filibusters from the United States under
Colonel Von Schoultz (_q.v._), and Canadian troops, in November, 1838,
when the former were defeated. =Index=: =Mc= Engagement of, 441-444.
=Md= Americans under Von Schoultz capture windmill near Prescott, 8;
party finally overcome and leaders court-martialled, 8-9.

=Winnipeg.= Capital of the province of Manitoba. Founded about 1862. In
the summer of that year "the first attempt was made to establish a place
of business on the highway at the spot where the Assiniboine and Red
River tracks meet close to the boundary of the Hudson's Bay Company's
land reserve" (Hargrave's _Red River_). Incorporated in 1873. Its early
growth was very slow and the city suffered for years from the effects
of an ill-timed boom. The first decade of the twentieth century,
however, brought rapid and substantial growth, =Index=: =D= Becomes
centre of western department of Hudson's Bay Company. 265. =Bib.=:
Hargrave, _Red River_; Bryce, _Manitoba_; _Ency. Brit._; _Ency. Amer._

=Winnipeg, Lake.= Area, 9460 square miles. The lake was known both to
the English on Hudson Bay and to the French in Canada, long before its
actual discovery, and is represented on a number of early maps, though
sometimes very far from its actual position. The lake was actually
discovered by La Verendrye in 1732. The name is derived from the Cree
word _Wi-nipi_, turbid water. The name has had a host of variants, from
Ouinipigon and Ouinipique to Winnipeck and Winipic, not to mention the
name given in Coats's _Hudson Bay_, Winnipeg-gon-e-sepe.

=Winslow, John= (1702-1774). Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Entered
the army. In 1740 captain of a company that served in the expedition to
Cuba; in 1752 sent to Fort St. George, Maine, as a commissioner to
settle land disputes with the Indians. In 1755 when major-general of
militia, and captain in the British army, ordered to Nova Scotia to
remove the Acadians from that province. This duty he performed under the
instructions of Governor Lawrence. In 1756 as major-general served
against the French, and also in 1758-1759. In 1762 chief justice of the
Court of Common Pleas in Plymouth County. The town of Winslow in Maine
is named after him. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Campbell, _History of Nova
Scotia_.

=Winter, P.= =E= Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure Act, 187.

=Winthrop, Fitz-John= (1639-1707). Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Educated at Harvard. Going to England, served in the parl