River.= Rises in Bennington county, Vermont, and flows into
the St. Lawrence, after a course of 210 miles. Discovered by Champlain
in 1609, who in that year ascended the river to Lake Champlain. It was
at first known as the Riviere des Iroquois, and has at different times
borne the names of Chambly, St. Louis, and Sorel. =Index=: =F= Highway
to Iroquois country, 9; fort erected at mouth of, 51. =C= Scenes of
patriarchal life along, 118-121. =P= In Rebellion of 1837, 128-134.
=Bib.=: Parkman, _Pioneers of France_; White, _Atlas of Canada_.

=Richer, Jean.= =Ch= Interpreter, 144.

=Richibucto.= =Ch= Jesuit mission at, 234.

=Richmond, Charles Lennox, third Duke of= (1735-1806). Graduated at
Leyden, 1753; entered the army, and distinguished himself at Minden,
1759; ambassador at Paris, 1765; secretary of state, 1766-1767; member
of Pitt's Cabinet, 1783. =Index=: =Dr= Carleton appointed as preceptor
to, 30. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Richmond, Charles Lennox, fourth Duke of= (1764-1819). Entered
Parliament, 1790; privy councillor, 1807; lord lieutenant of Ireland,
1807-1813; governor-general of British North America, 1818-1819. Died
near Richmond, Upper Canada. =Index=: =E= An unsuccessful governor, 2;
his death at Richmond, 2. =P= Quiet rule of, 39. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Kingsford, _History of
Canada_.

=Rickson, Lieutenant-Colonel.= =WM= Wolfe's letter to, 72.

=Riddell, Robert.= =BL= Defeats Hincks in Oxford, 1844, 253; Hincks's
petition against his election refused, 253.

=Rideau Canal.= Built in 1826-1832, by Colonel John By, with several
companies of Royal Engineers. The first boat went through the canal in
May, 1832, from Bytown (Ottawa) to Kingston. The project arose out of
the War of 1812, and was mainly a military work, designed to afford a
secure route for gunboats and military supplies between Montreal and the
Great Lakes. This, with the other canals then built, remained under the
control of the Imperial government until 1853. It was then handed over
to the government of Upper Canada. In 1867 it came under the control of
the Dominion government. =Index=: =E= Its origin as a military work, and
importance to Upper Canada, 98. =BL= Its importance from a military
point of view, 74. =Bib.=: Billings, _The Rideau Canal_ (Women's Can.
Hist. Soc. of Ottawa _Trans._, vol. 2).

=Ridout, George.= =Mc= Dismissed by Head, 306.

=Ridout, Thomas.= A United Empire Loyal