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._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Gaillardin, Claud J. C.= (1810-1880). =F= French historian, referred to, 152. =Bib.=: _Histoire de Louis XIV_. =Gaillon, Michel.= =Ch= Member of Roberval's expedition, executed, 44. =Galiano, Dionisio.= Accompanied Maurelle in 1792 to North-West Coast. Carried out considerable surveys for the Spanish government, partly in conjunction with Vancouver. =Index=: =D= Explores North-West Coast with Valdez, 35; meets Vancouver, 35; journal published at Madrid in 1802, 36. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_. =Galinee, Rene de Brehant de.= A member of a noble family of Brittany; came to Canada in 1668. With his fellow-Sulpician, Dollier de Casson (_q.v._), carried out an important exploration in 1669-1670, from Montreal up the St. Lawrence, and around the south shore of Lake Ontario to Burlington Bay; thence to the Grand River, which they descended to Lake Erie, where they wintered. In March, 1670, they continued their journey along the north shore, passed through Lake St. Clair, and coasting the south side of Manitoulin Island, reached Sault Ste. Marie, where they found Marquette and Dablon. They returned to Montreal by way of Lake Nipissing and the Ottawa. Galinee's narrative of the journey was sent home to the king. He himself returned to France in 1671. =Index=: =L= With Dollier, plants the cross on shores of Lake Erie, 11; arrives from France as missionary, 105; on Lake Erie, 108; La Salle accompanies him to Niagara, 148. =Bib.=: _Exploration of the Great Lakes, 1669-1670_: _Galinee's Narrative and Map_, ed. by James H. Coyne (Ont. Hist. Soc., 1903). =Gallatin, Albert= (1761-1849). American statesman. =Bk= United States secretary of the treasury, 81, 108. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Adams, _Writings of Albert Gallatin_; Adams, _Life of Gallatin_. =Galleran, Guillaume.= =Ch= Recollet priest, 149. =Gallicanism.= =L= Cause of difficulty between the court of France and the pope, 184, 201. =Galt, Sir Alexander Tilloch= (1817-1893). Son of John Galt (_q.v._). Elected to the Legislature, 1849, for Sherbrooke. Dropped out of public life for several years, but in 1853 again elected for Sherbrooke. Took an active part in the movement leading up to Confederation; a member of several administrations before and after Confederation; high commissioner in Great Britain, 1880-1883. =Index=: =Md= Declines task of forming a ministry, 86; becomes minister of finance in Cartier-Macdonald adm
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