f Canada _Trans._, 1903 and 1904.

=Ottawa River.= A tributary of the St. Lawrence. Total length, 685
miles. Explored by Champlain in 1613 and 1615. Named after Ottawa
Indians. The river formed for many years the thoroughfare of explorers,
missionaries, and fur traders, from Montreal to the far West. It will
furnish the major portion of the route of the proposed Georgian Bay
Canal. =Index=: =P= Papineau's home at Montebello, 6. =Bib.=: Champlain,
_Voyages_; Sulte, _The Valley of the Grand River, 1600-1650_ (R. S. C.,
1898-1899); Parkman, _Pioneers of France_; Keefer, _Montreal and the
Ottawa_; Stewart, _Georgian Bay Canal_.

=Ottawa, University of.= Established, 1848. Originally incorporated
under the title of "College of Bytown"; received the title of "College
of Ottawa," 1866. Pope Leo XIII raised it to the rank of a Roman
Catholic University, 1889. It suffered from a serious fire, 1903. The
university is conducted by the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate.

=Otway's Regiment.= =WM= On British right, 189.

=Ouendats.= =Ch= General name given by French to four Huron tribes, 89.

=Ouentaron.= =S= Indian name of Lake Simcoe, 93. _See also_ Lake Simcoe.

=Ourouehate.= _See_ Big Mouth.

=Overman.= =Ch= Farmer of county of Renfrew, Ontario, discovers
astrolabe lost by Champlain, 76.

=Owen, Admiral.= =W= Member of New Brunswick Council, 69.

=Pabos.= =Hd= Haldimand acquires seigniory of, 50; sends his nephew
there, 73; not profitable, 111.

=Pacific Coast.= _See_ North-West Coast.

=Pacific Fur Company.= Organized by John Jacob Astor in 1810. Sometimes
known as the Astor Fur Company. Astor had made a fortune in the fur
trade, and formed the plan of extending his operations to the Pacific
coast, and building a post at the mouth of the Columbia. He suggested to
the North West Company that the project be undertaken jointly, but the
Company declining the offer, he induced several of its partners and
employees to join him. These men sailed to the Columbia by way of Cape
Horn, while another party went overland by the route followed by Lewis
and Clark. Astoria was built in 1811, at the mouth of the Columbia, but
the energetic competition of the North West Company, and complications
arising out of the War of 1812, defeated Astor's plans. =Index=: =D=
Logical sequel to journey of Lewis and Clark, 68; formed in 1810 by John
Jacob Astor, 68; made famous by Washington Irving, 68; character and
extent of its operations, 69-