neral, 41; delegate to Charlottetown
Conference, 73; and to Quebec Conference, 77; Confederation candidate in
St. John County, 85, 109; becomes Speaker of Assembly, 114; elected to
House of Commons, 1867, 131. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.

=Gray, John Hamilton= (1811-1887). Born in Prince Edward Island. Entered
the army, 1831, and served for twenty-one years, retiring 1852.
Returning to Prince Edward Island, elected to the provincial
Legislature, and became premier in 1863. The following year presided at
the Charlottetown Conference, and also attended the Quebec Conference.
Made a C. M. G., 1871. =Index=: =T= Chairman of Charlottetown
Conference, 76; premier of Prince Edward Island, 77; delegate from
Prince Edward Island to Quebec Conference, 77. =Bib.=: Campbell,
_History of Prince Edward Island_.

=Gray, Robert= (1755-1806). American captain and explorer. =Index=: =D=
Voyage to North-West Coast in 1787, 23; at Nootka, 1788-1789, 24; second
voyage--enters mouth of Columbia River, May 11, 1792, 24; names the
river, 24. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_; Laut,
_Vikings of the Pacific_.

=Great Bear Lake.= In Northern Canada. Area 11,821 square miles.
Discovered by men of the North West Company, and a post established on
or near the lake about 1800. Fort Franklin built on south-west shore,
1825, where Franklin wintered with Richardson and Back. Fort Confidence
built by Dease and Simpson, 1873, at eastern end of Dease Bay, on the
lake. =Index=: =MS= Area of, 39. =Bib.=: Franklin, _Second Expedition_;
Simpson, _Narrative of Discoveries_; Bell, _Great Bear Lake_ (Geol.
Survey, 1899); Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.

=Great Lakes.= =WM= The domain of France, 18. _See also_ under names of
the individual lakes. =Bib.=: Curwood, _The Great Lakes_; Channing,
_Story of the Great Lakes_.

=Great Mohawk (Grand Agnie).= =F= Christian Mohawk leader, 246.

=Great Portage.= =Hd= Trade route to the interior, 163. _See_ Grand
Portage.

=Great Slave Lake.= In Northern Canada. Area 10,719 square miles.
Discovered by Samuel Hearne (_q.v._), in 1771. A post built there, 1786,
by Leroux and Grant, of the North West Company. Three years later
Alexander Mackenzie passed through the lake on his way to the mouth of
the Mackenzie River. Visited later by many other explorers and fur
traders, this being on the route to the far North and North-West.
=Index=: =MS= Discovered by Samuel Hearne, 3, 31; Leroux