b. 14, 1779, 21; his narrative published, 1784,
21. =Bib.=: _Voyage to the Pacific Ocean._ For biog., _see_ Besant,
_Captain Cook_; Laut, _Vikings of the Pacific_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Cook River.= =D= Named by Captain Cook, 21; Captain Douglas there in
1788, 27, 28.

=Coote's Paradise.= =Bk= Early name of Hamilton, 52. _See also_
Hamilton.

=Copenhagen, Battle of= (1801). =Bk= Description of, 25-31; bombardment
of, and capture of Danish fleet, 106.

=Coppermine River.= Rises in a small lake, a little west of long. 110 deg.,
and south of lat. 66 deg., and after a course of 525 miles flows into
Coronation Gulf, on the Arctic coast of Canada. It was discovered by
Samuel Hearne, 1771; and subsequently visited by Sir John Franklin,
1821; Sir John Richardson, 1848; and later travellers. =Index=: =D=
Discovered by Hearne, 51. =MS= Discovered by Samuel Hearne, 3, 31. _See_
Hearne. =Bib.=: Hearne, _Journey from Prince of Wales Fort to the Frozen
Ocean_; Franklin, _Journey to the Polar Sea_; Richardson, _Arctic
Searching Expedition_.

=Coquart, Claude-Godefroy.= Jesuit missionary. Accompanied La Verendrye
on his Western explorations, 1741, but got no farther than
Michilimackinac. His letter, quoted by Margry, throws an interesting
light on La Verendrye's explorations.

=Coram, Joseph.= =T= Runs for St. John County as Anti-Confederate, 85; a
leading Orangeman, 86; defeated in St. John County, 109.

=Corbiere, Captain.= =WM= Killed in battle of Ste. Foy, 264.

=Corlaer.= _See_ Schenectady. =Index=: =F= Indian name for governors of
New York, 253.

=Corn Laws.= =Sy= Their repeal advocated by Poulett Thomson, 37, 40, 52.
=B= Their effect on Canadian industries, 15, 31, 32.

=Cornwall Canal.= =BL= Construction of, provided for by government in
1841, 98. =Bib.=: Keefer, _Canals of Canada_ (R. S. C., 1893); Mme. L.
N. Rheaume, _Origin of Cornwall and Williamsburg Canal_ (Women's Can.
Hist. Soc. of Ottawa, _Trans._).

=Cornwallis, Charles, first Marquis= (1738-1805). Served in American
Revolutionary War; won victory at Camden over Gates, 1780, and in 1781
defeated Greene at Guildford. In 1781 hemmed in at Yorktown between the
American army and the French fleet, and forced to surrender.
Governor-general and commander-in-chief of Bengal, 1786-1793.
Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 1798; British plenipotentiary to negotiate
peace of Amiens, 1801. Five years later again returned to India as
governor-general, and died at Ghazeepore.