erica, 1710; took
part in the capture of Port Royal. Became lieutenant-colonel of
Philipps's regiment, and a member of the Council of Nova Scotia.
Lieutenant-governor of Annapolis, 1740, and administrator of the
government of the province until the arrival of Governor Cornwallis,
1749. Defended Annapolis against Du Vivier, 1744. Retired from active
service on account of advancing age; gazetted major-general. Lived in
Boston until his death. =Bib.=: _Selections from the Public Documents of
Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins; Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_. _See
also_ Acadians, Expulsion of the.

=Mascouten Indians.= An Algonquian tribe. The name means "Little prairie
people." They were known to the French as _Nation du feu_. First
mentioned by Champlain in 1616; Perrot visited their village, near Fox
River, Wis., some time before 1669. They were also seen by Allouez in
1670, and by Marquette in 1673. Always a small tribe, they disappeared
entirely before the end of the eighteenth century. =Bib.=: Hodge,
_Handbook of American Indians_.

=Maseres, Francis= (1731-1824). Born in London. Educated at Cambridge.
In 1766 appointed attorney-general of Quebec, holding the position until
1769. Returned to England and was cursitor baron of the Exchequer,
1773-1824, and in 1780 became senior judge of the Sheriff's Court,
London. =Index=: =Dr= Attorney-general, of Huguenot descent, conducts
prosecution in Walker Case, 37; called upon to report on a system of
law for the country, 41; goes to England, 56; opposed to Carleton and
others on question of Canadian laws, 62; called as witness in connection
with Quebec Act, 63; evidence before House of Commons, 68. =Hd= Supports
Du Calvet, 290, 291, 305; mentioned by MacLean, 310; his opinion of
Mabane, 315. =Bib.=: Works: _Account of the Proceedings of the British
and other Protestant Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec, in Order to
Obtain an House of Assembly_; _Additional Papers Concerning the Province
of Quebec_; _Canadian Freeholder_; _Collection of Commissions, etc.,
Relating to the Province of Quebec_; _Occasional Essays_. For biog.,
_see Dict. Nat. Biog._; Bradley, _The Making of Canada_.

=Massachusetts.= =F= Charter of, declared null and void, 264; takes lead
in expedition against Quebec, 277. =Bk= War of 1812 unpopular in, 208.

=Masse, Enemond= (1574-1646). Born in France. Entered the Society of
Jesus, 1596. In 1611 went to Port Royal (Annapolis); and later to Mount
Desert Island