ist. Came to Canada in 1780;
became registrar of York; and subsequently surveyor-general of Upper
Canada. =Index=: =R= Surveyor-general, and member of Board of Education,
58. =Bk= On administrative energy of Brock, 168. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel.
Can._; Edgar, _Ten Years of Upper Canada_.

=Ridout, Thomas G.= (1792-1861). Born near Sorel. Removed with his
family to Niagara, and later to York. At the age of nineteen appointed
deputy assistant commissary-general. Resigning this office, became
cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada, which position he held until his
death. =Index=: =Bk= Letter from, describing condition of affairs in
England in 1811, 167; on the political situation in England in 1812,
192-193. =Bib.=: Edgar, _Ten Years of Upper Canada_.

=Riedesel, Frederica Charlotte Louisa= (1746-1808). Wife of Baron
Friedrich Adolph Riedesel; born in Bradenburg, Germany. Educated in
Berlin. In 1777 accompanied her husband to Canada and was with him
through the Burgoyne campaign, acting as nurse during the war. =Index=:
=Dr= Her journal, 145, 159. =Hd= Her Canadian diary, 219-220, 239, 240,
299-304, 345.

=Riedesel, Friedrich Adolph, Baron= (1738-1800). German officer. Born in
Rhine-Hesse. Educated at Marburg. Served on the staff of Prince
Ferdinand of Brunswick in the Seven Years' War, and took part in the
battle of Minden. In 1776 attached to the British forces in North
America, and while in Quebec organized his troops to meet colonial
methods of fighting. Took part in the capture of Ticonderoga, and in the
defeat of the Americans at Hubbardton. In 1777 taken prisoner at
Saratoga, and exchanged in 1779. Returned to Germany, 1783, and promoted
lieutenant-general, 1787. Commandant of the city of Brunswick, 1794.
=Index=: =Dr= Commands German troops, 145; joins Burgoyne at St. Johns,
147; his regret at Carleton's being superseded in military command, 174.
=Hd= Commands German troops, 114; his description of Canada and
Canadians, 114-116, 239-240; personal friend of Haldimand, 296, 297,
299, 302; on Washington's methods, 298. =Bib.=: Bradley, _The Making of
Canada_; _History of Canada_. _See also_ Haldimand.

=Riel, Louis= (1844-1885). Born in St. Boniface, Manitoba. Educated at
the Jesuit College, Montreal. Leader of the Rebellion of 1869-1870;
organized a provisional government at Fort Garry, but fled to the United
States on the arrival of the punitive force under Wolseley. Returned to
Canada in 1884, took command of the rebe