pers_ in _Nova Scotia Documents_.

=La Grange-Trianon, Mlle. de.= =F= Becomes wife of Frontenac, 63.

=Laguide, Madeleine.= =F= Niece of Talon, wife of Francois Perrot, 97.

=La Hontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de= (1666-1715). Arrived
in Canada in 1683; spent some time at Quebec, and also travelled
extensively in the West. Embodied the result of his Canadian experiences
in a volume of travels, which, especially his extraordinary story of the
Riviere Longue, has been the subject of much controversy. Visited
Newfoundland in 1692 and 1693; and afterwards travelled in Portugal,
Spain, and Holland. =Index=: =F= On treatment of captured Indians at
Fort Frontenac, 216; on interview between Frontenac and Denonville, 233;
declines to go on embassy to Iroquois, 261; his account of attack on
Quebec by Phipps, 285. =Bib.=: _Nouveaux Voyages dans l'Amerique
Septentrionale_, La Haye, 1703. Published in English, London, 1735. For
other editions, _see_ Thwaites's edition of the _Voyages_, Chicago,
1905. _See also_ Roy, _Le Baron de Lahontan_ (R. S. C., 1894).

=Laird, David= (1833- ). Born at New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island.
Represented Queens County, in House of Commons, 1873-1876; became
became minister of the interior, 1873; and in 1876 appointed
lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories. Succeeded by Edgar
Dewdney in 1881. Appointed Indian commissioner for the western provinces
and territories, 1898. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Can. Men_;
_Canadian Who's Who_; Rattray, _The Scot in British North America_.

=Lajoie, Antoine Gerin= (1824-1882). Born in Yamachiche, Quebec.
Educated at Nicolet College, and while there wrote the song _Le Canadien
Errant_. Studied law and called to the bar, 1848. One of the founders of
the _Institut Canadien_, 1849. Took up journalism and was editor of _La
Minerve_, 1845-1852. Appointed a French translator to the Canadian
Assembly, and later made assistant to the librarian of Parliament.
Retired from the public service, 1880. =Bib.=: Works: _Cathechisme
Politique, ou Elements du Droit Public et Constitutionne du Canada_;
_Jean Renard_.

=La Jonquiere, Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel, Marquis de.= Rear-admiral
under d'Anville in the disastrous expedition against Acadia, 1746.
Commanded another expedition with a similar purpose, 1747, which was
defeated by Anson and Warren. Captured and held for a time in England as
prisoner of war. Governor of Canada, 1749-1752. His administrat