84.

=Essex.= =Bk= United States frigate, captures British transport, 225.

=Estaing, Charles Hector Theodat, Count d'= (1729-1794). =Hd= His
proclamation to French-Canadians, 123. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Esten, James C. Palmer= (1806-1864). Born in Bermuda. Educated at the
Charter House, London; called to the English bar. Came to Canada, 1836,
and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1838. Served as a volunteer
during Rebellion of 1837. Practised his profession at Toronto. Appointed
vice-chancellor, 1849. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Etoline, Adolphus Karlovich.= Director of the Russian-American
colonies, 1841-1845. =Index=: =D= Succeeds Kuprianoff as governor of
Russian America, 1840, 45; splendour of his establishment, 45; visited
by James Douglas, 45.

=European and North American Railway.= =W= Wilmot's attitude towards,
127. =T= Peto, Brassy, and Betts propose to construct, 26; subsidies
offered by province, 26; progress of, 44.

=Eustache, Sir J. R.= Born 1795. Educated at St. Peter's College,
Cambridge. Entered the army; served in Upper Canada in command of the
19th Light Dragoons; present at the battle of Lundy's Lane and at the
storming of Fort Erie; knighted for distinguished services. Took part in
the suppression of the Rebellion of 1837-1838 in Lower Canada;
high-sheriff of Kildare, 1848; lieutenant-general, 1859. =Bib.=: Morgan,
_Cel. Can._

=Eustis, William= (1753-1825). =Bk= United States secretary of war, his
confident prediction of conquest of Canada, 215. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._

=Evans, Lieutenant.= =Dr= Case against, in connection with Walker
affair, dismissed by grand jury, 38.

=Evans, James= (1801-1846). Born in Kingston-upon-Hull, England.
Emigrated to Canada; opened a school near L'Original, and about 1828
moved to Rice Lake, where he entered the Methodist ministry, and began
his life-long Work among the Indians. In 1840 given charge of missionary
work in the North-West, with headquarters at Norway House. Had already
devoted much time to the study of the native languages, and while at
Norway House invented the Cree syllabic characters, a simple, phonetic
system, by means of which the Indian was taught to read with surprising
facility. At first cast his own type, built his own press, and printed
on birchbark. Later obtained more effective materials, and set up
catechisms, hymn-books, and portions of the Bible in syllabic. =Bib.=:
Young, _The Apostle of the North_; McLean, _