s, on
account of the numerous grape-vines growing there. In 1759 it was
occupied by Wolfe and the British troops during the siege of Quebec.
=Index=: =WM= Evacuated, 90; British establish fortified camp on, 108;
settlements on, burned by Wolfe's orders, 150. =L= Exchanged by Laval
for Ile Jesus, 138. =Ch= Granted to Guillaume de Caen, 140. =Bib.=:
Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_.
=Ormiston, William.= Born in the parish of Symington, on the banks of
the Clyde, Scotland, 1821. Came to Upper Canada 1834, and settled with
his parents in the township of Darlington, then a comparative
wilderness; studied divinity at Victoria College under Egerton Ryerson,
1843; appointed professor of moral philosophy and logic, 1847;
mathematical master at Toronto Normal School, 1853-1861; minister of the
Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, 1857. =Index=: =R= Graduate of
Victoria College, 144; his tribute to Ryerson, 144-146; on staff of
Toronto Normal School, 174; inspector of schools, 253; his report on
union schools, 254-255, 257.
=Ormsby, Major.= =Bk= Brings up supply of ordnance from Quebec, 229.
=Osgoode, William= (1754-1824). Born in England. Educated at Oxford;
studied law, and called to the English bar, 1779. Appointed
chief-justice of Upper Canada, 1792; and chief-justice of Lower Canada,
1794. In 1801 resigned and returned to England. Osgoode Hall, Toronto,
the seat of the provincial law courts, is named after him. =Index=: =S=
Legislative councillor, 49; executive councillor, 79; chief-justice,
178. =Dr= Chief-justice of Lower Canada, 291. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel.
Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Osler, William= (1849- ). Born in Bond Head, Ontario. Educated at
Toronto and McGill Universities; from 1874 to 1884 professor of medicine
at McGill University; from 1884 to 1889 professor of clinical medicine
in the University of Pennsylvania; Gulstonian lecturer at the Royal
College of Physicians, London, 1885; and professor of medicine at Johns
Hopkins University, 1889-1904; appointed regius professor of medicine at
Oxford, 1904. =Bib.=: _Who's Who_.
=Oswald, Richard= (1705-1784). =Dr= Sent to discuss matters with
Franklin, 192, 213. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Oswegatchie.= Former name of the town of Ogdensburg. =Index=: =Dr=
Captain Foster stationed at, 142. =Hd= Starting-point of many scouting
parties, 150.
=Oswego.= =Hd= British post at mouth of Oswego River, 25; battle
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