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Entered the army, and engaged in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Culloden. In 1759 ordered to Canada; brigadier-general, and commanded one of the divisions under Wolfe. On Wolfe's death succeeded to the command, and received the capitulation of Quebec. Returning to England, served in continental campaigns. Lord-lieutenant of Ireland from 1767 to 1772. In 1784 created Earl of Leicester, and in 1787 Marquis Townshend.

=Index=: =WM= Brigadier under Wolfe, 74; commands British right in battle of Montmorency, 134, 140, 141, 142; moves up river with his command to join fleet, 161; commands British right in battle of the Plains, 189; takes command on death of Wolfe, 219; Montcalm's letter to, 219; fortifies British position, 222; places guard on General Hospital, 223; accepts capitulation of Quebec, 235; receives keys of the Chateau St. Louis, 235; returns to England, 235. =Hd= His lack of interest in Canada, 184; Haldimand's letter to, 188. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_; Townshend, _Life of Marquess Townshend_.

=Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville, Marquis de= (1603-1670). Served in the French army, and in 1655 recaptured Cayenne from the Dutch. In 1663 appointed lieutenant-general of all the French dominions in America, and, after spending a year in the West Indies, reached Quebec, June 30, 1665. With the newly arrived Carignan-Salieres Regiment as his weapon, at once initiated a vigorous policy against the Iroquois, and especially the contumacious Mohawks. In 1666, with thirteen hundred men, marched against the latter, burnt their villages, and drove them into the woods. The following year deputies arrived at Quebec from all the Iroquois tribes, suing for peace. Having secured to the colony a peace which lasted for nearly twenty years, returned to France. =Index=: =F= Appointed king's lieutenant-general for all his possessions in America, 50; arrives at Quebec, 51; marches against Iroquois (Mohawks), 53; concludes peace, 53; removes Maisonneuve from governors.h.i.+p of Montreal, 54; recalled, 54. =L= Appointed viceroy, 51; erects three forts on Richelieu River, 53; marches against Mohawks, 53; returns to France, 81; high character of, testified to by Laval, 81; his devout practices, 81, 82; makes pilgrimage to Ste. Anne de Beaupre, 102. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old Regime_; Charlevoix, _History of New France_.

=Trade.= =E= Depression in Canada following Britain's adoption of free trade, 38-39, 45; Elgin's views on, 57-58; stimulated by repeal of Navigation Laws in 1849, 85-86. =S= Exports from Kingston in 1794, 108.

=Trading Permits.= =F= Issued by governor, 115; objected to by bishop as involving carrying of liquor to the Indians, 116; prohibited by king, 116; permitted under limitations, 128. _See also_ Liquor question; Brandy question.

=Trahan, Joseph.= =WM= His account of Montcalm before the battle, 197.

=Traill, Catherine Parr= (1802-1899). Born in England; daughter of Thomas Strickland of Reydon Hall, Suffolk, and sister of Agnes Strickland and Susanna Moodie. Educated at home. Began to write at an early age, her first volume of stories for children being published in 1818. In 1832 married Lieutenant Thomas Traill of the Royal Scotch Fusileers, and some months later they removed to Canada. Most of her books were written in Canada, and embody her experiences in the backwoods, and her intimate studies of plant life. =Bib.=: Works: _Plant Life in Canada_; _Canadian Wild Flowers_; _Canadian Crusoes_; _Pearls and Pebbles_, with biog. sketch by Mary Agnes FitzGibbon. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Cel. Can._; MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_.

=Transcontinental Railway.= =B= Members of British government in 1862 favourable to, except Gladstone, 143. _See also_ Railways.

=Transcript.= Newspaper published at Montreal. =Index=: =B= Opposes annexation of North-West Territories, 218. =BL= Denounces La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 141.

=Transportation.= =B= Roads in Upper Canada in 1834, 54; improvement of, advocated by George Brown, 61; Hincks and the Grand Trunk, 64. =S= Difficulty and cost of, in early times, 109. =BL= Steamboat and stage travel in 1839, 74-75; improvement of inland navigation provided for in government programme in 1841, 89; interests advanced under second La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 282, 286, 287, 301-302; 337. =E= Vigorous policy of La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 96-101; and of Hincks-Morin ministry, 114-116. _See also_ Railways; Ca.n.a.ls; Roads.

