[Footnote 45_a_: Page 27.--Major Richardson was born at Niagara Falls
in 1797, and educated at Amherstburg, U.C., where some of the scenes
of "Wacousta" are laid. He served in the war of 1812, in the West
Indies and in Spain, where he belonged to the British legion. He came
back to Canada in 1838, and was for years connected with the press. He
wrote a number of novels and short histories of Canadian events, but
they are now all forgotten. His historical narrative is not generally
trustworthy, while his later romances never even came up to the merit
of "Wacousta." He died in obscurity some time after 1854--I cannot find
the exact year--in the United States, where he attempted to continue a
career of literature.]