INDEX

Assembly, the language question in the, [8-12]; racial conflict over form of taxation, [13-14]; the struggle with Executive for full control of revenue leads to deadlock, [22-5], [27], [29-30], [53-4], [57]; seeks redress in Imperial parliament, [28-32]; the Ninety-Two Resolutions, [38-42]; the grievance commission, [45-6], [52], [55-6]; the Russell Resolutions, [57-61]. See Lower Canada.

Aylmer, Lord, governor of Canada, [29], [33-4], [44], [45].

Beauharnois, Patriotes defeated at, [124-5].

Bédard, Elzéar, introduces the Ninety-Two Resolutions, [38], [42]; suspended as a judge, [126].

Bédard, Pierre, and French-Canadian nationalism, [11], [15], [16]; his arrest and release, [17-19], [20].

Bidwell, M. S., speaker of Upper Canada Assembly, [53].

Bouchette, Robert Shore Milnes, [129]; wounded at Moore's Corners, [89-90], [91], [102], [108], [131].

Bourdages, Louis, Papineau's chief lieutenant, [36].

Brougham, Lord, criticizes Durham's policy, [110].

Brown, Thomas Storrow, [38], [72], [73], [131]; in command of Patriotes at St Charles, [74], [84-6], [102], [108].

Buller, Charles, secretary to Durham, [109], [113].

Bureaucrats, the, [18]. See 'Château Clique.'

Canada. See Lower Canada.

Cartier, Sir George, [30]; a follower of Papineau, [37], [131].

Catholic Church in Canada, the, [7]; opposes revolutionary movement, [64-5], [102], [103].

Chartier, Abbé, encourages the rebels at St Eustache, [95-6]; escapes to the United States, [99].

Chartier de Lotbinière, on French-Canadian loyalty, [11].

'Château Clique,' the, [22]; and the Patriotes, [25], [31].

Chénier, Dr J. O., killed at St Eustache, [93], [94], [95], [97-9], [102], [108].

Christie, Robert, expelled from the Assembly, [34], [134].

Colborne, Sir John, his letter on the situation previous to the Rebellion, [69-71]; his 1837 campaign, [74-5], [83], [94], [97-101], [102]; administrator of the province, [106-8]; his 1838 campaign, [122], [124], [125], [126].

Côté, Dr Cyrile, [89], [108], [118], [120]; defeated at Lacolle, [121-2].

Craig, Sir James, his 'Reign of Terror,' [15-20], [23].

Cuvillier, Augustin, [28-9]; breaks with Papineau, [37], [42], [44].

Dalhousie, Lord, his quarrel with Papineau, [27-9].

Daly, Dominick, provincial secretary, [107].

Debartzch, D. P., breaks with Papineau, [71], [84].

Desèves, Father, [93]; his picture of the rebels at St Eustache, [96-7].

Doric Club, the, [71].

Durham, Earl of, governor and Lord High Commissioner, [104-6]; his humane policy fails to find support in Britain, [107-12]; his appeal to Canadian public opinion, [112-13]; his Report, [114-16].

Duvernay, Ludger, at Moore's Corners, [89].

Elgin, Lord, and French-Canadian nationalism, [116].

English Canadians, their conflicts with the Patriotes, [51], [64], [128].

Ermatinger, Lieutenant, defeated by Patriotes, [73-4].

Executive Council, [22], [25], [59]. See 'Château Clique.'

French Canadians, their attitude toward the British in 1760, [2]; their loyalty, [2-5], [128-9]; their generous treatment, [7-8]; their fight for official recognition of their language, [8-12], [50]; their struggle with the 'Château Clique,' [22-5], [29]; their fight for national identity, [26-7], [29], [115-16]. See Patriotes.

French Revolution, the, and the French Canadians, [4-5].

Gipps, Sir George, on the grievance commission, [46], [55].

Girod, Amury, commands the rebels at St Eustache, [92-3], [94], [95], [103]; commits suicide, [99-100], [108].

Gladstone, W. E., supports the Russell Resolutions, [60].

Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, [46].

Goderich, Lord, colonial secretary, [29], [30].

Gore, Colonel Charles, commands the British at St Denis, [75-7], [88].

Gosford, Lord, governor of Canada, [45-7], [49-53], [55], [57-8], [61], [64], [106].

Great Britain, and French-Canadian loyalty, [2-5]; her conciliatory policy in Lower Canada, [7-8], [9], [44-6], [57-60]; and the Rebellion, [104], [110-111].

Grey, Sir Charles, on the grievance commission, [45-6], [55].

Gugy, Major Conrad, [48]; at St Charles, [82-3]; wounded at St Eustache, [99].

Haldimand, Sir Frederick, governor of Canada, [3-4].

Head, Sir F. B., his indiscreet action, [52-3].

Hindenlang, leads Patriotes in second rebellion, [120], [121], [123], [124]; executed, [126].

Kemp, Captain, defeats the Patriotes at Moore's Corners, [90-2].

Kimber, Dr, in the affair at Moore's Corners, [89].

Lacolle, rebels defeated at, [121-2].

LaFontaine, L. H., a follower of Papineau, [37], [63], [108], [130], [132].

Lartigue, Mgr, his warning to the revolutionists, [65].

