on the west coast of Boothia. =Index=:
=MS= Journey in search of Franklin, 51; his method of provisioning his
party, 51; chief factor, 1850, 227; Franklin expedition, 228. =Bib.=:
_Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea_.
=Rae, W. G.= =D= Expedition on behalf of Hudson's Bay Company, 51; in
charge of Fort Stikine, 122; appointed to post on Yerba Buena Cove, San
Francisco Bay, 127; commits suicide, 1845, 127.
=Rafeix, Father.= =L= Jesuit, comes to Canada, 41.
=Rageot, Gilles.= =F= Clerk to attorney-general, 106.
=Ragueneau, Paul= (1605-1680). Born in Paris, France. Joined the Society
of Jesus, and in 1636 came to Canada as a missionary to the Indians. For
a few years worked among the Hurons, and in 1640 sent on a mission to
the Iroquois. In 1650 appointed superior of the missions. In 1657 went
on a mission to the Onondagas, and after finding that they had murdered
several Hurons, barely escaped with his life. Spent the next nine years
in labouring among the Hurons and other tribes, and in 1666 returned to
France, where he acted as agent for the Canadian missions until his
death. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_; Parkman, _Jesuits in
North America_.
=Raikes, Thomas.= =Sy= His description of Poulett Thomson, 43.
=Railways.= =E= History of, in Canada, 99; vigorous policy of La
Fontaine-Baldwin government, 99-101; and Hincks-Morin ministry, 114-117.
=C= Cartier favours building of, 45. =BL= Early charters for, in Canada,
301. =B= One from Quebec to Windsor and Sarnia advocated by George
Brown, 61; arrangements for building of Grand Trunk made by Hincks, 64;
Intercolonial negotiations fall through, 64. =H= Line from Halifax to
Windsor advocated by Joseph Howe in 1835, 117, 120; survey completed in
1849, 118; European and North American Railway projected, 121-125;
transcontinental railway foretold by Howe, 135; Nova Scotia Railway
Bills passed, 141, 143; government railways in Nova Scotia, 143-147;
railway riots in Nova Scotia, 157-158. =T= In New Brunswick, subsidies
to, 19-20. _See also_ Canadian Pacific Railway; Grand Trunk Railway;
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; Intercolonial Railway; Canadian Northern
Railway; Northern Railway.
=Rainsford, John.= =F= Rescues comrades cast away on Anticosti, 304.
=Raisin, Sister Marie.= =L= Member of Congregation de Notre Dame, 91.
=Ralleau.= =Ch= Secretary of De Monts, 33.
=Ramesay, De.= =F= Commands militia in attack on Iroquois, 351.
=Ramezay, Claude
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