. =Bk= Lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada
and commander of forces in British North America, 45; calls attention of
home government to lack of proper accommodation for provincial
government and Legislature, 50; a Scotsman, previously governor of
Barbados, 51; death of, 69. =Bib.=: Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper
Canada_; Rattray, _The Scot in British North America_.
=Hunter.= =Bk= British sloop, her boats capture United States schooner
_Cayahoga_, with stores of General Hull, 218.
=Hunter, Captain of.= =WM= Obtains information as to movements of French
provision boats, 172.
=Hunters' Lodges.= =Mc= Convention of, 440; attack on Prescott, 442.
=Hunting Permits.= =F= Issue of, sanctioned, 125; number to be issued
annually limited, 128; issue of, becomes a form of patronage, 129.
=Huntington, Herbert.= =H= Appointed to Executive Council, Nova Scotia,
47; sent as delegate to England, to urge concession of responsible
government, 51, 56; candidate for speakership, 1843, 75; advocates
non-sectarian education, 82; member of Uniacke government, 110; finance
minister, 112; acts as Joseph Howe's second in duel, 236. =Bib.=:
Saunders, _Three Premiers of Nova Scotia_.
=Huntington, Lucius Seth= (1827-1886). Born at Compton, Quebec. Studied
law, and engaged in journalism, in the Eastern Townships. Elected to the
Legislature for Shefford, 1861; solicitor-general, 1863-1864. Advocated
independence of Canada. Became president of the Council, in the
Mackenzie government, 1874-1875; and postmaster-general, 1875-1878.
Defeated for Shefford, 1882, and retired from public life. Died in New
York. =Index=: =C= Brings charges against government in connection with
Pacific Scandal, 53. =Md= Prefers his charges in the House of Commons,
201-203. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Buckingham
and Ross, _Alexander Mackenzie_; Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A.
Macdonald_; Willison, _Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party_.
=Huot, P. G.= =C= One of the leaders of the Quebec Liberals, 24.
=Huron Indians.= Name applied by the French to a confederacy of four
Iroquoian tribes. When French missionaries and explorers first went
among them, they occupied the country about Lake Simcoe and Georgian
Bay. They had been at enmity with the Iroquois for many years, and had
repeatedly ravaged their country. Finally the Iroquois determined to
make an end of the Hurons. They invaded their country in force in 1648,
and in 1650 had destro
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