_Life of Brant_; Dent, _Can.
Por._

=Brant, Molly.= =Hd= Sister of Joseph Brant, her influence with Indians,
154; pensioned, 155.

=Brantford.= City of Ontario, on the Grand River. Named after Joseph
Brant, the Mohawk chieftain. Founded about 1820.

=Brassy.= =T= Offers to build European and North American Railway, 25,
27.

=Breadalbane, John Campbell, second Marquis of= (1796-1862). Represented
Okehampton in Parliament, 1820-1826, and Perthshire, 1832. =Index=: =Sy=
Offers to go to Canada as governor-general, 58. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._

=Brebeuf, Jean de= (1593-1649). Born of a noble family of Normandy.
Came to Canada, 1625; spent the winter of 1625-1626 among the
Algonquins. In the latter year, after a long and difficult journey by
way of the Ottawa and Lake Nipissing, reached the villages of the
Hurons, on Georgian Bay, where he established the first mission.
Returned to Quebec in 1629, and in 1634 re-established the Huron
mission. In 1640 made an unsuccessful attempt to establish a mission
among the intractable Neutral Nation, north of Lake Erie. Returned to
the Huron mission, where, in 1649, he was captured by the Iroquois, and
burned at the stake with unmentionable cruelties. His skull is preserved
in the Hotel-Dieu at Quebec. =Index=: =Ch= Sails for New France on De
Caen's vessel, 152; returns to College of Rouen, 207; returns to Canada,
228; goes to Huron country, 249. =L= Sufferings and death of, 5, 62.
=Bib.=: Parkman, _Jesuits in North America_; Ragueneau, _Relation des
Hurons_, 1649; Colby, _Canadian Types of the Old Regime_.

=Breda, Treaty of.= Signed between England and France, 1667. Brought to
a close the disastrous war with the Dutch. By its terms Nova Scotia was
handed over to France. =Bib.=: Hertslet, _Treaties and Conventions_.

=Bresolles, Sister de.= =L= Her labours in the hospital at Montreal, 91.

=Bretonvilliers, De.= =L= Sulpician, makes liberal contribution towards
erection of church at Montreal, 88; foundation stone laid on his behalf
by M. Dollier de Casson, 89; devotes his fortune to religious work at
Montreal, 135; succeeds M. Olier as superior of seminary in France, 162.

=Briand, Jean Olivier= (1715-1794). Born in France. Ordained priest,
1739; came to Canada, 1741; canon of Quebec Cathedral until 1760. In
1766 appointed bishop of Quebec, and resigned, 1784. Rebuilt the
cathedral and palace, destroyed during the siege of Quebec, 1759.
=Index=: =L= Bishop of Quebec, 12. =Dr