7 employed under Burgoyne in
the construction of floating bridges. =Index=: =Hd= Superintends
building of gunboats, 125; his letter to Carleton, 159; marriage of,
236-237; his evidence in Du Calvet matter, 288, 289; sails for England
with Haldimand, 209, 313. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Schenderatchta.= =Hd= Seneca chief, serving under John Butler, 154.
=Schenectady.= The county seat of Schenectady County, New York. Settled
in 1662 by Arendt Van Corlaer on the site of Schonowe, the capital of
the Five Nations. It was chartered as a borough in 1765, and as a city
in 1798. =Index=: =L= Attack on, 229. =F= Massacre of, 245-248. =Bib.=:
Parkman, _Old Regime_.
=Schultz, Sir John Christian= (1840-1896). Born in Amherstburg, Ontario.
Educated at Oberlin College, Ohio; studied medicine at Queen's and
Victoria Universities; licensed to practise, 1860. Removed to Fort
Garry, 1860, and began practice of his profession there. Also engaged in
the fur trade. Owner and editor of the _Nor'Wester_, the pioneer
newspaper of the Canadian West. Played an important part in the Riel
Rebellion of 1869-1870. Imprisoned by the rebels, but made his escape,
and, after enduring many hardships, reached Toronto. Elected to the
House of Commons at the first election after the formation of the
province of Manitoba, and sat almost continuously until 1883, when he
was called to the Senate. Lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, 1888-1895.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Cyc. Can. Biog._; Begg, _History of
the North-West_. _See also_ Riel Rebellion, 1869-1870.
=Schurz, Carl= (1829-1906). Fled from Germany in 1849, after the
collapse of the revolutionary movement. Went to the United States, 1852.
Minister to Spain, 1860-1861; commanded a division in the war with the
South; engaged in journalism in Detroit and St. Louis; elected to the
United States Senate, 1869. Appointed secretary of the interior, 1877.
=Index=: =B= Favourable to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 230-231.
=Bib.=: Works: _Speeches; Life of Henry Clay; Reminiscences_. For biog.,
_see Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Schuyler, Major John.= =L= Attack camp at Laprairie, 232. =F= His raid
on Laprairie, 281; comes to Quebec with news of peace, 354.
=Schuyler, Peter= (1657-1724). Born in Albany. Appointed lieutenant in
the militia, 1685, and served in the colonial and Indian wars. In 1709
second in command of the expedition against Montreal. Became president
of the Council, 1719; and acted as gove
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