militia, 94, 96; becomes administrator again on departure
of Craig, 157. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower
Canada_.
=Dunning, John.= _See_ Ashburton.
=Dunvegan.= A trading-post on the left bank of the Peace River, about
lat. 56 deg., and long. 118 deg. 40'. Built by A. R. McLeod for the North
West Company about the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was named
after the "cold, bleak, rock-built castle of the McLeods of Skye."
Daniel Williams Harmon stationed there, 1808-1810, and Simon Fraser
visited him there on his way east from exploring the river that bears
his name. =Bib.=: Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.
=Du Parc, Jean Godet, Sieur.= =Ch= Comes to Canada, 47; left in charge
of colony (1610), 60.
=Dupleix, General.= =WM= Abandonment of, by French government, 53.
=Duplessis-Bochart, Guillaume Guillemot.= Sent to Canada, 1632, by the
Company of New France. Led a trading expedition up the Ottawa River,
1636. Killed by the Iroquois at Three Rivers, 1651. =Index=: =Ch=
Presents pictures to church of Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance, 240; brings
out settlers, 252.
=Du Plessis Bonneau, Thomas, Sieur.= =Ch= Director of Company of New
France, 170.
=Duplessis de Ste. Helene, Mere Andre.= =L= Her piety, 92.
=Duplessis-Mornay.= _See_ Mornay.
=Duplessis, Pacifique.= Came to Canada with Champlain, 1615. Returned to
France, 1618. Came again, 1619, and died the same year. =Index=: =Ch=
Recollet missionary, 85; death of, 117. =Bib.=: Douglas, _Old France in
the New World_; Parkman, _Pioneers of France_.
=Dupont, Nicolas.= =F= Member of Sovereign Council, 106. =L= Member of
Sovereign Council, 158, 166.
=Dupont.= =Ch= Name given by Champlain to the Nicolet River, 52.
=Dupont-Grave.= _See_ Pont-Grave.
=Duprat, Captain.= =WM= Brings word of impending attack on left of
French position, 138.
=Dupuis, Captain.= =L= Heads mission established at Gannentaha, 65, 67.
=Dupuy, Claude Thomas.= Intendant of New France, 1726-1728. Although a
man of some ability, was extremely pretentious and self-opinionated, and
became involved in constant quarrels with the governor and the bishop.
=Bib.=: Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903).
=Duquesne de Menneville, Michel Ange, Marquis de.= Appointed governor of
New France 1752, in succession to La Jonquiere. His policy was to
intercept communication between New England and the western Indians and
thus to restore the Indians t
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