812-1813. Commanded the British, forces at Queenston Heights after the death of Brock. Administered the government of Upper Canada, 1812-1813. Created a baronet, 1813; raised to the rank of lieutenant-general, 1821; general, 1828. =Index=: =Bk= Present at battle of Egmont-op-Zee, 19; his severe discipline causes mutiny, 61-63; profits by experience, 74; appointed to staff, and sent to Upper Canada, 223; commands at battle of Queenston Heights after death of Brock, 309-312; his conduct at taking of York, 312. =S= Sent to protest against occupation by Americans at Sodus Bay, 137. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_; Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_.

=Shelburne.= A town on the south-west coast of the province of Nova Scotia; founded by United Empire Loyalists in 1783; first known as Port Roseway. For a few years after its foundation the town grew at an astonis.h.i.+ng pace, and at one time ”had a population larger than that of Quebec and Montreal combined,” but the locality afforded none of the elements of permanent prosperity, and the bulk of the population drifted to other parts of the province. =Index=: =Hd= Town of, founded by Loyalists, 263. =Bib.=: Haliburton, _History of Nova Scotia_; Sabine, _American Loyalists_; Bourinot, _Builders of Nova Scotia_; Lovell, _Gazetteer of Canada_.

=Sheppard, George.= =B= Editorial writer on _Colonist_, joins staff of _Globe_, 135; speech against Confederation, 1859, 135-136; Brown's reply, 137.

=Sherbrooke.= A city in the Eastern Towns.h.i.+ps, Quebec, on the St.

Francis River, named after Sir John Coape Sherbrooke. Founded by David Moe and other pioneers, about the year 1800.

=Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape= (1760-1830). Born in Nottinghams.h.i.+re, England. Entered the army; took part in the capture of Seringapatam, 1797; and served under Wellington in the Peninsular War, 1809. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia in 1811; and governor of Canada, 1816-1818. =Index=: =B= Quiet rule of, 39. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.