lor who had remained behind, probably wounded, is supposed to have
taken this terrible revenge. An Indian of Gray's Harbour, who had been
among the crew, managed to escape during the massacre, and brought the
news to Astoria. =Index=: =D= Attacked by natives at Clayoquot Sound,
June, 1811, and entire crew massacred, 37; sent to the Columbia by
Astor, 71; murder of crew, 71. =Bib.=: Franchere, _Voyage to the
North-West Coast of America_; Irving, _Astoria_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay
Company_.

=Tonti, Chevalier Henri de= (1650-1704). Born in Gaeta, Italy; son of a
well-known financier, and inventor of the Tontine form of life
insurance. Served in the Silician wars, where lost one of his hands.
Introduced to La Salle in Paris, and agreed to join him in his ambitious
schemes of western exploration. They crossed the Atlantic together in
1678, and the same year set forth for the west. At Cayuga Creek, above
Niagara Falls, Tonti built the _Griffon_, while La Salle went back to
Fort Frontenac for supplies. In the spring of 1679, they sailed together
to Michilimackinac; descended the Illinois, and built Fort Crevecoeur.
In 1682 accompanied La Salle down the Mississippi to the Gulf. Engaged
in the fur trade at Fort St. Louis, after the death of La Salle.
=Index=: =L= Left in charge of Fort Crevecoeur, 149; driven out by
Iroquois, 194; La Salle makes him his representative in Canada, 151. =F=
La Salle's lieutenant at Fort Crevecoeur, 144, 160; joins expedition
against Iroquois, 209; arrives from Illinois country with _coureurs de
bois_, 325. =Bib.=: Parkman, _La Salle_; Margry, _Relations et Memoires
Inedits_. _See also_ La Salle.

=Toronto.= Capital of the province of Ontario. The name is of Huron
origin and means "place of meeting." Fort Rouille was built on the site
of the city by the French in 1749; also known as Fort Toronto. In 1793,
Governor Simcoe moved the seat of government from Newark (Niagara), to
Toronto Bay, and named the new settlement York. In 1813 it was captured
and sacked by the Americans. In 1834 the city was incorporated, and
renamed Toronto. =Index=: =E= Becomes joint seat of government with
Quebec, 78. =B= Represented by George Brown in Parliament, 99; Board of
Trade of advocates incorporation of North-West Territories with Canada,
216. =BL= Attack on, planned in 1837, 43; banquet to Baldwin and others,
220-221; aspires to honour of capital, 181; Orange mob burn Baldwin and
Hincks in effigy, 187; under Baldwin's