of Nova Scotia, 1830-1850. Called to the Legislative Council,
1859, and elected Speaker, 1875.

=Cremazie, Octave= (1827-1879). His life a peculiarly sad one. Having
made a failure of his business as a bookseller in Quebec, went to
France, and died there in poverty. One of the founders of the _Institut
Canadien_ of Quebec; and contributed for some years to the _Soirees
Canadiennes_ and other periodicals. His poetical works published, 1882,
under the patronage of the _Institut Canadien_, with an introduction by
Abbe Casgrain. =Bib.=: _[OE]uvres Completes_, Montreal, 1882. For biog.,
_see_ Casgrain, _Biog._; Gagnon, _Quelques Notes sur O. Cremazie_ in
_Revue Canadienne_, vol. 49; also articles in same review by Abbe
Casgrain (vol. 31); and by Abbe Degagne (vol. 30).

=Crillon, Count Edward de.= =Bk= His connection with the John Henry
letters, 186, 187; discovered to be an impostor, 188.

=Criminal Law of England.= =Dr= Established by Quebec Act, 64. =BL=
Amendments of 1841 to reduce its severity, 99.

=Crisacy, Marquis Antoine de.= =F= Conducts expedition for restoration
of Fort Frontenac, 341.

=Crooks, Adam= (1827-1885). Son of James Crooks; born at West Flamboro,
Ontario. Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto.
Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1851. Contested West Toronto for the
Assembly, 1867, but defeated; elected, 1871; defeated in East Toronto,
1875, but shortly afterwards elected for South Oxford. Attorney-general,
1871-1872; provincial treasurer, 1872-1877, to which was added in 1876
the portfolio of education; minister of education, 1877-1883. Retired on
account of ill-health. Died in Hartford, Conn. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can.
Por._; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Crooks, James= (1778-1860). Born in Scotland. Came to Canada, 1794, and
settled at Niagara. Engaged in mercantile life. Commanded a company of
militia during the War of 1812-1814. Shortly after the close of the war
removed to West Flamboro. Helped in the suppression of the Rebellion of
1837. For twenty-five years a member of the Legislative Councils of
Upper Canada and Canada. Died in West Flamboro. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can.
Por._ and _Last Forty Years_.

=Crosby, Thomas=. =D= Methodist missionary--arrives, 1862, 270; opens
school at Nanaimo, 1863, 270; removes to Port Simpson, 1876, 270.

=Crown Point.= West side of Lake Champlain. Fort Frederic was built here
in 1731; rebuilt, 1734; and strengthened, 1742. It was blown up by
Bourlam