later the first trading post on the lake was built by Roderick McKenzie
of the North West Company, and named Fort Chipewyan. It was afterwards
moved to the north side of the lake. =Index=: Frobisher's men penetrate
to, 5; importance of in fur trade, 21, 24; called Lake of the Hills, 24.

=Athabaska Pass.= Discovered by David Thompson of the North West
Company, in January, 1811. The pass was used thereafter by the traders
as a route from the Athabaska to the Columbia. =Index=: =D= Discovered
by David Thompson, 58.

=Athabaska River.= Rises in the watershed range of the Rocky Mountains,
close to the head waters of the north branch of the North Saskatchewan,
and after a course of 765 miles empties into Athabaska Lake. Discovered
by Peter Pond in 1778. =Index=: =MS= Pond builds post on, 21; named also
Elk River and Riviere a la Biche, 21.

=Atkins, D. A.= =S= Opens school at Napanee, 167.

=Attignaouantans.= =Ch= Huron tribe (the Bears), 88, 91.

=Attigninonghacs.= =Ch= Huron tribe devoted to the French, 92.

=Aube-Riviere, Francois Louis de Pourroy de l'.= Appointed bishop of
Quebec, Aug. 16, 1739. Arrived at Quebec, Aug. 12, 1740, and died of
fever on the 20th of the same month. =Index=: =L= Bishop of Quebec, 12.

=Aubere, Father Joseph.= =Ch= Jesuit missionary, his labours in Acadia,
236.

=Aubert, Joseph.= =Ch= Director of the Company of New France, 170.

=Aubert de Gaspe, Philippe= (1786-1871). French-Canadian writer.
=Index=: =L= His description of Canadians, 118. =Bib.=: Works: _Les
Anciens Canadiens_, translated into English by Mrs. Pennie, and by C. G.
D. Roberts; _Memoires_. For biog., _see_ Casgrain, _Biographies
Canadiennes_; Roy, _Etude sur "Les Anciens Canadiens_" (R. S. C., 1906).

=Aubert de la Chesnaye, Charles= (1630-1702). Born at Amiens. Came to
Canada, 1655. Chief clerk of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales, 1665.
Engaged in the fur-trade at Cataraqui, 1674. In 1677 obtained a grant of
Ile Dupas. In 1679 made a visit to Paris, and in 1683 back again at
Cataraqui. In 1696 prepared an important memoir on the commerce of the
colony. =Index=: =L= His description of Canadians, 117-118; his
liberality on occasion of Quebec fire, 186. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old
Regime_.

=Aubert de la Chesnaye, Jacques.= =F= Trader, La Barre's dealings with,
175.

=Aubry.= =WM= Force gathered by, and Ligneris, dispersed, 146.

=Aubry.= =Ch= Priest of De Monts's expedition, at Ste. Croix, 25.

=Auckland, George Ed