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59; Quebec, siege of, 1760; Levis; Murray. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_; Bradley, _The Fight with France_. =Ste. Suzanne.= =Ch= Name given by Champlain to the Upper Riviere du Loup, 52. =Ste. Therese.= On the Richelieu River. =Index=: =L= Fort erected at, 53. =Salaberry, Charles Michel d'Irumberry de= (1778-1829). Born at Beauport, near Quebec. Entered the British army; served for eleven years under General Robert Prescott; and in 1794 took part in the capture of Martinique. In 1809 served in Ireland; and in 1810 took part in the Walcheren expedition. In 1811 major and aide-de-camp to General Rottenburg in Canada. At the outbreak of the American War of 1812, promoted lieutenant-colonel, and rendered good service as commander of the Canadian Voltigeurs. On Oct. 26, 1813, defeated the American forces under General Hampton at Chateauguay, the outcome of this action being to compel the invaders to evacuate Lower Canada. For these services made a C. B. In 1818 elected to the Legislative Assembly. =Index=: =Bk= Corps raised and commanded by, 189, 191. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_. _See also_ Chateauquay. =Salaberry, Colonel de.= =BL= Comes to Kingston to solicit office of provincial aide-de-camp, 172; La Fontaine's opposition to appointment, 173. =Salaries, Civil.= =S= In Upper Canada, 177. =Salmon Falls.= =L= Hamlet, destruction of, 229. =F= Massacre of, 251. =Salmon River.= =L= La Barre's expedition encamps at, 184. =Salt.= =S= Production of, in Upper Canada, 115. =Samos.= =WM= Battery at, captured, 182. =Sandwich.= A town in Essex County, Ontario; first settled in 1750 by the soldiers of a disbanded French regiment. It was subsequently named after the town of Sandwich, in Kent, England. =Index=: =Bk= Military fort, 59; occupied by United States general, Hull, 209, 213; evacuated by Americans, 248. =BL= Early municipal government of, 298. =Bib.=: Lovell, _Gazetteer of Canada_. =Sangster, Charles= (1822-1893). Born in Kingston. For some time in public service; engaged in newspaper work at Amherstburg and Kingston; for many years prior to his death employed in the civil service at Ottawa. =Bib.=: Works: _The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and other Poems; Hesperus and other Poems and Lyrics_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Cel. Can._; MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_. =Sangster, J. H.= =R= On staff of Ontario Normal Scho
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