=Trayes.= =S= Baptist deacon, teaches school at Port Rowan, 167.

=Traytorrens, Captain.= =Hd= Correspondent of Haldimand's, 315.

=Treaties.= _See_ Aix-la-Chapelle; Ashburton; Jay's; Paris; St.

Germain-en-Laye; Ryswick; Breda; Utrecht; Suze; Versailles; Oregon; Was.h.i.+ngton.

=Tregatin.= =Ch= Indian, brings news of Kirke's arrival, 176.

=Trent Affair.= Took place in November, 1861, when Captain C. Wilkes of the United States navy intercepted the British mail steamer _Trent_ sailing from Havana, and arrested two commissioners from the Confederate States who were pa.s.sengers, and who were accredited to France. They were conveyed to the United States and imprisoned in Boston. The affair caused great excitement; war between Great Britain and the United States seemed imminent, and was averted only by the release of the two commissioners on the demand of Great Britain in January, 1862. =Index=: =C= Canada's connection with, leads to reorganization of militia, 87.

=T= Helped along Intercolonial Railway project, 55. =Md= Storm aroused by seizure of the _Trent_, 97-98. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_; Harris, _The Trent Affair_; King, _Turning on the Light_; Roberts, _History of Canada_.

=Trenton (New Jersey).= =Dr= Surrender of Hessians at, 164.

=Trinite.= =Ch= French vessel, seized by the English, 222.

=Trinity College.= College with university powers, established at Toronto. Now affiliated with the University of Toronto. =Index=: =E= Established through the efforts of Bishop Strachan, 95-96. =BL= Founded by Bishop Strachan, 1851, 295-296. =Md= Founded by Bishop Strachan, 30.

=Bib.=: Clark, _The University of Trinity College_ in _Canada: An Ency_., vol. 4; Bethune, _Memoir of Bishop Strachan_.

=Troop, J. C.= =H= Delegate of Nova Scotia Anti-Confederate party to England, to demand repeal of British North America Act, 204; receives thanks of Legislature, 218. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.

=Troop, J. V.= =T= s.h.i.+p-owner of St. John, New Brunswick, Anti-Confederate candidate there, 84; defeated in St. John, 109.

=Trouve, Claude.= =L= Sulpician, sent on mission to Lake Ontario, 105.

=Troyes, Chevalier Pierre de.= Born in France. Entered the army, and came to Canada as an officer of the Carignan Regiment. In 1686 commanded an expedition of one hundred men, against the forts of the Hudson's Bay Company on the bay. With him went three members of the famous Le Moyne family,--Iberville, St. Helene, and Maricourt. They were successful in surprising and capturing Moose Factory, Fort Rupert, and Albany. Took part in Denonville's campaign of 1687; left at Niagara with a hundred men to rebuild the fort erected by La Salle nine years before, and died there of some malignant disease. =Index=: =F= Leads expedition to Hudson Bay, 205; joins expedition against Iroquois, 209; in charge of fort at Niagara, 214. =L= Commands expedition against English in Hudson Bay, 204, =Bib.=: Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Parkman, _Old Regime_.

=Tryon, William= (1725-1788). Born in Ireland. Served in the British army. In 1764 sent to North Carolina, and on the death of Dobbs succeeded him as lieutenant-governor in 1765. Held the position until 1771, when appointed governor of New York. In 1772 made a colonel, and in 1777 major-general. During his administration of the colony suppressed insurrections and political misdemeanours with great severity. In 1778 resigned the governors.h.i.+p. On his return to England promoted to lieutenant-general, 1782. =Index=: =Hd= Governor of New York, 89; his house burned, 91; returns to England, 91; Haldimand refuses to send troops to aid of, 197. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; _Cyc.

Am. Biog._

=Trytorrens, Marie Madeleine.= =Hd= Mother of Haldimand, 2.

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