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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
