lle in 1694, and
again in 1697. =Index=: =F= Captured by Iberville, 345; retaken by
English, 347; again taken by Iberville. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay
Company_; Laut, _Pathfinders of the West_ and _Conquest of the Great
North-West_. _See also_ Iberville.

=Port Royal.= Founded by De Monts in 1605. The basin had been discovered
the previous year, and the land granted to Poutrincourt, who named it
Port Royal. The early settlement is described in Lescarbot's _History of
New France_. Captured by Sedgwick, under the orders of Cromwell, in
1654; restored in 1668. Again captured by Phipps, 1690, and once more
restored to France by the treaty of Ryswick, 1697. Nicholson finally
captured the place in 1710, and re-named it Annapolis Royal (_q.v._).
=Index=: =F= Capital of Acadia, 270; captured by Phipps, 274. =Ch=
Settlement made at, 32; new settlers arrive under Poutrincourt, 36. =L=
Captured by English, 229. =Bib.=: Champlain, _Voyages_; Lescarbot,
_History of New France_; Parkman, _Pioneers of France_.

=Portages.= _See_ Frog Portage; Giscome Portage; Grand Portage; Methye
Portage; Rocky Mountain Portage.

=Porter, G. R.= =Sy= Statistician of Board of Trade, 54.

=Portland Railway Convention.= =W= Its object to secure a shorter route
to Europe, 119-120.

=Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of= (1738-1809).
Educated at Eton and Oxford; entered Parliament, 1760; prime minister in
1783; and again in 1807. =Index=: =Dr= Thanks Dorchester for
surrendering his fees, 292. =S= Secretary of state, Simcoe's despatch
to, explaining his advance in American territory, 143-154; does not
approve of the creation of lieutenants for the Upper Canada counties,
197; writes to Simcoe in very commendatory terms, 216. =Bib.=: _Dict.
Nat. Biog._

=Portlock.= =D= With Dixon, sails from England, 1785, 22; discovers that
Queen Charlotte Islands are not part of mainland, 22.

=Portneuf, De.= =F= Commands war party from Quebec, 236; captures Fort
Loyal, 252; removed for peculation, 330.

=Porto Bello.= =Ch= Champlain's description of, 4.

=Porto Rico Island.= =Ch= Taken and abandoned, by English in 1598, 3.

=Portuguese.= =Ch= Island of Cape Breton once occupied by, 236.

=Post Office.= =Mc= Report on, 153; Mackenzie offered control of
department, 225; Lord Goderich requests Mackenzie's opinion on, 235;
Mackenzie's scheme for reform of, 236; control of the revenue from, 236.
=Bk= Service in Upper Canada, 155. =Md= Saving