=Vitre, Jean Denis de.= =WM= Pilot, taken prisoner, guides Durell's
fleet, 78.

=Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de= (1694-1778). French writer.
=Index=: =WM= Speaks of Canada as "a few acres of snow," 11. =L= On men
and empires, 123. =Bib.=: For biog. and bib. of his works, _see_
Larousse, _Dict. Univ._

=Voltigeurs.= =Bk= Corps raised and commanded by Colonel de Salaberry,
189, 191.

=Volunteer.= =Mc= Newspaper, Mackenzie publishes, 467.

=Volunteers at Quebec.= =Dr= On conclusion of siege, dismissed and
thanked, 144.

=Von Shoultz.= A Polish gentleman, settled in the United States. During
the Rebellion of 1837-1838, led a party of American sympathizers over
the border. They seized a windmill near Prescott, and held it for eight
days, but were finally dislodged and captured. Von Schoultz and ten
others were tried by court martial and hanged. =Index=: =Mc= Plans
attack on Prescott, 442; officers oppose plans, 442; lands at Prescott,
443; engagement at Windmill Point, 443; surrender, 444; execution, 444.
=Md= With rebel Americans in encounter near Prescott, 8; Macdonald
counsel for, in court martial, 8-9; executed, 9. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper
Canadian Rebellion_; Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_.

=Vorhees.= =S= Rebel captain, killed by Rangers, 32.

=Voyageurs.= =D= Character of, 52. =Bk= Of the Hudson's Bay Company,
assist in capture of Michilimackinac, 210.

=Voyer, Colonel.= =Dr= Commands French militia in siege of Quebec, 115.

=Vrooman's Point.= =Bk= On Niagara River, battery at, 299, 300.

=Wadsworth, William= (1732-1833). Born in Durham, Connecticut. In the
War of 1812, brigadier-general in the New York militia. Took part in the
battle of Queenston Heights on Oct. 13, 1812, and when the Americans
were defeated, surrendered to Sir Roger Sheaffe. =Index=: =Bk=
Commanding United States troops on Niagara River, 213; surrenders with
nine hundred men at Queenston Heights, 312. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._;
Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_.

=Wages.= =S= Rate of, 113.

=Wake, Sir Isaac= (1580-1632). Born at Hartwell, Northamptonshire,
England. Educated at Oxford. Entered the diplomatic service, and in 1609
secretary to the British minister at Venice; British representative at
the court of Savoy, 1615-1630. During these years sent on several
diplomatic missions: in 1617 to arrange an alliance between Savoy and
the Swiss states; in 1626 to Berne and Zurich on behalf of the Grisons;
and in 1627 to mediate be