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Company in New Caledonia, 221; accompanies Simon Fraser down the Fraser, 222; his intellectual tastes and correspondence, 222. =D= Accompanies Simon Fraser on voyage down the Fraser, 60; succeeds Simon Fraser in New Caledonia, 98; still in command in 1821 when Companies amalgamated, 98; goes to Mackenzie River, 1824, 99. =Bib.=: Fraser, _Journal_ in Masson, _Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest_. =Stuart, Rev. John.= =S= First Church of England clergyman to arrive in Upper Canada, conducts school at Montreal, and then moves to Cataraqui (Kingston), 158; opens first school in the province, 166. =Hd= School-teacher at Montreal, 235; becomes rector at Cataraqui (Kingston), 236; supervises education of Indians, 265. =Sturgeon Lake.= On the Saskatchewan. A notable place in the annals of the Western fur trade. Here the traders from Montreal built a post about 1772; and in 1774 Samuel Hearne built a rival post for the Hudson's Bay Company. The latter, Cumberland House, remained an important centre of the fur trade for many years, and is still in operation. By way of this lake, the fur traders' route lay north to Frog Portage and the Churchill River. =Index=: =MS= Frobishers build trading-post there in 1772, 4; its strategic importance, 4. =Subercase, Lieutenant.= =F= In command at Lachine, on occasion of massacre, 225; sent to island of Orleans to watch Phipps, 303. =L= Anxious to attack Indians at Lachine, 226. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old Regime_. =Suete.= =WM= A swamp, near Ste. Foy, 252. =Sullivan, John= (1740-1795). Commanded northern army during Revolutionary War in 1776; served in Canada; and took part in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown. =Index=: =Hd= Lays waste Iroquois settlements, 151. =Dr= In command of American army at Sorel, 145. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Sullivan, Robert Baldwin= (1802-1853). Born in Bandon, Ireland. Came to Canada with his father, 1819, and settled at York. Studied law and called to the bar, 1828. Practised for a time at Vittoria, in the county of Norfolk. Elected mayor of Toronto, 1835. Appointed to the Executive Council by Sir Francis Bond Head, 1836. Served in the militia during the Rebellion of 1837. Appointed to the Legislative Council, 1839; member of the first Executive Council after the union of Upper and Lower Canada; continued in office under the La Fontaine-Baldwin administration. Resigned office with his colleagues, 1843; defended the course of the minist
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