Legislative Council, the, [22], [25], [31], [36], [41], [46], [53], [54], [55], [59].

Lower Canada, the conflict between French and English Canadians in, [13-15], [33], [114]; the Rebellion of 1837, [69-103]; the constitution suspended, [104], [106]; treatment of the rebels, [108-13]; Durham's investigation and Report, [114-116]; the Rebellion of 1838, [117-27]. See Assembly.

Macdonell, Sir James, Colborne's second-in-command, [125].

Mackenzie, W. L., and the Patriotes, [72].

Melbourne, Lord, and Durham's policy, [111].

Mondelet, Dominique, [30]; expelled from the Assembly, [36].

Montreal, rioting in, [71-2].

Moore's Corners, rebels defeated at, [89-92].

Morin, A. N., a follower of Papineau, [37], [108], [130-1].

Neilson, John, supports the Patriote cause, [26-7], [28]; breaks with Papineau, [36-7], [38], [42], [44].

Nelson, Robert, [108]; leader of the second rebellion, [117-26], [129-30].

Nelson, Dr Wolfred, a follower of Papineau, [37], [60], [65], [66], [70], [73], [74]; in command at St Denis, [74], [76], [79], [80], [88], [102], [108], [109], [131].

Ninety-Two Resolutions, the, [38-42], [44].

O'Callaghan, E. B., a follower of Papineau, [37], [73], [74], [78], [87-8], [108], [130].

O'Connell, Daniel, champions the cause of the Patriotes, [59-60].

Panet, Jean Antoine, his election as speaker of the Assembly, [9-10], [22]; imprisoned, [17].

Panet, Louis, on the language question, [10].

Papineau, Louis Joseph, [21]; elected speaker of the Assembly, [22], [28]; opposes Union Bill in London, [26-7]; his attack on Dalhousie, [27-29]; defeats Goderich's financial proposal, and declines seat on Executive Council, [30]; attacks Aylmer, [33-4], [47]. becomes more violent and domineering in the Assembly, [34-5]; his political views become revolutionary, [35-6], [42-43]; his powerful following, [37-8], [44], the Ninety-Two Resolutions, [38-42]; hopeless of obtaining justice from Britain, but disclaims intention of stirring up civil war, [47-8], [53]; on the Russell Resolutions, [60-1]; his attitude previous to the outbreak, [66-68], [70]; warrant issued for his arrest, [72-3], [74]; escapes to the United States, [78-9], [87-8], [90], [92], [108]; holds aloof from second rebellion, [118]; his return to Canada, [131-3]; his personality, [21], [25-6], [30-1], [49-50], [68], [79], [132-3].

Paquin, Abbé, opposes the rebels at St Eustache, [95], [102].

Parent, Étienne, breaks with Papineau, [42], [43].

Patriotes, the, [22], [25]; their struggle with the 'Château Clique,' [31-2], [54-5]; the racial feud becomes more bitter, [33-34], [128]; the Ninety-Two Resolutions, [38-42], [44-5], [52]; the passing of the Russell Resolutions causes great agitation, [60-2]; declare a boycott on English goods, [62-3]; 'Fils de la Liberté' formed, [63], [71-2]; begin to arm, [63-4], [69-71]; the Montreal riot, [71-2]; the first rebellion, [73-103]; Lord Durham's amnesty, [108-110], [113]; the second rebellion, [117-27]; and afterwards, [128-33]. See French Canadians.

Perrault, Charles Ovide, killed at St Denis, [78] n.

Prevost, Sir George, and the French Canadians, [20].

Quebec Act of 1774, the, [7], [9].

Quesnel, F. A., and Papineau, [34-5], [37], [42], [44], [71].

Rodier, Edouard, [62-3]; at Moore's Corners, [89], [108].

Russell, Lord John, his resolutions affecting Canada, [58-59]; defends Durham's policy, [111].

Ryland, Herman W., and the French Canadians, [16].

St Benoit, the burning of, [100-101].

St Charles, the Patriote meeting at, [65-6]; the fight at, [74], [82-7].

St Denis, the fight at, [74-81]; destroyed, [88].

St Eustache, the Patriotes defeated at, [92-100].

St Ours, the Patriote meeting at, [60-1], [70], [75].

Salaberry, Major de, his victory at Châteauguay, [5].

Sewell, John, and the French Canadians, [16].

Sherbrooke, Sir John, his policy of conciliation, [24].

Stanley, Lord, supports the Russell Resolutions, [60].

Stuart, Andrew, and Papineau, [37], [42], [44].

Taché, E. P., a follower of Papineau, [37], [102].

Taylor, Lieut.-Colonel, defends Odelltown against the rebels, [123-4].

United States, and the French Canadians, [2-3], [117-19].

Viger, Bonaventure, a Patriote leader, [73], [108].

Viger, Denis B., a follower of Papineau, [28-9], [63].

War of 1812, French-Canadian loyalty in the, [5].

Weir, Lieut., his murder at St Denis, [79-80], [88], [99].

Wellington, Duke of, and Durham's policy in Canada, [110-111].

Wetherall, Lieut.-Colonel, defeats rebels at St Charles, [75], [82], [83], [86], [88].

Wool, General, disarms force of Patriotes on the United States border, [119].

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