. Wrote two valuable
narratives of the fur trade on the Columbia. Joined Hudson's Bay
Company, on the union of the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies in
1821. Returned east, and settled in Red River Colony; sheriff and member
of the Council of Assiniboia, 1835. =Index=: =MS= On the sequel to Seven
Oaks affair, 185. =Bib.=: _Red River Settlement_; _Adventures on the
Columbia_; _Fur Hunters of the Far West_.

=Ross, Charles.= =D= In charge of Fort Camosun (Victoria), 1843, 180;
his death, 1844, 181.

=Ross, Dunbar.= =E= Solicitor-general, last in Hincks-Morin government,
126; holds same office in MacNab-Morin ministry, but without seat in
Cabinet, 141.

=Ross, James= (1811-1886). Born in West River, Nova Scotia. For a time
headmaster of Westmoreland Grammar School, New Brunswick. Editor of the
_Presbyterian Banner_, 1842. Principal Dalhousie College, 1863.

=Ross, John.= =MS= Sent to Athabaska district by X Y Company, 14;
relations with Pond, 15; his death, 16.

=Ross, John= (1818-1871). Born in county Antrim, Ireland. Emigrated to
Canada; educated at the district school, Brockville. In 1839 called to
the bar, and built up a successful practice. Appointed to the
Legislative Council, 1848; and in 1851 solicitor-general. In 1852, as a
director of the Grand Trunk Railway, superintended the completion of the
contracts in England, and was president of the Company for ten years.
Appointed attorney-general in 1852; Speaker of the Legislative Council,
1854-1856; receiver-general, 1858; and the same year president of the
Executive Council in the Cartier administration. Called to the Dominion
Senate, 1867; speaker of that body, 1869. =Index=: =E= Solicitor-general
for Upper Canada in Hincks-Morin government, but without seat in
Cabinet, 113; attorney-general for Upper Canada, 1853, 126; becomes
president of Legislative Council in MacNab-Morin ministry, 141. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Ross.= =D= Name of Russian settlement at Bodega Bay, 45; purchased from
Russians for $30,000 by Sutter in 1841, 45.

=Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough, first Earl of=
(1733-1805). Entered Parliament, 1761; solicitor-general, 1771, and
supported George III and Lord North in resisting the claims of the
American colonies. =Index=: =Dr= Solicitor-general, on Canadian claims
in matters of law, 62, 66. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Rothery, Henry Cadogan= (1817-1888). =B= Registrar of the High Court o