87 wrecks, and this does not begin to
represent the actual tribute in ships to this "Graveyard of the
Atlantic." =Bib.=: Patterson, _Sable Island: Its History and Phenomena_
(R. S. C., 1894); McDonald, _Sable Island and Its Attendant Phenomena_
(N. S. Inst. of Science _Trans._, vi.); Tache, _Les Sablons_; Paul de
Gazes, _Ile de Sable_ (R. S. C., 1892).

=Sackville, George Sackville Germain, first Viscount= (1716-1785).
Served with distinction at Fontenoy, 1745; major-general, 1755;
lieutenant-general of the ordnance, 1757; second in command of St. Malo
expedition, 1758; dismissed from the service for gross incompetence at
Minden, 1760; secretary of state for colonies, 1775-1782. =Index=: =Dr=
Succeeds Dartmouth as secretary of state, 148; his character, 149; his
hostility to Carleton, 163, 170; criticizes Carleton's action, 164;
generally distrusted, 170; his plan of campaign, 171; created peer as
Viscount Sackville, 192. =Hd= Colonial secretary, 107; errors made by,
112; his disapproval of Carleton's methods, 113; ignorant of conditions
in Canada, 125; characterized, 132, 165; Haldimand's despatches to,
132-143, 153; Haldimand reproved by, 155-156; letters of Haldimand to,
164-166, 170, 176, 178, 294; Hamilton a correspondent of, 167; his
instructions in matter of Vermont, 199, 216; Haldimand's low opinion of
people of Vermont, 199-201; Haldimand reports progress of Vermont
negotiations to, 206, 208; his letter to Haldimand, 275. =Bib.=: _Dict.
Nat. Biog._

=Saco River.= =F= Fort built at falls of, 329.

=Sagard-Theodat, Gabriel.= =F= Recollet, on bad examples shown by
colonists to Indians, 14. =L= Missionary labours of, 3. =Ch= Recollet
friar, 139; sails for France, 141; arrives and proceeds to Huron
country, 149; recalled to France, 149; his opinion of Guillaume de Caen,
182; his remarks on surrender of Quebec, 193. =Bib.=: Works: _Histoire
du Canada_; _Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons_.

=Saguenay River.= One of the principal tributaries of the St. Lawrence.
Rises at the head waters of the Peribonka in lat. 52 deg. N. and long. 71
deg. 10' W., and joins the St. Lawrence after a course of 405 miles. It
was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1535. Its original Indian name was
Chicoutimi, signifying "deep water." Champlain ascended the river to
Chicoutimi in 1603; and in 1679 Jolliet ascended the river to the height
of land, and descended to Ungava Bay. =Index=: =Ch= Explored by
Champlain, 12. =Bib.=: Lovell, _Gazette