ell
banquet to La Fontaine, 354. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Lesseps, Ferdinand de= (1805-1894). Eminent French engineer. =Index=:
=Ch= Undertakes Panama Canal, 6. =Bib.=: Chambers, _Biog. Dict._

=Leslie, James= (1802-1885). Born in Dundee, Scotland. Came to Canada,
1820, settling first at Kingston, and afterwards at Toronto. A member of
the first city council of Toronto. Arrested and imprisoned in connection
with the Rebellion of 1837. Purchased the _Examiner_, 1844, and
conducted it for ten years. One of the founders of the Clear Grit party.
=Index=: =E= Proprietor of the Toronto _Examiner_, and a leader of the
Clear Grits, 110-111. =Mc= President of Canadian Alliance Society, 258;
delivers rejoinder to governor, 300; refuses to sign "declaration of
independence," 331. =B= Leader of the Clear Grits, 39. =Bib.=: Dent,
_Upper Canadian Rebellion_ and _Last Forty Years_.

=Lestrees, Abbey of.= =L= Bestowed by king on diocese of Quebec, 136.

=Le Sueur, Jean de St. Sauveur.= =Ch= Comes to Quebec, 252; Godfather to
young Hurons, 223.

=Le Tardif, Olivier.= Born in Normandy, 1601. Came to Canada, 1620, and
employed as an interpreter at Quebec. Married Louise Couillard, 1637.
=Index=: =Ch= Interpreter, 144; remains in Quebec during English
occupation, 208.

=Letellier de St. Just, Luc= (1820-1881). Born at Riviere Ouelle,
Quebec. Called to the Senate for the division of Grandville, 1867; a
member of the ministry, 1873; and in 1876 appointed lieutenant-governor
of Quebec; dismissed from office, 1879. =Index=: =Md= Appointed
lieutenant-governor of Quebec, 247; quarrels with and dismisses the
provincial ministry, 247-248; Macdonald brings the matter before
Parliament, 248-249; his dismissal on the advice of the Dominion
Cabinet, 249-250; his death, 250; political reasons for his dismissal,
251. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Willison, _Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the
Liberal Party_; Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_.

=Le Testu, Captain.= =Ch= Member of court to try Duval for conspiracy,
43.

=Le Valois, Father.= =L= Recommends Saint-Vallier to succeed Laval, 199.

=Levis, Gaston-Francois, Chevalier de= (1720-1787). Entered French army
in 1735; named second in command to Montcalm, 1756; sailed for Canada
the same year. On the death of Montcalm at Quebec, succeeded to the
command of the French forces, and won the battle of Ste. Foy, 1760.
After the capitulation, returned to France, and served under Conde
agains