teenth
and nineteenth centuries, Lachine became of importance as the
starting-point of the brigades of the fur traders, bound for the far
West. =Index=: =L= Origin of the name, 148; massacre of, 225. =F=
Description of massacre at, 10, 224, 225. =Bib.=: Parkman, _La Salle_
and _Frontenac_; Girouard, _Lake St. Louis and Cavelier de la Salle_.

=Lachine Canal.= =BL= Construction of, provided for by government in
1841, 98. =Bib.=: Rheaume, _Lachine and Origin of its Canal_ (Women's
Can. Hist. Soc. _Trans._, vol. 2). _See also_ Canals.

=Lachine Railway.= =E= Commenced in 1846, 99.

=La Colonbiere, De.= =L= On zeal and devotion of Laval, 23; preaches
Laval's funeral sermon, 40, 265; his account of Laval, 256, 257.

=Lacombe, Albert= (1827- ). Born at St. Sulpice, Quebec. Ordained
priest, 1849, and immediately left for the western field. Laboured among
the Crees and other western tribes for many years, and devoted much time
to the study of their languages. Vicar-general of the diocese of St.
Albert. =Bib.=: _Dictionnaire et Grammaire de la Langue des Cris_. _See
also_ Pilling, _Bibliography of Algonquian Languages_.

=La Corne de St. Luc, Louis Luc.= Stationed at Fort St. Frederic (Crown
Point), 1741-1747; at La Presentation in 1752; and the following year
sent to take command of the posts west of Lake Superior. In 1758
mentioned at Quebec; and the following year back once more at La
Presentation. In 1761, one of the seven survivors of the wreck of
_L'Auguste_. Remained in Canada after the conquest, and in 1775 raised a
company of Indians to act against the Americans. =Index=: =Dr= Accused
in connection with Walker affair, 36; tried and acquitted, 38; member of
Council appointed under Quebec Act, 91. =WM= Unable to cope with Sir
William Johnson's army, 146. =Hd= Repulsed by Haldimand at Fort Ontario,
26; one of the few saved in wreck of _L'Auguste_, 40. =Bib.=: Parkman,
_Montcalm and Wolfe_ and _Pontiac_.

=La Corne, Pierre.= Accompanied Joncaire on an embassy to the Indians of
Niagara, 1720. Sent to Acadia with De Ramezay, 1747. Took part in the
action at Grand Pre. Returned to Quebec, but again sent to Nova Scotia
to induce the Acadians to remove from the province. After the failure of
the attempt, returned to Quebec, and took an active share in the
military expeditions of the next ten years. Distinguished himself at the
siege of Quebec, 1759, where he had command of a body of local troops.
=Bib.=: Campbell, _History