War of 1812-15, causes of, 316, 320; patriotism of Canadians
during, 320-322; capitulation of Hull, 322; Battle of Queenston
Heights, _ib._; Procter's victory over Winchester, 324; taking
of York (Toronto), _ib._; American successes on Niagara frontier
in 1813, 325; Stoney Creek, _ib._; Mrs. Secord's exploit, 326;
Fitzgibbon's success at De Ceu's, 326; English defeat on Lake
Erie, 327; Procter's defeat at Moraviantown, _ib._; Chrystler's
farm, 328; Chateauguay, 328; American outrage at Niagara, 330;
English retaliate, 330, 335; Riall's defeat, 331; Lundy's Lane,
_ib._; Prevost's defeat on Lake Champlain, and retreat from
Plattsburg, 332; naval fights, 334; peace, 335; effect of, on
Canada, 335, 336; conspicuous Canadian actors during, 336, 337;
monuments of, 333, 336, 337
War Savings Certificates, 469
Washington, George, at Fort Necessity, 224
Washington, Treaty of, 1871, 324; Minister at, 473
Water-power, 476
Whelan, Edward, Canadian journalist, 406
Willcocks, Joseph, Canadian agitator, 314, 320
William Henry, Fort, 222, 238
Williams, Colonel, his gallantry at Batoche (1885) 397; death
of, _ib._; portrait of, 309
Wilmot, Lemuel A., Canadian statesman, 364; portrait of, 371
Winnipeg, 14, 315, 382, 392; riots, 470
Wolfe, General James, 242; at Louisbourg, 242; at Quebec, 250-256;
wins Canada for England, 256, 257; death of, 257; character of,
260; monuments to, 259, 261; portrait of, 249
Wolseley, Lord, leads British forces against Riel in 1870, 391
Women's Conference, 478
Women's Suffrage, 458, 479
Wyandots (Hurons), 144
York, Duke and Duchess of, 460
York. _See_ Toronto
Yukon, the, discovery of gold in, 430