n Canada_; Hale, _Iroquois Book of
Rites_; Parkman, _Old Regime_, _Jesuits in North America_, _Frontenac_,
and _Half Century of Conflict_; Fiske, _New France and New England_.

=Irving, Jacob AEmilius= (1797-1856). Born at Charleston, South Carolina.
Entered the army at an early age; severely wounded at Waterloo;
presented with freedom of Liverpool for gallant conduct during the
French war. Came to Canada, 1834; served during the Rebellion of 1837;
appointed first warden for the district of Simcoe; appointed to the
Legislative Council of Canada, 1843. =Index=: =BL= Appointed to
Legislative Council, Upper Canada, 177. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Irving, Paulus AEmilius= (1714-1796). Served under Wolfe at Quebec;
administered government of Canada, 1765; appointed lieutenant-governor
of Guernsey, 1771; and afterwards governor of Upnor Castle, Kent.
=Index=: =Dr= Becomes administrator, 23; protests, as member of Council,
against position taken by Carleton, 34; dismissed from Council, 39.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Isbister, Alexander K.= (1820-1883). Born in the territories of the
Hudson's Bay Company; employed by the Company, 1838-1840, in the
Mackenzie River district. Went to England, about 1841; educated there,
and practised law in London. A half-breed himself, he ably pressed the
cause of the Indians and half-breeds upon the attention of the British
government. Also gave evidence before the parliamentary Committee of
1857. For some years master of the Stationers' School in England and
Dean of the College of Preceptors. Left a large sum of money to found
scholarships in connection with the University of Manitoba. =Index=: =B=
A native of the North-West Territories--his good work on behalf of the
Red River Settlement, 212; Brown's high opinion of, 212; suggests
annexation by Canada of western territory, 213. =Bib.=: _Report on
Hudson's Bay Company_, 1857; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=Isis.= =Dr= British war vessel, arrival of, 137.

=Isle aux Noix.= On the Richelieu River. =Index=: =Hd= Fortifications
of, 125, 133; Sherwood and Ira Allen in conference at, 204; refugees
transported to, 250.

=Jack, William Brydone= (1819-1886). Born in Scotland. Educated at St.
Andrews University. Came to New Brunswick as professor of mathematics at
King's College, 1840. When King's College received its charter as
University of New Brunswick in 1861, appointed president. Retired from
office, 1885.

=Jackson.= =T= British