per treatment of loyalists, 231; handed over to United
States, 291. =Bk= Founded by La Motte Cadillac, its exciting history,
54; Brock determines to attack, 248; its strength and garrison, 249,
250; attacked, 251, 254; Hull surrenders with his whole army, 255;
important results of capture, 256. =MS= Under French regime, 11; in days
of North West Company, 12. =Hd= Company of 8th Regiment sent to, 137; a
source of anxiety, 145; De Peyster in command at, 146, 158;
reinforcements sent to, 153; Jehu Hay, lieutenant-governor of, in 1784,
158; doubtful subjects settle round, 161; difficulty of navigation to,
163; Haldimand's letter to Henry Hamilton, lieutenant-governor at, on
means for recovery of Illinois country, 167; unfortunate expedition
from, 168; Haldimand's letter to De Peyster on importance of, 260; boat
built at by North West Company, 262; Major Mathews, lieutenant-governor
at, in 1787, 332. =Bib.=: _Cadillac Papers_ (Mich. Pion. & Hist.
_Coll._, vol. 33 _et seq._); Parkman, _Conspiracy of Pontiac_; Lucas,
_Canadian War of 1812_.

=Detroit.= Brig. _See_ Adams.

=Devil's Hole.= =Bk= Near Fort Niagara, massacre of British troops at,
55.

=Devos, Frederick.= =Hd= Great-nephew of Haldimand, 312.

=Dewart, Edward Hartley= (1828-1903). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada
with his parents at age of six. Educated at local schools and at the
Toronto Normal School. Taught school for a time; entered the ministry of
the Methodist Church, 1851; editor of _The Christian Guardian_,
1869-1894. =Bib.=: Works: _Selections from Canadian Poets_; _Songs of
Life: A Collection of Poems_; _Essays for the Times_. For biog., _see_
Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Dewdney, Edgar= (1835- ). Born in Devonshire, England. Came to British
Columbia, 1859. Had charge of survey of site of New Westminster, and
other engineering works. First elected to provincial Legislature, 1869;
returned to Dominion House, 1872. Appointed Indian commissioner for
North-West Territories, 1879; and lieutenant-governor of North-West
Territories, 1881. Member of Dominion Cabinet as minister of interior,
1888-1892. Appointed lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, 1892.
=Index=: =D= Builds Dewdney trail, from Hope to Similkameen, 252-253.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Dickey, Robert Barry= (1811-1903). Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Studied law, and called to the bar of Nova Scotia, and of New Brunswick,
1834. Sat in Legislative Council, Nova Scotia, 1858-1867. Appointed to
the