ers, 198-199; Report of Committee, 1857, 201-202;
license to trade in British Columbia revoked, 1858, 229; relations
towards British Columbia government, 1858, 233-234; Douglas's relation
towards, 263; defends its policy, 264-265; officers of Company at
Victoria, 265; influence with natives, 266-267; builds first Protestant
church at Victoria, 1855, 269. =C= Cartier and MacDougall sent to
England by Canadian government in 1869 to negotiate purchase of
Company's territories in North-West, 68; Company asks exorbitant price,
68; persuaded by Lord Grey to accept L300,000, 68. =Bk= Its voyageurs
assist in capture of Michilimackinac, 210. =Md= Its claims investigated,
83; terms upon which it agreed to transfer to the crown its rights to
North-West Territories, 156; protest against unauthorized proceedings in
Red River Settlement, 157. _See_ North-West Company; X Y Company; Fur
Trade; Selkirk. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Willson, _Great
Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Burpee, _Search for
the Western Sea_; Bryce, _Romantic History of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_;
Ross, _Red River Settlement_; Hargrave, _Red River_; Begg, _History of
the North-West_.
=Huet, Paul.= =Ch= Recollet missionary, 87; sails for Canada as
assistant commissary, 112; accompanies Champlain to France, 116; returns
to Canada, 116; goes to Three Rivers, 149.
=Huguenots.= =Ch= Had larger share of trade, 110; proposal to exclude,
110; disagreements with Recollet missionaries, 150; their psalm-singing
on board ship objected to, 156; fanaticism of, 224; their doubtful
loyalty, 254; not permitted to settle in Canada, 255.
=Hugues.= =L= Priest, comes to Canada, 41.
=Hull, William= (1753-1825). Born in Derby, Conn. Educated at Yale
University, and called to the bar, 1775. Served with distinction during
the Revolutionary War; major-general of militia in Massachusetts and a
member of the federal Senate; appointed governor of Michigan, 1805;
commander of the north-western army of the United States, 1812.
Surrendered Detroit to General Brock, 1812; tried by court-martial, and
sentenced to be shot; sentence commuted. Resided at Newton, Mass., until
his death. =Index=: =Bk= Marches north, 203; crosses Detroit River and
occupies Sandwich, 208, 213; his proclamation to the people of Canada,
213, 217, 235; his baggage and stores captured, 218; his supplies under
Major Van Horne captured, 237; re-crosses river to Detroit, 238;
summoned to su
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