Quentin, Bonaventure, Sieur de Richebourg. Ch Director of Company of New France, 170.
Quentin, Father Claude. Ch Jesuit, visits Miscou, 234.
Quesnel, Frederick A. Sy Member of Special Council of Lower Canada, opposes union, 193. P Withdraws his support of Papineau, 86; loses his seat in Assembly, 102.
Quesnel, Jules Maurice. D Accompanies Simon Fraser on voyage down the Fraser, 60. MS With Simon Fraser in New Caledonia, 108-109; river named after, 109. Bib.: Masson, Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest.
Queylus, Abbé de. F Sulpician, appointed vicar-general for Canada, 42; sent back to France by Bishop Laval, 43. L His difficulties with Laval, 7; Sulpicians desire his appointment as bishop, 25; recognizes authority of Laval, 27; receives appointment as grand vicar to archbishop of Rouen, 27; returns to France, 27; again in Canada, and assumes charge of parish of Montreal, 28; suspended by Laval, returns to France, 28; later returns to Canada and is made grand vicar at Montreal, 29; causes chapel to Ste. Anne to be erected at Beaupré, 101; arrival of, 1668, 105; makes donation to hospital at Quebec, 107; Talon's recommendation of, 107, 134; departure of, for France, 134; his great liberality, 135. Bib.: Parkman, Old Régime.
Quimper, Manuel. Accompanied Eliza on his voyage to the North-West Coast in 1790, and under his orders explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and named various points on both sides of the strait. Returned to Monterey, Mexico, in September, 1790. Index: D Examines both shores of Juan de Fuca Strait, 1790, 26. Bib.: Walkran, British Columbia Coast-Names.
Quinte, Bay of. An inlet of Lake Ontario, on the north shore. The name is of Iroquois origin. A number of Cayugas settled here about the middle of the seventeenth century; and in 1668 two Sulpicians, Trouvé and Fénelon, were sent from Montreal to open a mission among these "Iroquois of the North." About 1783, permanent settlements on the shores of the bay were made by United Empire Loyalists and disbanded officers and men of regiments serving in Canada. About the same time a number of Mohawks settled in the township of Tyendenaga—named after Joseph Brant. Index: Hd Iroquois settlement on, 265. Bib.: Conant, Life in Canada and Upper Canada Sketches.
Quintin's Bridge. S Skirmish at, 24.
Quinton, James. T Candidate in St. John County, New Brunswick. 85, 109.
Radisson, Pierre Esprit (1620?-1710?). Born in Paris. Came to Canada in 1651, and settled at Three Rivers. In 1652 captured by the Iroquois and carried off to their country, where by great good fortune he escaped the following year. In 1657 had the hardihood to make a voluntary visit to the Onondagas; in 1658 explored the country south-west of Lake Superior, discovered the Mississippi, and possibly went beyond. In 1661 made another journey to the west, accompanied as on the previous journey by his brother-in-law, Medard Chouart; wintered among the Sioux, and the following year explored the country north of Lake Superior, and apparently penetrated to James Bay. In 1665 went to England and offered his services to lead a trading expedition to Hudson Bay. The result of this trading venture was the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1674, returned to the service of France, led an expedition to Hudson Bay in 1682, and captured an English ship. In 1684 once more changed his allegiance, and from that year to the time of his death remained in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. Index: F Proceedings of, in Hudson Bay, 204-205. Bib.: Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson (Prince Society, Boston, 1885); Relation du Voiage du Sieur Pierre Esprit Radisson (Canadian Archives Report, 1895); Sulte, Radisson in the North-West (R. S. C., 1904); Découverte du Mississippi (R. S. C., 1903); Prud'homme, Notes Historiques sur la Vie de Radisson; Dionne, Chouart et Radisson (R. S. C., 1893, 1894); Bryce, Further History of Pierre Esprit Radisson (R. S. C., 1898) and Hudson's Bay Company; Laut, Pathfinders of the West and The Conquest of the Great North-West.