his
quarrel with Cartier, 130. =Md= Leads expedition against Riel, 161;
gains a bloodless victory, 162. =Bib.=: _Story of a Soldier's Life_. For
biog., _see_ _Who's Who_.

=Wood, Edmund Burke= (1820-1882). Born near Fort Erie, Ontario. Educated
at Overton College, Ohio. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1848, and
appointed clerk of the County Court of Brant, 1853. Represented West
Brant in the Canadian Assembly, 1863-1867. After Confederation returned
for both the Ontario Assembly and the Dominion House of Commons, but
resigned the latter seat, 1872. Held office as provincial treasurer in
the Sandfield-Macdonald ministry, 1867-1871. Elected to the House of
Commons for West Durham, 1873. Appointed chief-justice of Manitoba,
1874. Died in Winnipeg. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._

=Wood, Enoch.= =W= Methodist clergyman in Fredericton, 133; his
influence over L. A. Wilmot, 133.

=Wood Creek.= =F= Expedition against Montreal encamps at, 280.

=Wool, Captain.= =Bk= Succeeds in landing United States troops above
Queenston, 303.

=Wooster, David= (1710-1777). Born in Stratford, Connecticut. Graduated
at Yale University. Took part in the expedition against Louisbourg,
1745; in 1776 served as brigadier-general of the American forces in
Canada. =Index=: =Dr= Montgomery leaves him in charge at Montreal, 116;
on death of Montgomery, succeeds to command at Quebec, 132; his army
reinforced, 134; criticized in Franklin's report, 136; recalled, 136.
=Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Work, or Wark, John= (1792-1861). Born in Ireland. Entered service of
Hudson's Bay Company, 1814; employed east of the mountains until 1822,
when transferred to the Columbia; in charge of Fort Simpson, 1835-1849;
appointed chief factor, 1846; removed to Victoria, 1849, as one of the
managers of the Company's affairs on the Pacific slope. In 1857 a member
of the Legislative Council of Vancouver Island. Died at Victoria.
=Index=: =D= Leads expedition into wilds of Oregon and the Upper
Missouri in 1834, 132; member of Victoria board of management, 265; his
death, 265. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British Columbia_; Walbran,
_British Columbia Coast Names_.

=Workman, T.= =Md= Liberal, elected for Montreal in by-election in 1876,
224.

=Wrangell, Ferdinand Petrovitch, Baron von= (1796-1870). Born in
Pleskau, Esthonia. Educated in the school for cadets in St. Petersburg.
Entered the Russian navy in 1812; in 1817 took part in a scientific
expedition to Siberia and