d. 11 Aug. 1889 at Godhavn, Greenland

b. 10 Aug. 1779 in Montreal

b. 9 Aug. 1793 in Repentigny, Lower Canada

8 Aug. 1863 at Englishtown, N.S.

d. 7 Aug. 1906 in Fredericton

b. 6 Aug. 1845 in London, England

Of the many fine biographies in Volume XV of the DCB, Ramsay Cook always considered this one of the best.

Ramsay Cook called this biography “an especially fine piece of historical recreation.”

Ramsay Cook found this entry part of “a set of particularly brilliant biographies” that reveal the “destruction of the native culture on the prairies.”

In an office discussion of this briefest of biographies, Ramsay Cook called it “a gem.”

“sketched in brilliantly and with emotion…  [this] exemplifies one of the finest qualities of the DCB: it is not a biographical boneyard”. (Ramsay Cook)

As General Editor, Ramsay read every biography. About this one he wrote “This is what makes the DCB so special! R.”