ers of the Bow, 1660 miles. The mouth of the river was
discovered, and named, by Sir Thomas Button in 1612. He wintered there,
1612-1613. Captain Luke Foxe spent eleven days at Port Nelson in 1631.
The river itself was explored by David Thompson in 1792. Pierre Radisson
visited the mouth of the river in 1669, and built the first trading-fort
there. In later years the post was repeatedly captured by the French,
and recaptured by or restored to the Hudson's Bay Company, in whose
hands it finally remained, under the name of York Factory (_q.v._).
=Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Pathfinders of the West_
and _Conquest of the Great North-West_.

=Neptune.= =WM= Ship in which Wolfe sailed for Quebec, 75.

=Nesbitt, William.= Accompanied Governor Cornwallis to Halifax. Acted as
Secretary of Nova Scotia for several years. Afterwards practised the
profession of law at Halifax. Attorney-general for twenty-five years.
Elected to the Assembly, 1758; Speaker of the House, 1759-1783; retired
on a pension, 1783. Died, 1784. =Bib.=: _Selections from the Public
Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins.

=Nesle, Captain de.= =Ch= Brings out settlers, 252.

=Neuchatel, Canton of.= =Hd= Haldimand born in, 3.

=Neutral Nation.= An Iroquoian tribe, occupying the north shore of Lake
Erie. First visited by the Jesuit Fathers, Brebeuf and Chaumonot, in
1640, who described them as ferocious and extremely superstitious.
Despite all efforts, the attempted mission had to be abandoned. The
tribe was exterminated by the Iroquois in 1650. =Bib.=: Parkman,
_Jesuits in North America_; Lalemant, _Relations_, 1641, 1643;
Ragueneau, _Relations_, 1648, 1651.

=New Brunswick.= The gulf coast of the province was discovered by
Cartier in 1534; first settlement made by De Monts and Champlain, on St.
Croix Island, near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy, in 1604. The same
year they discovered and named the St. John River, at the mouth of which
La Tour built a fort in 1635. The territory embraced in this province
formed part of Acadie under French rule. It was included in Nova Scotia
from the date of the cession to England up to 1784, when it became a
separate province. =Index=: =Dr= Creation of province, 224. =Sy=
Satisfactory political condition of, 265. =B= Confederation an issue in,
and government defeated, 182-183; British government brings pressure on,
in interests of Confederation, 186-187, 206. =Md= Its attitude towards
Confederation, 123;