inst the Iroquois. In 1687 his influence with the
Indians proved of great service to the Marquis de Denonville, and later
to Vaudreuil. Among his other notable achievements was the discovery of
the lead mines on the Des Moines River, Iowa. Left manuscripts
describing his sojourn among the different Indian tribes, and their
manners and customs. =Index=: =F= Ordered to rendezvous at Niagara with
Indians, 181, 186, 187; arrives with contingent, 210; accompanies
Louvigny to Michilimackinac, 242; exhibits Iroquois scalps, 243. =L=
Sent by Talon to visit northern and western tribes, 82. =Bib.=: _Memoire
sur les Moeurs, Coustumes et Religion des Sauvages de l'Amerique
Septentrionale_. For biog., _see_ Stickney, _Nicolas Perrot_; Parkman,
_Frontenac_.

=Perry, Peter.= Born at Ernestown, Upper Canada. Followed his father's
occupation as farmer; entered public life, 1824, as member for Lennox
and Addington in the Upper Canada Assembly, and became a leader of the
Reform party; defeated, 1836; again elected in 1849, for the east riding
of York, succeeding William Hume Blake. =Index=: =R= Leading member of
Upper Canada Assembly, on popular side, 66. =B= Leader of the Clear
Grits, 39. =E= One of the leaders of Clear Grits, 110; founder of
Liberal party in Upper Canada before the Union, 110. =BL= Fights for
reform, 13; Baldwin's letter to, 39-40. =Mc= Expenditure of L50,000 road
money, 303; defeated for the House, 308. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and
_Last Forty Years_.

=Peters.= =W= Attorney-general, New Brunswick, 50.

=Peters, Harry.= =W= Retires from New Brunswick Council, 69. =T= Speaker
of House of Assembly, 6.

=Peters, Samuel Leonard.= =T= Uncle of Sir Leonard Tilley, 5.

=Peters, Susan Ann.= =T= Mother of Sir Leonard Tilley, 5.

=Peters, T. H.= =W= Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 69.

=Peters, William.= =W= Grandfather of Sir L. Tilley, 3. =T= Member of
Assembly, 4.

=Petit, Father.= =L= Companion of Father Marquette, 62.

=Petitot, Emile Fortune Stanislas Joseph.= Roman Catholic missionary in
the North-West, particularly in the Mackenzie River district. Author of
several works on the languages, manners, and customs of the native
tribes. =Bib.=: _Traditions Indiennes du Canada Nord-Ouest_; _On the
Athabaska District of the Canadian North-West_ in _Canadian Record of
Science_, 1884; _Essai sur une Legende Americaine_ (Societe
Philologique, _Actes_, Alencon, 1883).

=Peto.= =T= His proposal to build railways in N