surveyor-general question, 33; made
chief-justice, New Brunswick, 94. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._

=Riviere aux Raisins.= =S= Boundary of territory dependent on Detroit
during British occupation, 145.

=Riviere Ouelle.= South shore of St. Lawrence, below Quebec. =Index=:
=F= Alleged repulse of party of New Englanders at, 291.

=Roads.= =BL= Government makes provision for, in 1841, 98-99; winter
roads at Quebec, 146-147. _See also_ Yonge Street; Dundas Street;
Baldoon Road.

=Roberts, Captain.= =Bk= Commands on Island of St. Joseph, 202, 210;
instructed by Brock to capture Michilimackinac, 205; contrary order from
Prevost, 210; acts on Brock's order and captures fort, 210, 211, 227.

=Robertson.= =T= Anti-Confederate candidate in St. John County, 109.

=Robertson, Colin.= =MS= Brings Selkirk settlers back to Red River, 165,
177; captures Fort Gibraltar, 178; takes Duncan Cameron to York Factory,
178; tried at Montreal, 198; his character, 220. _See also_ Red River
Colony. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the
Great North-West_.

=Robertson, James= (1839-1902). Born in Scotland. Removed to Canada and
educated at the University of Toronto, Union Theological Seminary, New
York, and Princeton University. Ordained to the ministry of the
Presbyterian Church, 1869; settled at Winnipeg as pastor of Knox Church,
1874. Appointed superintendent of western missions of the Presbyterian
Church, 1881. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Gordon, _Life of James
Robertson_.

=Robertson, Thomas Jaffray.= =R= First principal of Toronto Normal
School, 173; his methods and influence, 173-174; inspector of schools,
253.

=Robertson, William.= =S= Appointed member of Legislative Council, but
did not come to Canada, 79.

=Roberval, Jean Francois de la Roque, Sieur de.= A gentleman of Picardy,
born about the year 1500. By a commission dated Jan. 15, 1541, Francis I
gave him the command of the expedition planned by Jacques Cartier, and
made him his viceroy and lieutenant-general in the new lands discovered
by Cartier. The commission granted to the latter in 1540 was revoked,
and Cartier sailed as Roberval's lieutenant. Cartier left St. Malo in
May, 1541, and Roberval did not follow until April, 1542. His ships
entered the harbour of St. John's, Newfoundland, June 8, and there he
met Cartier on his way home. Sailing on into the gulf, and up the St.
Lawrence, he reached Charlesbourg Royal, where Cartier had wintered, and
s