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ACROSS
1. * "Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the ___?" - Quote made in 1810 by the Chief of the Shawnee (see #4D for a related clue) at an outdoor meeting in Vincennes, Indiana with the territory's Governor, William Henry Harrison
6. Chuck and Lisa
10. Keyboard Key
13. Abbreviation seen on French business cards (Pl.)
14. Impulse
15. Ballpoint in Britain
16. Suffix to "Sympath"
17. * By the time of the War of 1812, millions of acres of it had disappeared under the wave of white settlers pushing westward across the continent (2 words)
19. Prefix to "host", "star" or "worker"
20. Secondhand
22. Greek colonnade
23. Capital of Vietnam, minus the "Han"
24. Initials of the 26th President of the United States
25. Pickford and Wells
27. Roman Numerals for 1600
28. * "___ Canadien": Newspaper co-founded in 1806 by Pierre Bédard who, in 1792, was one of the first Canadians on the #1D of Lower Canada. In 1810, he was imprisoned by the Governor of Lower Canada, Sir James Craig, on the charge of "treasonable practices".
29. Settings, minus the "Sc"
31. Heard in French Class: "Miss, ___ the word for "key" in French?" (2 words)
33. Boxing term: Hit unconscious, for short (Pl.)
35. The brightest star in the constellation Cygnus
37. Language of Indo-China
38. Deli order
39. Domestic maids
40. Abbreviation on a Flight Schedule Monitor
41. Distinctive Design
43. Trading place, in T.O.
44. Opposition party in Myanmar, for short
45. Earp the Frontier Law Officer
46. Single-Storied Storage Spot
48. The most tiny, in Medieval Times
50. * An editorial in the October 22nd, 1806 edition of the English paper "The Quebec Mercury" in Lower Canada said: "...when our ___-enemy is straining every nerve to frenchify the Universe... after 47 years of possession of Quebec, it is time the province should be English."
51. He (Initials) wrote the play "Anna Christie" (1921)
52. Poetic word ending, in Medieval Times
54. Mountainous province of western Austria
56. Poem by Robert Burns: "___ Fond Kiss"
57. * Area (for short) that became part of the United States by way of the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
58. Venerations
60. Petty the Public Personality
61. Hospital pro
62. * After joining other slaves in the evacuation to Canada, he helped form the Nova Scotia community of Birchtown. He eventually left it because merchants and slave owners in allegiance with the British crown had also been among the Americans who boarded the ships in New York's harbour, in the Summer of 1783 (2 words)
65. Scottish knife
67. Lavish
68. Having a waxy finish
69. Courtyards
70. Periods of 12 mos.
71. * On June 30th, 1779, in his Philippsburg Declaration, this Commander in Chief of the British army in North America made this promise: "To every negro who shall desert the rebel standard, full security to follow within these Lines.": Sir ___ Clinton
72. Heard in the Desert: "I'm going to climb ___ dune to see if there's water on the other side!" (2 words)
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DOWN
1. * After King George III of England signed a 1791 bill that divided Québec into Lower Canada and Upper Canada, each province had its own governor and what? (2 words)
2. Professional Person
3. Loyal adherent of David
4. * October 5th, 1813: ___ at the Battle of Moraviantown followed the retreat of the British forces, which left just 500 of the Shawnee Chief's warriors to fight an army of 3,000 Americans (2 words)
5. Place for Prom People, punily
6. * Both sides (British regulars and Canadian militia VS American troops) that fought at this Battle site on the night of July 25th, 1814 officially claimed victory (2 words)
7. Sequence of Successive Stuff, smallily
8. Breastplate (var. sp.)
9. * Before joining the 1792 exodus to Freetown in Africa (with #62A and others), David George, a black Baptist preacher, wrote of the whites who had resented his preaching in Nova Scotia: "I stayed and preached, and the next day they came and ___ with sticks, and drove me into a swamp." (2 words)
10. Ms. Carrere
11. * On November 15th, 1775, this American Commander wanted the Canadians inside the Citadel at Québec to come out and fight. His demand for surrender read: "I am ordered by his excellency General Washington to take possession of the town of Québec.": Benedict ___
12. * They were strewn across Battlegrounds during the War of 1812 (4 words)
15. * Most of the ___ living in Birchtown (see #62A for a related clue) received neither the land nor the provisions the British had promised (see #71A for a related clue). And, when they took jobs in nearby Shelburne, the white workers would start riots to drive them out. (2 words)
17. "Yesterday" in Italy
18. Sign of Salutation
21. One of the Continents, for short
26. * Like the uniforms of the British soldiers
30. Related on the Mother's side
32. * On the Treaty of Paris of 1783 in which Britain recognized America's independence, Joseph Brant, a Mohawk Chief, wrote to ___, the British Secretary of State: "...being conscious of the active part... we have taken in their favour in every dispute they (Britain) have had with their enemies, we were struck with astonishment at hearing we were forgot in the treaty." (2 words)
34. Essential oil, variantly
36. Mad Cow Disease, briefly
38. Posh car letters
42. * Could have been heard during the War of 1812: "The attack of the Canadian army was unexpected. Sometimes, ___ the early morning hours when the enemy's troops were off guard." (3 words)
47. * When released from jail after a year (see #28A for a related clue), in reference to the American invaders of Canada and the loyalty of his people, Pierre Bédard would write: "Canadians are a conquered people, but they will show you the path of ___."
48. * Could have been heard during the War of 1812: "Go back from ___ you came!"
49. Math course, for short
53. Deuce
55. Light switch position
59. Body covering
63. Slithery Serpent Sound
64. Not conforming to convention, for short
66. Chuck Heston's gr.
69. Mr. Milne
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