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Men_; Dent, _Can. Por._; Tetu, _Le Cardinal Taschereau_; Hamel, _Taschereau_.
=Taschereau, Sir Henri Elzear= (1836- ). Born at Ste. Marie de la Beauce, Quebec. Educated at Quebec Seminary; called to the bar, 1857, and practised in Quebec. From 1861 to 1867 represented Beauce in the Canadian a.s.sembly. In 1867 appointed a Q. C.; and in 1868 clerk of the peace for the district of Quebec. In 1871 judge of the Quebec Superior Court; in 1878 judge of the Supreme Court of Canada; and in 1902 chief-justice; retired, 1906. In 1904 a member of the Imperial Privy Council. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Dent, _Can. Por._
=Ta.s.se, Joseph= (1848-1895). Born in Montreal. Educated at Bourget College. Chose journalism as his profession; in 1867 became editor of _Le Canada_; from 1869 to 1872 a.s.sociate editor of _La Minerve_; and a director of _La Revue Canadienne_. About the same period appointed a.s.sistant French translator of the House of Commons. In 1878 elected to the House of Commons for Ottawa, and re-elected 1882; member of the Senate from the province of Quebec, 1891-1895. =Index=: =MS= On Seven Oaks affair, 184. =Bib.=: _Canadiens de L'Ouest_.
=Taylor, Brigadier-General.= =Hd= In command at Pensacola, 65; his dispute with Governor Johnstone, 69; at St. Augustine, 75.
=Taylor, Sir Henry= (1800-1886). Born in England. In 1824 appointed to the permanent staff of the colonial office, with which he was connected until 1872. In 1835 declined the offer of the governors.h.i.+p of Upper Canada. =Index=: =W= His characterization of Lord Glenelg, 42. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Taylor, John Fennings= (1817-1882). Born in London, England. Educated at Radley, England, and came to Canada, 1836. Held various clerical offices under the a.s.sembly and Council of Canada, and after Confederation was appointed deputy clerk of the Senate. Died in Old Point Comfort, Va. =Index=: =E= On John Sandfield Macdonald's reproof to Lord Elgin, 129-130. =Bib.=: Works: _Portraits of British Americans_; _The Last Three Bishops Appointed by the Crown for British North America_; _Life and Death of the Hon. Thomas D'Arcy McGee_; _Are Legislatures Parliaments?--A Study and Review_.
=Tec.u.mseh= (1768-1813). Born near the site of Springfield, Ohio. First appeared as a brave in a battle with Kentucky soldiers about 1788. In the campaign of 1794-1795 between American troops and Indians, came into prominence as a daring warrior. In 1805 he and his brother Ellskwatawa, the Prophet, formed the project of uniting all the western tribes of Indians in a war against the Americans. With this object visited the different tribes and induced many to join his ranks. In the campaigns of 1812-1813 joined the British against the Americans, and wounded at the battle of Maguaga. In 1812 given the rank of brigadier-general. In 1813 killed at the battle of Moravian town, on the Thames, while leading his Indian troops on the British side. =Index=: =Bk= Shawnee warrior, desirous of uniting all the Indian tribes for their common defence, 150; proposes alliance with United States, 150; his overtures being rejected, decides on war, 151, 176; repulses Americans at Canard River, 237; disperses force of the enemy on their own territory, 237; in fight at Maguaga, 241; his opinion of Brock, 246; appearance, dress, and character, 246, 247; leads Indians in attack on Detroit, 254; his commendation of Brock, 257. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can.
Por._; Drake, _Life of Tec.u.mseh_; Eggleston, _Tec.u.mseh and the Shawnee Prophet_; Tupper, _Life and Correspondence of Brock_; Tupper, _Family Records_; Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_.
=Teganissorens (Decanisora).= =F= Onondaga orator, 338.
=Telegraph Companies.= =BL= Incorporated in 1847, 277-278.
=Temple, Richard Temple Grenville, Earl= (1711-1779). Represented Buckingham and Buckinghams.h.i.+re in Parliament, 1734-1752; first lord of the Admiralty, 1756-1757; lord privy seal, 1757-1761. =Index=: =WM= Witnesses singular behaviour of Wolfe at house of Pitt, 65, 66. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Temple, Sir Thomas= (1614-1674). Born in England. Given a grant of land in Nova Scotia, in 1656; induced Cromwell to confirm it, and in 1657 appointed governor of Acadia. Sailed for America, and occupied the forts of St. John and Pentagoet. On the restoration of Charles II, his claims were again in jeopardy, but were eventually confirmed. In 1662 created by Charles II a baronet of Nova Scotia, and again appointed governor. In 1667 Nova Scotia was ceded to France, and in 1670 forced to resign his claims to the territory. Afterwards settled in Boston, finally returning to England. =Index=: =F= English governor of Acadia, 1656, 268. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_.
=Tessouat.= =Ch= Algonquian chief, 10, 75, 77.
=Tetes de Boule.= =Hd= Indian tribe trading at Three Rivers, 54.
=Tetu.= =Hd= On Haldimand. 291.
