h-West Coast, 1791, 25; his narrative, 25. =Bib.=: _Voyage autour du
Monde_, ed. by Fleurien. For biog., _see Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Marchand, Felix Gabriel= (1832-1900). Born in St. Johns, Quebec.
Educated at St. Hyacinthe College. Elected to the Legislative Assembly
of Quebec, 1867; provincial Secretary, 1878-1879; commissioner of crown
lands, 1879; Speaker of the Assembly, 1887-1892; premier of Quebec,
1897. For many years proprietor and editor of _Le Franco-Canadien_.
=Bib.=: Works: _Manuel et Formulaire du Notariat_; _Fatenville_; _Erreur
n'est pas Compte_; _Un Bonheur en Attire un Autre_; _Les Faus
Brillants_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Marche, Charles de.= =Ch= Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234.
=Marcy, William Learned= (1786-1857). =Mc= Governor of New York,
declines to surrender Mackenzie, 414. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Mariana.= =Ch= Jesuit, book written by, ordered to be burnt, 153.
=Marie.= =WM= A storeship launched at Montreal, 244.
=Marie Antoinette= (1755-1793). Queen of France. =Index=: =S= Public
mourning in Upper Canada for death of, 193.
=Marie de l'Incarnation= (=Marie Martin=, =_nee_ Guyart=) (1599-1672).
Born at Tours, France. Married early, and was left a widow after two
years, with an only child. For twelve years devoted herself to his
education; and then entered the Ursuline convent at Tours; in 1639
accompanied Madame de la Peltrie to Canada, and became the first
superior of the Ursuline convent at Quebec. Her _Lettres Historiques_,
written for the edification of her son Claude Martin, form one of the
most valuable sources of information on the history of the period.
Composed a catechism in Huron, three in Algonquian and a dictionary of
French and Algonquian. =Index=: =F= Arrival of, at Quebec, 28; on
_Jesuit Relations_, 30; on influence of convent teaching, 89; on rapid
decline of Indian population, 168. =L= On the devotion of Laval to the
sick, 33; on his saintliness, 34, 254; on conversions wrought by the
earthquake, 45; mentions Dollard's exploit, 75; on piety of the
soldiery, 79; her piety, 92; called the Theresa of New France, 93; Abbe
Ferland's account of, 93; on the zeal of Fenelon and Trouve, 109; on the
sale of brandy to the Indians, 113; praises Talon, 114; on Canadians,
119; on education of Indian girls, 125; death of, 153, 154; character
and influence, 155. =Ch= Praises virtues of early settlers, 258. =Bib.=:
_Lettres de la Venerable Mere Marie de l'Incarnation_; M
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