Roman Catholics of Canada, freed from civil disabilities, [278]

Root, Mr. Elihu, [430]

Royal Mint, [468]

Royal William, first steamship to cross Atlantic, [358]

Rupert's Land, [381]; history of, under fur traders, [381-386]; part of Dominion, [387]. See Northwest of Canada

Ryerson, Egerton, [350], [368]

Ryswick, Treaty of, [204]

St. Alban's Bank, raid on, [377]

Saint-Castin, Baron de, in Acadia, [171], [172]

St. Croix, Island of, in Acadia, [53], [54]