element, 219; _mariage du
pays_, 263; Canada's debt to, 281-290; names of famous fur-traders given
to Canadian rivers, lakes, and towns, 282; fur-trader as pioneer of
settlement, 283-284; character of the traders, 288-289; stood for law
and order, 289. _See also_ Hudson's Bay Company; North West Company; X Y
Company; Pacific Fur Company; Company of New France, etc. =Bib.=:
Mackenzie, _History of the Fur Trade_ in his _Voyages_; Masson,
_Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest_; Biggar, _Early Trading
Companies of New France_; Parkman, _Works_; Henry, _Travels and
Adventures; Henry-Thompson Journals_, ed. by Coues; Harmon, _Journal_;
Franchere, _Narrative_; Larpenteur, _Forty Years a Fur Trader_;
Chittenden, _History of the American Fur-Trade_; Laut, _Conquest of the
Great North-West_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Willson, _The Great
Company_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_; Begg, _History of the
North-West_.

=Gabriel.= =Ch= French vessel seized by English, 222.

=Gage, Thomas= (1721-1787). Fought under Braddock at Monongahela, 1755,
and under Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, 1758. Took part in the campaign
for the conquest of Canada, 1759; made military governor of Montreal
after its capitulation, 1760. Succeeded Amherst, 1763, as
commander-in-chief, with headquarters at New York. Sailed for England,
1773, leaving Haldimand in command. Returned the following year, as
governor of Massachusetts. After the battle of Bunker Hill, 1775,
recalled. =Index=: =Dr= Requests Carleton to send him two regiments, 78.
=S= In command at Boston, 19. =Hd= At Ticonderoga, 19; his letters to
Haldimand, 22, 23; in command at Oswego, 28, 29; at Albany, 31, 33;
governor of Montreal after surrender, 40, 41; his opinion of Croix de
St. Louis wearers, 52; replaces Amherst at New York, 53, 57, 58, 60, 61,
66, 68, 70, 72, 73, 77, 79-81; visits England on leave of absence, 83;
correspondence with Haldimand, 89, 94, 95; resumes chief command in
America, 96-98, 121; his position in Boston, 101; intended retirement
of, 105; his lack of energy, 108; recall of, 110; Indian policy of, 147;
his reply to Washington's complaint as to treatment of prisoners, 249;
death of, 335. =Bib.=: _Letters of the Two Commanders-in-Chief, Generals
Gage and Washington_; _Detail and Conduct of the American War, under
General Gage_. _See also_ Mass. Hist. Soc. _Colls._, vols. 12, 14, and
34; and _Haldimand Papers_ (Canadian Archives). For biog., _see Dict.
Nat. Biog