lish civil law, 59, 60; favoured by
Quebec Act, 101; their aversion to military service, 111; costume of,
114, 115, 240; fear of communication with rebels, 119, 134, 136, 140,
174, 297; Estaing's proclamation to, 123; affected by alliance of
France with revolted colonies, 126, 127, 128, 140; prisoners in Albany
take up arms for Congress, 130; averse to taxation, 173; restricted as
to disposal of produce, 177; Haldimand's policy towards, 180; his use of
corvees disliked by, 182; gratified by news of British defeats, 189;
Baroness de Riedesel's description of, 219-220; their attitude towards
Loyalists, 264, 271; continued attempts to undermine their loyalty,
273-282, 283; addressed by Congress, 276; MacLean pleads for, 306;
Dorchester's policy with, 314-315. =Md= Ignorance of national affairs,
347; Macdonald's influence with, 347-348. =WM= Their unfortunate
position, 131; two thousand desert the camp to protect their families,
152; placed on right of Montcalm's battle-line, 192; dislodge British
detachment from Borgia's house, 193, 195; in general defeat make brave
rally, 201-203; only those in vicinity of Quebec submit to the British,
237. =L= Pere Charlevoix on, 117; Aubert on, 118; Mere de l'Incarnation
on, 119; habits, dress, etc., of, 120 _et seq._ =Bib.=: Sulte, _Histoire
des Canadiens-Francais_; Garneau, _Histoire du Canada_; Bibaud,
_Histoire du Canada_; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_; Davidson,
_Growth of French-Canadian Race_; Aubert de Gaspe, _Les Anciens
Canadiens_; Salone, _La Colonisation de la Nouvelle France: Etude sur
les Origines de la Nation Canadienne Francaise_; Greenough, _Canadian
Folk-Life_; Tanguay, _Dictionnaire Genealogique_; Sulte, _Origin of the
French-Canadians_ (R. S. C., 1905); Nicholson, _The French Canadian_;
Fiske, _New France and New England_; Lambert, _Travels in Canada_.

=French Colonization.= =WM= Principle of, 17; Parkman on, 19.

=French Language.= =BL= Imperial Parliament repeals clause of Union Act
making English the sole official language, 287; Elgin reads speech from
the throne in French as well as English, 287.

=French Priests.= =Hd= Attempts to introduce, 181, 187.

=French Revolution.= =Dr= Its effect in the United States, 272, 273;
principles of, disseminated in Lower Canada, 279. =Sy= Effects of, in
Britain, 11.

=Frobisher, Benjamin.= A partner of the North West Company. =Index=:
=Hd= Petition to Haldimand, 261. =Bib.=: _See_ the memorials of Benjamin
Frobishe