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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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