erica, and
in 1771 promoted lieutenant-colonel. Took part in General Burgoyne's
expedition in 1777, with the rank of brigadier-general; in July, 1777,
in command of Fort Ticonderoga, and held it successfully against the
besieging forces of New Hampshire and Connecticut. Returned to England
at the end of the American Revolution, and in 1801 promoted general.
=Index=: =Dr= In command at Ticonderoga, discouraging messages from,
179, 180; on surrender of Burgoyne retreats to St. Johns, 180. =Bib.=:
_Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Powell, John.= =Mc= Shoots at Mackenzie, 364; his treachery, 365.

=Powell, Colonel Walker= (1828- ). Born in Waterford, Ontario. Educated
at the county Grammar School, and at Victoria College, Cobourg. Engaged
for some years in mercantile pursuits. Appointed warden of Norfolk
County, 1856. Member of the Legislative Assembly for Norfolk County,
1857-1861. Appointed deputy adjutant-general for the Dominion of Canada,
1862. Served during the Fenian Raid, 1866, and in the Rebellions of
1869-1870 and 1885. Adjutant-general of the Dominion, 1875-1896.
Largely responsible for the present militia system of Canada, and aided
in the establishment of the Royal Military College at Kingston. =Index=:
=R= Adjutant-general, graduate of Victoria College, 144. =Bib.=: Rose,
_Cyc. Can. Biog._; Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Powell, William Dummer= (1755-1834). Born in Boston. Called to the bar,
1779. Came to Montreal, and made judge of the district of Hesse with
headquarters at Detroit, 1789. Promoted to chief-justiceship, 1815.
Retired from the bench, 1825. =Index=: =S= Judge of Common Pleas in
Upper Canada, 178. =Bk= On Brock's victory at Detroit, 262. =Mc= Tries
and banishes Robert Gourlay, 92. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Power, Michael= (1804-1848). Born in Waterford, Ireland. Emigrated to
Canada. Ordained a priest, and became cure of La Prairie, which position
he held until 1841, when he went to Europe with Bishop Bourget. On his
return to Canada appointed bishop of the western part of Kingston, when
that diocese was divided. Consecrated, May 8, 1842, and adopted the
title of bishop of Toronto, from the city in which he resided. During
his administration the missions which the Jesuits had formerly held in
Upper Canada were restored, and others established by his aid. =Index=:
=R= Chairman of the Council of Public Instruction in Ontario--favourable
to public schools, 219.

=Prairie de la Madeleine.= =L= Settlement of