, New Brunswick. Studied
medicine at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities. Elected to the New
Brunswick Assembly, 1857; Speaker, 1865, and again in 1870; a member of
the government, 1883. A strong opponent of Confederation.

=Vaillant.= =F= Jesuit father, sent as negotiator to Albany, 218.

=Valdes, Cayetano.= Accompanied Maurelle and Galiano to North-West
Coast, 1792. =Index=: =D= Explores North-West Coast, 35; meets
Vancouver, 35; his journal published at Madrid, 1802, 36. =Bib.=:
Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_.

=Valiniere.= =Hd= Sulpician priest, banished for disloyalty, 128.

=Vallieres de St. Real, Joseph-Remi= (1787-1847). Born in Markham, Upper
Canada. Called to the bar, 1812, and practised in Quebec. In 1813
elected member for the county of Chambly in the provincial Assembly, and
later chosen Speaker in the absence of Papineau in England. In 1828
appointed judge of the district of Three Rivers, and in 1842
chief-justice of Montreal. =Index=: =P= Opposes Papineau in Lower Canada
Assembly, 57; rivalry between the two, 57; attacked by Papineau, 169.
=E= Appointed chief-justice of Montreal by Sir Charles Bagot, 31. =BL=
Colborne's political antagonist, 115; elevated to the bench, 115.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.

=Valrennes, De.= =L= Commander of Fort Frontenac, 223; repels attack of
Schuyler, 232. =F= Commandant at Fort Frontenac, 233; tries to cut off
retreat of Peter Schuyler at Chambly, 313.

=Van Buren, Martin= (1782-1862). Eighth president of the United States.
=Index=: =Mc= Anxious to avoid war with Britain, 423; issues neutrality
proclamation, 444; annoyed at Mackenzie, 445; pardons Mackenzie, 458;
his political death-blow, 472. =WT= Sends Winfield Scott to settle
Aroostook War, 135. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Vancouver.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company vessel, 183.

=Vancouver, George= (1758-1798). Entered British navy, 1771; sailed in
the _Resolution_ with Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775, and
in the _Discovery_ on his third voyage, 1776-1780. Lieutenant on the
_Martin_, 1780; and served in the West Indies with Rodney, taking part
in the battle of 1782. Appointed to the _Europe_, 1784; and to the
_Courageux_, 1790, and promoted commander. In 1791 sent out in command
of the _Discovery_, to survey the coast from lat. 30 deg. N. to Cook's
River, and to carry out the terms of the Nootka Convention. Through
differences of opinion with the Spanish re