= Appointed Roman Catholic bishop
of Quebec, 23.

=Bride.= =Ch= English vessel seized by French, 221.

=Bright, John= (1811-1889). British statesman and orator. =Index=: =T=
Friendly to Anti-Confederation party, 123. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=British American League.= =Md= Formed in 1849 in Montreal as a reply to
the Annexation Manifesto--branches followed throughout the country, 40;
its objects, 40-41; largely due to John A. Macdonald's inspiration, 95;
Confederation one of its main objects, 95; commercial national policy
another, 219. =H= Howe's correspondence with the president, George
Moffatt, 113-115. =B= Formed in Upper Canada--convention held at
Kingston, 1849, 37; its policy, 38; part of Conservative case for
Confederation, 38. =Bib.=: Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_.

=British Chronicle.= Newspaper published in New York. =Index=: =B=
Established by Peter and George Brown, 4; its objects, 4.

=British Columbia.= Area 372,630 square miles. Vancouver Island became a
crown colony in 1849; ten years later the mainland was organized as a
separate colony; in 1866 island and mainland became one; and in 1871 the
colony became a province of the Dominion of Canada. =Index=: =D= Organic
existence since 1859, or including Vancouver Island, since 1849, 1;
origin of name, 57; gold-fields, 22; created separate colony, 1858, 229;
early government of, 231-235; revenue, 232; roads, etc., 232, 237-238,
249-253; relations with the Hudson's Bay Company, 233; character of
early population, 241-243; formal establishment of colony at Fort
Langley, 1858, 245-246; Hill's Bar affair, 248-249; plans for
transcontinental road, 253-254; population in 1859, 256; agriculture,
256-257; financial problems, 258-262; dissatisfaction with dual
governorship, 289; popular grievances, 290-291; views of Douglas,
291-293; Legislative Council, 294-297; union of British Columbia and
Vancouver Island, 297-300, 308; British Columbia Legislature meets for
first time in Victoria, Dec. 17, 1867, 311; entry into Dominion,
311-316; terms of union, 313-315; first Legislative Assembly after the
union, 315; transcontinental railway, 317-328; population, 1900,328;
agriculture, 329-330; fisheries, 330-331; lumber, 332-333; minerals,
333-334; industrial problems, 335; oriental labour, 336-337; education,
338-340. =Md= Opposition to entry into Confederation, 149; difficulties
removed, 149; terms of union, 149-150; union completed, July 20, 1871,
150; d