ges name of Niagara to Newark, 195;
appoints lieutenants for the more populous counties, 197; defends
measure against criticism of secretary of state, 198; makes official
tour through western Canada, 198-201; visits Detroit and examines the
fort, 200; impressed by site of present city of London, and proposes to
make it the capital of the province, 200; begins a military road (Dundas
Street) from Burlington Bay to the Thames, 201; surveys Toronto harbour,
202; hears of declaration of war with France, 203; changes name of
Toronto to York, 203; decides to spend winter of 1793-1794 there, 204;
brings over his "canvas house" from Niagara, 204; his plans for the
defence of province, 204, 205; these not approved by Lord Dorchester,
206; goes north to Georgian Bay and examines harbour of Penetanguishene,
207; makes road north from York, and names it Yonge Street, 207; renames
Lac aux Claies, "Lake Simcoe," 207; his anticipation that road to the
west by Lake Simcoe would supersede that by the Ottawa, 208; spends
winter of 1794-1795 at Kingston, 211; spends summer of 1795 at Niagara,
214; moves government to York (1796), 215; plans new government
buildings, 215; applies for leave of absence on account of ill health,
216; leave granted with flattering terms of approval, 216; leaves York,
July, 1796, but does not sail from Quebec till November, 217; does not
return to Canada, 217; offered governorship of Lower Canada, 218; sent
to St. Domingo to quell insurrection, 219; retires on account of ill
health, 219; placed in command at Plymouth, 220; appointed
commander-in-chief in India, 220; sent instead to Portugal on important
diplomatic and military mission, 220, 221; ill health compels his return
to England, 221; his death, 222; monument to his memory erected by
county of Devon, 222; his great desire to establish the British
constitution in Canada, 223; hardships of his life, 224; his hostility
to the United States, 224, 225; his military genius, 225; the king's
opinion of his military service, 226; his ideas for Upper Canada, 227;
founder of the Upper Canada bureaucracy, 227; did not allow for forces
at work in a new country, 228; too little control of his temper in
controversy, 228; his courtesy and high-mindedness, 229, 230; Pitt's
appreciation of his integrity, 231; his lofty aims, 232. =Dr= Raises and
leads Queen's Rangers, 202; appointed first governor of Upper Canada,
258; appointment not agreeable to Dorchester, 259; arrival o