=Index=: =Bk= British
plenipotentiary in negotiating peace of Amiens, 30. =Dr= Surrender at
Yorktown, 191. =Hd= His capitulation, 211-212, 297. =Bib.=: Cornwallis,
_Despatches_; Kaye, _Lives of Indian Officers_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._;
Johnston, _Yorktown Campaign_; _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Cornwallis, Edward.= Born, 1812. Member of the British House of Commons
for Eyre, 1749. Appointed governor of Nova Scotia, 1749. Sailed from
England with 2576 emigrants and on July 2, 1749, reached the harbour of
Chebucto, the site of the present city of Halifax. His administration
marked by energetic measures against the discontented Acadians. Returned
to England, 1752. Elected to the House of Commons for Westminster, 1753;
major-general, 1759; subsequently governor of Gibraltar. =Bib.=:
Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_; Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_;
_Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins.

=Corpo, Father.= =L= Dies a martyr, 62.

=Correspondent and Advocate.= Newspaper. =Index=: =Mc= Newspaper,
published by Dr. O'Grady, 259.

=Corrupt Practices.= =BL= Bill in reference to, introduced, 99; excites
great public attention, 99; passed by Assembly, but rejected by
Legislative Council, 100.

=Corvee.= =Hd= Ancient French custom, 122; used in transporting
provisions to upper posts, 140; complaint against Haldimand's use of,
182, 291; MacLean asks for decrease of, 306.

=Cosmos, Amor de.= =D= Editor of _British Colonist_, 271; bitter
opponent of Sir James Douglas, 306-307; his character, 306; his tribute
to Douglas, 307-308; advocates union of colonies, 308. =Bib.=: Begg,
_History of British Columbia_.

=Costa, Francis.= =S= Naval officer, Upper Canada, 178.

=Costigan, John=, (1835- ). Represented Victoria in New Brunswick
Legislature, 1861-1866; elected to Dominion House of Commons, 1867;
interested himself in questions of Roman Catholic schools of New
Brunswick, and Irish home-rule. Minister of inland revenue, 1882;
secretary of state, 1892; minister of marine and fisheries, 1894.
=Index=: =C= Demands disallowance of New Brunswick Act abolishing
separate schools, 73, 77; demands amendment of constitution to secure
separate schools for New Brunswick Roman Catholics, 77. =Bib.=: Morgan,
_Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Cote Ste. Genevieve.= =WM= Slope to the north of Plains of Abraham,
186, 252.

=Coteau du Lac.= =Hd= Canal at, 185.

=Coton, Father.= =Ch= Jesuit provincial, accepts proposals of R