=Theatre.= =F= At Quebec, 336. =Hd= Allan Maclean's effort for, 306-307; attempt to produce Moliere's _Les Fourberies de Scapin_, 307.
=Themines, Pons de Lauziere, Marquis de= (1552-1627). Marshal of France.
=Index=: =Ch= Temporary viceroy of New France, 123.
=Thierry-Desdames.= =Ch= Company's clerk at Quebec, 121, 138; sent to St. Barnabe Island, 173.
=Thom, Adam.= Born in Scotland. Educated at King's College, Aberdeen.
Came to Canada, and practised law in Montreal. Appointed recorder of Rupert's Land, 1838, and arrived in the Red River Settlement the following year. Also legal adviser to the governor of a.s.siniboia. His arbitrary conduct made him extremely unpopular, especially among the French half-breeds, and he was compelled to retire from the bench in 1849. The following year reinstated, to try a complicated case of defamatory conspiracy, but the verdict proved so unsatisfactory that Governor Caldwell procured his permanent removal, and had him appointed clerk of the court. Resigned this office in 1854, and returned to Scotland. =Index=: =MS= Governor Simpson makes him recorder of Red River, 1839, 245; opposes Papineau in Lower Canada, 245; his newspaper letters signed ”Camillus,” 245; on Durham's staff, 245; returns with him to England, 245; his influence in Red River affairs, 246; the ”stormy petrel,” of the Settlement, 247; returns to England, 1854, 247; his connection with Simpson's narrative of his journey round the world, 249.
=Bib.=: Bryce, _Manitoba_ and _Hudson's Bay Company_; Ross, _Red River Settlement_; Begg, _History of the North-West_. _See also_ Red River Colony.
=Thomas, John= (1725-1776). Born in Marshfield, Ma.s.s. Surgeon in a regiment sent to Annapolis Royal, 1746; and in 1747 surgeon, and afterwards lieutenant, in s.h.i.+rley's Regiment. In 1759 promoted colonel of Provincials, and in 1760 commanded a regiment at the capture of Montreal. On the outbreak of the Revolution joined the colonials; raised a regiment of volunteers; and in 1775 became brigadier-general. In 1776 commanded a brigade at the siege of Boston, capturing Dorchester Heights, and promoted major-general. Succeeded to the command of the American army in Canada on the death of General James Montgomery, arriving before Quebec on May 1, 1776. Died near Chambly, on the retreat from Quebec. =Index=: =Dr= Replaces Wooster, recalled, 136; stampede of his forces when attacked by Carleton, 138. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ _See also_ Siege of Quebec, 1775-1776.
=Thompson.= =T= Elected in York, New Brunswick, 108.
=Thompson, David= (1770-1857). Born in the parish of St. John's, Westminster, England. Educated at the Gray Coat School; and entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1784. The first of his voluminous journals opens at Fort Churchill in that year. The last is dated 1850.
The journals fill forty-five volumes of ma.n.u.script, and cover a period of sixty-six years. Remained in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company until 1797, and in that period carried on explorations and surveys of the Nelson, Churchill, and Saskatchewan Rivers, and the intervening territory. In 1797 joined the North West Company, and in the years that followed, explored the upper waters of the a.s.siniboine; made a journey overland to the Mandan villages on the Missouri; and another to the head waters of the Mississippi; and surveyed portions of the upper waters of the Saskatchewan, Athabaska, and Peace Rivers. From 1807 to 1811, explored the entire system of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, from source to mouth. Left the North-West in 1812, and from 1816 to 1826 engaged in surveying and defining the international boundary. Afterwards carried out several minor surveys, in what is now eastern Canada. Died at Longueuil, near Montreal. =Index=: =MS= Referred to in Mackenzie's letters, 58; his explorations, 103; leaves Hudson's Bay Company, and joins North West Company, 103; visits the Mandan Indians, 104; further explorations, 105; sent to explore the Columbia, 106; crosses the Rocky Mountains, 1806, and builds post on Columbia, 106; descends the Columbia to its mouth, 106-107; builds other posts west of the mountains, 107; leaves service of the North West Company, 107; prepares his great map, 107; Thompson River named after, 109. =D= Completes his western work, 1811, 58; returns to eastern Canada, 58; ends his days in poverty, 59; astronomer of North West Company, 57; previously in service of Hudson's Bay Company, 57-58; extent of his travels, 58; visits Mandan country, 58; enters Bow River Pa.s.s, 1805, 58; discovers Howse Pa.s.s, 58; builds Fort Kootenay, 58; first to explore Kootenay district, 58; discoverer of Athabaska Pa.s.s, 58; proclaims British sovereignty, at junction of Spokane and Columbia, 58. =Bib.=: Tyrrell, _Journeys of David Thompson_; _Henry-Thompson Journals_, ed. by Coues; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.
=Thompson, David= (1796-1868). Born in Scotland. Served in the British army and in the Canadian militia. Taught school in Niagara and acted as a surveyor. In 1832 published _History of the late War between Great Britain and the United States of America_.
=Thompson, Edward.= =Mc= Defeats Mackenzie, 308.
=Thompson, James.= =Dr= Engineer, his work on the fortifications of Quebec, 117.