towards United States during war with the
South, 144; on Canadian defence, 147. =C= Advocates independence of
Canada and other great colonies, 89-93; Cartier replies to, 92. =Md=
Account in, of memorial service held in Westminster Abbey in honour of
Macdonald, 322-324.
=Tippecanoe.= =Bk= General Harrison's encounter with Indians at,
174-176.
=Tipping, Captain.= =D= Voyage to the North-West Coast for sea-otter
skins, 22.
=Tithes.= =Dr= Attempts to create discontent on the subject of, 79. =L=
Collection of, by Quebec Seminary, sanctioned by the French king, 10;
fixed by Sovereign Council at one twenty-sixth, 10; Laval obtains
authority to collect one-thirteenth as, 50; rate reduced to one
twenty-sixth, 54; objected to by some of the colonists, 54; decree of
1679 respecting, 55; limitation of, 181.
=Tobin, Michael.= =H= Member of Uniacke government, Nova Scotia, 110;
resigns seat in government, as protest against Howe's attack on Irish
Roman Catholics, 164. =H= Member of Uniacke administration, 1848, 110;
resigns seat in government, 164. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova
Scotia_.
=Tod, John.= Born in Water Leven, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Joined the
Hudson's Bay Company, 1813, and employed for a time at York Factory as
superintendent of the fur shed. Sent by Governor Simpson to New
Caledonia, 1823; took an active part in the development of the Company's
operations west of the mountains. A man of strong personality, and a
notable correspondent; many of his letters to Hargrave, Ermatinger, and
other contemporaries among the fur traders have been preserved.
Stationed at Fort McLeod in 1824, and still there when Sir George
Simpson visited the post on his overland journey in 1828. Chief trader
in charge of Fort Kamloops, 1846. Bancroft describes some dramatic
incidents of his reign at Kamloops. Retired from Company's service,
1851; appointed same year a member of the council of government;
subsequently a member of the Legislative Council of Vancouver Island.
Died at Oak Bay, near Victoria. =Index=: =MS= Governor Simpson's
prejudice against, 268. =D= At McLeod Lake, 99; character, 100; account
of Fort George massacre, 105-106. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British
Columbia_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Begg, _History of British
Columbia_.
=Todd, Alpheus= (1821-1884). Born in London, England. Removed to Canada
in 1833. In 1836 appointed assistant librarian of the House of Assembly
of Upper Canada, and upon the
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