aged in negotiations for Intercolonial Railway, 1850-1852;
reciprocity, 1854; and Confederation, 1865. Succeeded Tilley as
lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1878. =Index=: =W= Sent by New
Brunswick Assembly to lay grievances before colonial secretary, 24;
becomes member of government, 72; resigns, 76. =T= Goes to London to
secure support for Intercolonial, 26-27; 54; member of Executive
Council, 1856, 41; delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 73; to Quebec
Conference, 77; Confederation delegate to England, 120. =H= Joins Joseph
Howe in mission to Toronto on behalf of Intercolonial Railway project,
137; secures support of New Brunswick government, 139; his speech at
Amherst on behalf of Howe, 140; accompanies Hincks to England on
Intercolonial Railway mission, 142. =B= Complains at Quebec Conference,
that proposed union legislative, not federal, 163. =Bib.=: Hannay,
_History of New Brunswick_; Dent, _Can. Por._

=Chandler, Samuel.= =Mc= Aids Mackenzie's escape, 397.

=Chansons of French Canada.= Most of the inimitable folk-songs of Quebec
came in their original form from France, and have undergone more or less
of a transformation in their new environment. A few originated in French
Canada. =Index=: =C= _Chansons de ronde_ among the habitants, 119-120;
at Cartier's house, 123. =Bib.=: Gagnon, _Chansons populaire_; McLennan,
_Songs of old Canada_; Burpee, _Songs of French Canada_; Wood,
_Footnotes to Canadian Folk-Songs_ (R. S. C., 1896); Bourinot, _Songs of
Forest and River_ in _Rose-Belford Monthly_, 1877; _French Songs of Old
Canada_, pictured by W. Graham Robertson; Tiersot, _French Folk-Songs_.

=Chapais, Jean Charles= (1812-1885). Born in Riviere Ouelle, Quebec.
Member of the Executive Council and commissioner of public works,
1864-1867. In 1867 privy councillor and minister of agriculture; and
1869-1873 receiver-general. In 1868 called to the Senate. =Index=: =T=
Delegate to Quebec Conference, 76; minister of agriculture in first
Dominion Cabinet, 129. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Chapais, Joseph Amable Thomas= (1858- ). Educated at Laval University.
Called to the bar, 1879. Edited _Le Courrier du Canada_ since 1884.
Appointed member of Legislative Council of Quebec, 1892, and elected
Speaker, 1895; president of the Executive Council, 1896, and minister of
colonization, 1897. =Index=: =F= His work on Talon referred to, 57.
=Bib.=: Works: _Jean Talon, Intendant de la Nouvelle France_; _Discours
et Confe