=Hd= Captain of
_Albemarle_, enamoured of Miss Mary Simpson of Quebec, 244. =Bib.=:
_Dict. Nat. Biog._; Southey, _Life of Nelson_; Mahan, _Life of Nelson_;
_Dispatches and Letters_, ed. by Nicolas. _See also_ lives by Clarke and
McArthur, Pettigrew, Browne, Laughton.

=Nelson, Robert= (1794-1873). Born in Montreal. Practised as a surveyor;
and in 1812 served during the War. In 1827 elected with Louis J.
Papineau to the Assembly as member for Montreal. In 1838, while residing
in the United States, organized a force of 600 filibusters, and invaded
Canada, making his headquarters at Napierville, and as president of a
provisional government proclaimed a Canadian republic. The insurgents
were defeated at Lacolle and Odelltown, and Nelson fled to the United
States. In 1862-1873 practised as a surgeon in New York. =Index=: =P=
Leads outbreak at Lacolle and Odelltown in 1838, 139-140. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.

=Nelson, Wolfred= (1792-1863). Born in Montreal. Practised medicine and
served as a surgeon in the War of 1812. One of the leaders of the
Rebellion of 1837; captured and banished to the Bermudas, but released
in October, 1838. In 1842 returned to Montreal and resumed the practice
of his profession. In 1844 elected to Parliament for Richelieu County;
inspector of prisons, 1851, and chairman of the Board of Prison
Inspectors, 1859. =Index=: =P= With Papineau at St. Charles meeting,
1837, 125; preaches rebellion, 126; leads _Patriotes_ at St. Denis, 128;
said to have advised Papineau to leave the field, 132; a price put on
his head, 137; captured, 137; exiled to Bermuda, 138; extent of his
responsibility for the Rebellion, 143; throws blame on Papineau, 145.
=E= His misguided attitude, 22; elected to Parliament after his return
from exile, 50; his actions compared with disturbances of 1849, 76;
permitted to return from exile, 91. =BL= Arrested after Rebellion in
Lower Canada, 49; defeats Viger in election of 1844, 252; his house in
Montreal attacked by mob, 324; at farewell banquet to La Fontaine, 354.
=C= Defeated by Colonel Wetherall, 7; entrusts Cartier with a mission,
8. =Mc= Addresses revolutionary meetings, 328; takes the field, 358.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of
Lower Canada_.

=Nelson River.= Rises in the Rocky Mountains, at the headwaters of Bow
River, a branch of the South Saskatchewan. Length to Lake Winnipeg, 390
miles; to headwat