y Lord Selkirk, forming the
nucleus. The name is a contraction of the Cree word _Manitowaban_. La
Verendrye and his sons were the first white men to set foot within what
now forms the province. They built Fort Maurepas, at the mouth of
Winnipeg River, in 1734; Fort Rouge, at the mouth of the Assiniboine, in
1733; and Fort La Reine, near present Portage la Prairie, in 1738. They
afterwards built Fort Dauphin, on or near Lake Dauphin. _See also_ Red
River Colony; Winnipeg. =Index=: =C= Bill creating province introduced
by Cartier, 71; meaning of name, _The God That Speaks_, 71. =Md= Bill
passed for establishment of, as province, 161; restrictions against
rival lines to Canadian Pacific Railway removed, 236, 284; boundary
dispute, 256; its connection with commercial union, 298. =Bib.=: Bryce,
_Manitoba_; Gunn and Tuttle, _History of Manitoba_; Begg, _History of
the North-West_; Bryce, _Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's
Colonists_; Hargrave, _Red River_; Ross, _Red River Settlement_.

=Manson, Donald.= Engaged in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company,
west of the Rocky Mountains. Led three brigades from the Columbia to
Langley on the Fraser, 1848. Appointed a justice of the peace. =Index=:
=D= At Fort McLoughlin, 117; establishes first circulating library on
Pacific slope, 117-118.

=Mantet, Nicholas d'Ailleboust, Sieur de= (1663-1709). In 1689 defeated
the Iroquois at the Lake of the Two Mountains; and in 1690 led an
expedition against Schenectady. Killed during an attack on Fort St.
Anne, Hudson Bay. =Index=: =F= One of the leaders of war party against
Schenectady, 235. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old Regime_.

=Maquinna.= =D= His relations with Captain Meares at Nootka, 27; keeps
armourer and sailmaker of the _Boston_ in slavery four years, 37.

=Marcel, Captain.= =WM= Third aide-de-camp to Montcalm, 2; accompanies
Montcalm on visit of inspection, 173; with Montcalm in his last hours,
219; informs Levis of Montcalm's death, 220; departure for France, 238.

=Marcet, Mrs.= =Hd= Grand-niece of Haldimand, 343.

=Marchand, Etienne= (1755-1793). Engaged in the trade between the West
Indies and North and South America. In 1790 sailed from Marseilles on a
voyage of trade and exploration, in which he made careful surveys of the
coast of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia, visited the islands of
Polynesia, sailed up the west coast of America, visited China and
Siberia, and finally returned to Europe, 1792. =Index=: =D= Explores
Nort