point
by Montcalm. Returned to England, and in 1772 deputy-governor of
Stirling Castle. =Index=: =WM= Sent to America with reinforcements, 33;
commands division intended to operate by way of Lake Champlain, 54;
repulsed at Fort Carillon, 55-61. =Hd= His recall, 21. _See also_ Howe;
Rogers; Ticonderoga; Carillon. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_;
Rogers, _Journals during the Late War_, ed. by Hough.

=Abercromby, Sir Ralph= (1734-1801). Commanded a brigade in Holland
under Duke of York, 1793, and wounded at Nimeguen. Afterwards appointed
commander-in-chief of the forces in the West Indies. Held successive
commands in Ireland, Scotland, in the expedition to Holland, and, in
1801, appointed to command the expedition against the French in Egypt.
Won a brilliant victory near Alexandria, but died of wounds received in
the battle. =Index=: =Bk= Brock serves under, in Holland, 14. =Bib.=:
Dunfermline, _Sir Ralph Abercromby: a Memoir; Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Aberdeen, John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, seventh Earl of= (1847- )). A
baronet of Nova Scotia. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Succeeded to
peerage, 1870. Appointed viceroy of Ireland, 1886. Appointed
governor-general of Canada, 1893. Again appointed viceroy of Ireland,
1905. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men; Who's Who_.

=Abnaki Indians.= A tribe of the Algonquian family, inhabiting a portion
of what is now the province of New Brunswick. They were early converts
of the French missionaries, and made common cause with the French
against the English colonists. A number were brought to Canada in the
seventeenth century, and formed a settlement on the St. Francis River, a
few miles above its junction with the St. Lawrence. The Indian town was
destroyed by Robert Rogers in 1759. =Index=: =F= Hostile to New England,
240; incited by Governor Denonville, 249; ravages committed by, 316;
attack settlement at York, 326; repulsed at Wells, 327; disposed to make
peace with New England, 328; French influence in opposite direction
prevails, 330; attack settlement of Oyster River, 330; fired on from
Fort Pemaquid under flag of truce, 331. =L= Ravages committed by, on New
England settlements, 12; in Acadia, 228. =WM= Enemies of the English,
16. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_ and _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Pilling,
_Bibliography of Algonquian Languages_; Vetromile, _The Abnakis and
their History_.

=Abraham, Plains of.= _See_ Plains of Abraham.

=Academy of Arts.= _See_ Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.