tee of
loan for public works and defence in Canada, 178, 196. =T= Influence on
Confederation, 98; history of, 99, 105-107; referred to in address in
Assembly, 102. =BL= Feared by Metcalfe in 1843, 186. =B= Threatened in
1866--influences New Brunswick electorate towards Confederation, 188.
=C= As an argument for retaining British troops in Canada, 92; Cartier's
speech on, in House, 1872, 110. =Bib.=: Somerville, _Narrative of the
Fenian Invasion of Canada_; Campbell, _The Fenian Invasions of Canada of
1866 and 1870_; Dent, _Last Forty Years_; _Correspondence relating to
the Fenian Invasion_, Ottawa, 1869; _Trials of the Fenian Prisoners at
Toronto Who Were Captured at Fort Erie, C. W., in June, 1866_, ed. by
George R. Gregg, and E. P. Roden; McMicken, _Fenian Raid on Manitoba_
(Manitoba Hist. and Sc. Society, 1888); Hannay, _History of New
Brunswick_; Macdonald, _Troublous Times in Canada_; Denison, _Soldiering
in Canada_ and _The Fenian Raid on Fort Erie_.

=Fer, Jules de.= =Dr= His report on loyalty of French-Canadians, 301.

=Feret.= =Ch= Of Dieppe, discovers manuscript of Champlain's _Brief
Discours_, 7.

=Ferguson, Adam.= =R= Opposes Sir Charles Metcalfe, 126.

=Ferland, John Antony Baptist= (1805-1865). Member of faculty of Laval
University, 1855-1865. =Index=: =L= Quoted as to difficulty of educating
young Indians, 63; passage quoted from on Mere de l'Incarnation, 93-95;
on enterprise of Talon, 114; on creation of bishopric of Quebec, 133; on
advantage of connection of seminary with Foreign Missions, 140; on La
Salle, 149; on educational labours of the nuns, 155; praises stand taken
by Laval in regard to liquor traffic, 173; on return of Laval in 1688,
220. =Bib.=: Works: _Cours d' Histoire du Canada_; _Opuscules_; _La
Gaspesie_; _Joseph-Octave Plessis_; _Voyage au Labrador_. For biog.,
_see_ _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Bibaud, _Pan. Can._; Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Ferrier, James.= =B= His account of the negotiations between Brown and
the government prior to Confederation, 152.

=Fidalgo, Salvador.= Accompanied Elisa to North-West Coast, 1790;
founded a Spanish settlement in Fuca Strait, 1792, and removed the post
the same year to Nootka. Still there in 1793 when Vancouver visited the
place. =Index=: =D= Sent by Elisa to examine northern coast, 1790, 26.
=Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_.

=Fidler, Peter= (1769-1822). Entered service of Hudson's Bay Company,
about 1791. Carried on extensive exploration