ned there. =Bib.=: Biard,
_Relation_; Carayon, _Premiere Mission des Jesuites au Canada_; Parkman,
_Pioneers of France_.

=Bibaud, Michel= (1782-1857). Educated at the College of St. Raphael.
=Index=: =L= Historian, his praise of Talon, 113. =P= On Papineau, 56.
=Hd= On Haldimand, 291. =Bib.=: =Works=: _Epitres, Satires, Chansons
Epigrammes, et autre Pieces de Vers_; _Histoire du Canada et des
Canadiens sous la Domination Anglaise_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Cel.
Can._

=Bidwell, Barnabas.= =R= Election contests, 63.

=Bidwell, Marshall Spring= (1799-1872). Born in New England. Came to
Canada with his father, 1812, and practised law. In 1824-1835 a member
of the Upper Canada Assembly; in 1829 elected Speaker of the House, and
re-elected, 1835. One of the leaders of the popular party of Upper
Canada, and his outspoken sympathy with the Rebellion of 1837-1838
resulted in his banishment. =Index=: =Mc= Elected Speaker of the House,
151; defends Mackenzie, 181, 182; moves committee of inquiry, 184; moves
Mackenzie's eligibility, 243; discountenances royal veto, 251; again
elected Speaker of the House, 261; Head declines to make him judge, 377;
defeated for the House, 380; refuses nomination to Convention, 343;
gives legal advice to rebels, 343; his part in the Rebellion, 357;
accepts voluntary exile, 358. =R= One of the leaders of the popular
party in Upper Canada Assembly, 66, 67. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and
_Upper Canadian Rebellion_; Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._;
Davin, _The Irishman in Canada_.

=Biencourt de Poutrincourt, Charles= (1583-1638?) Son of Jean de
Biencourt. Accompanied his father to Port Royal in 1605. Returned to
France in 1610; made vice-admiral in the seas of New France, and,
somewhat unwillingly, brought with him to Acadia in 1611 the Jesuits
Biard and Masse. While absent from Port Royal, the fort was attacked and
burnt by Argall in 1613. Biencourt partially rebuilt Port Royal, and was
still there in 1618. Returned to France some time before 1621, and
appointed director of the Royal Academy of Paris, which position he held
up to the time of his death. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Pioneers of France_;
Patterson, _Last Days of Charles de Biencourt_ (R. S. C., 1896).

=Biencourt de Poutrincourt, Jean de, Baron de Saint Just= (1557-1615).
Had won distinction as a soldier in the service of France; and in 1604
sailed with De Monts and Champlain to Acadia. Was so charmed with Port
Royal that he determined