his first voyage, 1534. The following year he again visited the
island, which he named Isle de l'Assomption. On the origin of the
present Indian name, _see_ W. F. Ganong's note, Royal Society _Trans._,
1889, II, 51. Placed under jurisdiction of Newfoundland in 1763;
transferred to Canada, 1774. =Bib.=: Huard, _Labrador et Anticosti_;
Guay, _Lettres sur l'ile Anticosti_; Schmitt, _Monographie de l'ile
d'Anticosti;_ Lewis, _Menier and his Island_.

=Apprenticeship, System of.= =L= Adopted with new-comers, in New France,
78.

=Archambault, Louis.= =C= Confirms statements as to Cartier's action in
connection with alleged alterations in British North America Act, 103.
=E= Member of Seigniorial Commission, 186.

=Archibald, Sir Adams George= (1814-1892). Educated at Pictou Academy.
Studied law; in 1838 called to the bar of Prince Edward Island; and to
that of Nova Scotia in 1839. Elected to the Nova Scotia Assembly for
Colchester, 1851. Attorney-general of Nova Scotia, 1860-1863. Delegate
to the various Conferences leading up to Confederation. Became
secretary of state for the provinces in first Dominion ministry.
Lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, 1870-1872; and of Nova Scotia,
1873-1883. Knighted, 1885. =Index=: =Md.= Secretary of state for
provinces in first Dominion ministry, 135; succeeds MacDougall as
lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories, 161-162. =H= Becomes
solicitor-general and member of Executive Council of Nova Scotia, 1856,
157; attorney-general, 1860, 169; leader of the opposition, 176;
delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 1864, 177; supports
Confederation, 186; goes to England as delegate to complete
Confederation, 189; his interview with Joseph Howe, 189; member of first
Dominion ministry, 1867, 198; retires from ministry, and succeeded by
Howe, 226. =C= First lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, 130. =T= Delegate
from Nova Scotia to Charlottetown Conference, 73; delegate to Quebec
Conference, 77; secretary of state in first Dominion ministry, 129.
=Bib.=: _Expulsion of Acadians_ (N. S. Hist. Soc., vol. 5). For biog.,
_see_ Dent, _Can. Por._; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Archibald, Samuel George William= (1777-1846). Born in Colchester
County, Nova Scotia. Studied law and practised in Nova Scotia; obtained
a seat in the Legislature; became Speaker, solicitor-general, and
afterwards attorney-general of the province. Chief-justice of Prince
Edward Island, 1824-1828, remaining Speaker of the Nova Scotia A