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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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