whead, 3760 feet; Peace,
2000 feet. =Index=: =WM= Discovered by La Verendrye, 19. =D= Crossed by
Mackenzie, 54; by David Thompson, 58; by Simon Fraser, 59; by Lewis and
Clarke, 67. =Bib.=: White, _Atlas of Canada_; Lovell, _Gazetteer of
Canada_.

=Rodier, Edouard.= =C= As an orator, 7; influence on Cartier, 7.

=Rodney, George Brydges, Baron= (1718-1792). Born in Walton-upon-Thames,
England. Educated at Harrow School. Entered the navy; promoted
lieutenant, 1739, and captain, 1742. In 1748 appointed governor and
commander-in-chief of the station of Newfoundland; in 1759 rear-admiral;
in 1761 commander-in-chief of Barbados and the Windward Islands, and
captured St. Pierre, Grenada, and St. Lucia; vice-admiral, 1762; made a
baronet, 1764; master of Greenwich Hospital, 1765; admiral, 1779. On
Jan. 16, 1780, won the battle of St. Vincent. =Index=: =Hd= His victory
over French and Spanish fleets, 189. =Dr= His great victory in West
Indies, 195. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Roebuck, John Arthur= (1801-1879). Born in Madras, India. Brought to
Canada at an early age, and educated here. Went to England in 1824 to
study law, and called to the bar in 1831. In 1832-1837 member of
Parliament for the city of Bath, and in 1835 agent in England for the
House of Assembly of Lower Canada. Again member for Bath, 1841-1847,
and in 1849-1868 member for Sheffield. In 1855 moved in the House of
Commons for a committee of inquiry into the conduct of the Crimean War,
and on the resignation of Lord Aberdeen's government, elected chairman
of the Sebastopol Committee appointed by Palmerston. In 1856 appointed
chairman of the Administrative Reform Association. In 1874 re-elected
member for Sheffield, which he represented until his death. =Index=:
=BL= Correspondence with Papineau and Mackenzie, 229; speech on affairs
in Canada, 231, 233; defends Rebellion Losses Bill, 325, 327. =B=
Attacks Metcalfe's policy, 23. =W= On responsible government, 110.
=Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Rogers, Sir F.= _See_ Blachford.

=Rogers, Robert= (1727-1800). Born at Dunbarton, New Hampshire. In the
War of 1755-1760 with the French, commanded Rogers's Rangers and
distinguished himself in several engagements. Sent by Amherst in 1759 to
destroy the Indian village of St. Francis near the St. Lawrence River.
In 1760 took possession of Detroit and other western posts ceded by the
French after the fall of Quebec. In 1765 George III appointed him
governor of Mackinaw, Mi