2007-05-31 08:44:18 · 4 answers · asked by hi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
His name was Robert Dickson. You'll find that he was held responsible for preventing US annexation of Canada after the British lost the War of 1812.
Here's a bit more on him:
http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/dickson.html
http://clarke.cmich.edu/nativeamericans/mphc/warof1812.htm
http://www.adrax.com/watsons/doc2.htm
2007-05-31 08:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by GenevievesMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either John McGregor, Louis Riel or Alexander Mackenzie ... all of them were frontiersmen and helped settle the western part of Canada. I'd go with the first or the last names, however.
2007-05-31 15:50:39 · answer #2 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Louis Riel
2007-05-31 15:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by grey_worms 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pierre Radisson, possibly.
2007-05-31 21:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by marguerite L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