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Rh TABARET, Joseph Henry, Canadian educator, b. in Saint-Marcellin, department of L'Isere, France, 10 April, 1828 ; d. in Ottawa, 28 Feb., 1886. He studied theology, was ordained a priest at Marseilles, came to Canada as a missionary of the Oblates in 1851, and in 1853 established a school at Ottawa, which, under his superintendence, has developed into the University of Ottawa. He was president of this institution at his death, and had been at its head, both as a school and college, since its foundation, except in 1866-'7, when, as provin- cial of Oblates of North America, he visited the Oblate missions in Canada and the United States. In 1854 the governor-general nominated him a member of the senate of Toronto university. He was a member of the council of public instruction of Ontario. In 1862 he was made vicar-general of Ottawa, and in 1879 he received the degree of D. D. from the pope. He introduced a comprehensive system of study into Ottawa university.

TABOADA, Antonio (tah-bo'-ah-dah), Argen- tine soldier, b. in the province of Santiago del Es- tero, 31 Aug., 1815. He began life as a journalist, and, being persecuted for his liberal tendencies by the dictator Rosas, emigrated to Montevideo. He served later under Gen. Lavalle, took part in the campaign in the province of Entre-Rios, was captured after the defeat at Quebracho-Herrado, and imprisoned in Buenos Ayres, but escaped in disguise to Chili. Later he returned secretly to his province, where he lived quietly till Rosas's downfall, and in 1852 became its governor. He put down an insurrection at Tucuman, and defeat- ed with a few hundred men a division of 5,000 under Gen. Gutierrez. In 1856 he escorted through the Chaco desert the U. S. exploring expedition under Lieut. Thomas J. Page, and they explored the Salado river as far as Santa Fe, Taboada con- cluding also in the course of the voyage arrange- ments with the principal caciques that assured Seace along the borders. In 1861 he supported »r. Derqui and contributed to terminate the strife between the governors of the provinces and the central government. He was elected senator in 1865, and commanded the army in 1867 against the insurgents in the northern provinces, defeat- ing Felipe Varela at Pozo de Vargas. In 1868 he was a candidate for president, but was defeated.

TABOR, Horace Austin Warner, senator, b. in Holland, Orleans co., Vt., 30 Nov., 1830. He received a common-school education, and learned the trade of a stone-cutter in Massachusetts, but in 1855 he removed to Kansas and engaged in farm- ing, and was an active member of the Free-soil party. In 1856 he was a member of the Topeka egislature that was dispersed at the point of the bayonet by order of President Pierce. In 1859 he removed to Colorado, and the following spring he settled in California Gulch (now Leadville). There he worked in the mines until 1865, when he en- gaged in business, and combined both occupations till May, 1878. During the latter month August Rische and George F. Hook, to whom he had ad- vanced money, discovered what was afterward known as the " Little Pittsburg " mine. By the terms of his agreement, Mr. Tabor was entitled to a one-third interest, which he sold the following year for $1,000,000. This capital he invested in mines, banking stock, and other remunerative property, which greatly increased his wealth. In October, 1878, he was elected the first lieutenant- fovernor of Colorado, and he held the office until January, 1884. He was chosen U. S. senator to fill the unexpired term of Henry M. Teller, re- signed, and served from 2 Feb. till 4 March. Be- sides the investments mentioned above, Senator Tabor has purchased 175,000 acres of copper lands in Texas, and 4,600,000 acres of grazing lands in southern Colorado, and is interested in irrigating canals and other enterprises that give employment to a large number of laborers. He has also ob- tained from the republic of Honduras a grant of every alternate section of land for 400 miles bor- dering on the Patook river. On this tract are immense groves of mahogany, ebony, and similar valuable woods, orchards of bananas and other tropical fruits, together with deposits of gold, sil- ver, and coal. In addition to the section-grant, he has secured a mineral grant of 150 square miles in the interior. Altogether Mr. Tabor is probably one of the largest owners of land in the world.

TAC, Sixtus Le, French missionary, b. in France in 1649 ; d. in Canada, 6 July, 1699. He belonged to the Recollet Franciscan order, came to Canada on 9 July, 1676, and had charge of Charles- bourg, near Quebec, till 1678. He then went to Three Rivers, where he remained till 13 May, 1683. During this time he kept a register of all baptisms, marriages, etc., in Three Rivers, as well as of those that occurred in settlements that extended over a wide tract of country. This register has often been found useful in connection with local and general Canadian history. In 1684 he was ap- pointed director of the third order of St. Francis and master of novices in the Convent of Notre Dame des Anges near Quebec. In 1689 he took part in founding missions at Placentia and other places in Newfoundland. He complained that the governor of that colony threw every kind of diffi- culty in his way, and sailed for France the same year to obtain redress, but returned to Canada in 1690 or 1691. He wrote a history of Canada which long remained in manuscript, but it was edited and published by Eugene Reveilland with notes and appendix. The appendix consists of original documents heretofore unpublished, some of which are very valuable. The work is entitled "His- toire de la Nouvelle France, ou Canada, depuis sa decouverte (mil cinq cents quatre) jusqu'en l'an mil six cents trente deux " (Paris, 1888).

TACHE, Sir Etienne Paschal (tah-shay), Canadian statesman, b. in St. Thomas, Lower Canada, 5 Sept., 1795; d. there, 29 July, 1865. He served during the war of 1812, and afterward studied medicine and practised successfully till 1841, when he entered parliament. He was deputy adjutant-general in 1847-'8, commissioner of public works in 1848-'9, and on 21 April, 1856, was made speaker of the legislative council, which post he resigned in November, 1857. In November, 1858, in recognition of his services he was knighted by the queen at Windsor castle, and was appointed jointly with Sir Allan N. MacNab to the honorary rank of colonel in the British army, and aide-de-camp to the queen. He published " Du developpement de la force physique chez 1'homme " (Montreal, 1829), " Reflexions sur l'organisation des volontaires (Quebec, 1863), and " Bataille navale du Lac Champlain en 1814."— His nephew, Joseph Charles, Canadian author, b. in Kamouraska, Quebec, 24 Dec, 1820, studied at the Seminary of Quebec, was graduated as a physician in 1844, and was for some