[67] The nuns of the convents of Quebec sewed together blankets to make trousers for the 78th Fraser Highlanders, who otherwise would have had no protection against the snows during the first winter of their occupation of the citadel of Quebec. The soldiers of this regiment were given grants of land, and settled on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, below Quebec, where they intermarried with the French Canadians. It is a striking instance of the amalgamating influence of the habitant that the descendants of the Frasers are now Frasiers, and speak French as their native tongue.
[68] The Treaty of Paris was concluded at Paris, 10th February, 1763, by George III. of Great Britain, Louis XV. of France, Charles III. of Spain, and Joseph of Portugal. France ceded to Britain all countries east of the Mississippi except the town of New Orleans; and Spain, in consideration of the return to her of Havana and the Island of Cuba—which had been captured during the war by the English—ceded Florida with the Bay of Pensacola and all her territories in North America to the east or south-east of the Mississippi.
[69] Royal Proclamation under Treaty of Paris, 1763.
[70] Quebec Act, 1774, Section 11.
[71] Goldwin Smith: "The United States' Political History."
[72] "United Empire Loyalists," so called because they preferred to remain united with the parent Empire rather than become citizens of another State.
[73] Jakeway: "The Lion and the Lilies."
[74] Kinglake: "Invasion of the Crimea."
[75] Smith: "Religion of Ancient Britain."
[76] "The Book of Public Arms."