story of Lower Canada_.

=Nipigon Lake.= Discovered by Charles de Greysolon, Sieur de La
Tourette, brother of Du Lhut, about 1678. Built several trading-posts on
or near the lake, between 1678 and 1686. La Verendrye had charge of
these forts in 1727-1728, and acquired there much of the information
which induced him to undertake his long search for the Western Sea. In
1784 Edouard Umfreville was sent by the North West Company to discover a
canoe route from the lake west to the Winnipeg River. The narrative of
his successful expedition is in the archives of McGill University.

=Nipisiguit.= =Ch= Jesuit mission at, 235.

=Nipissing Indians.= A tribe of the widespread Algonquian family,
occupying the upper waters of the Ottawa River, and the country about
Lake Nipissing. First mentioned and described by Champlain, who calls
them the _Nebecerini_. The name also appears, in ever-varying form, in
the narratives of other early French explorers and missionaries. Parkman
mentions that they were also known as _Sorciers_, from their ill repute
as magicians. =Index=: =Ch= Indian tribe alleged to be sorcerers, 77.
=Bib.=: Hodge, _Handbook of North American Indians_; Parkman, _Pioneers
of France_.

=Nipissing Lake.= Named after the Algonquian tribe of the same name.
Discovered by the Recollet missionary Le Caron in 1615, on his way to
the country of the Hurons. Traversed by Champlain the same year.
Constant references are made to the lake in the early journals of
explorers, missionaries, and fur traders. It formed part of the western
route of the fur traders under both French and British rule. =Index=:
=Ch= Visited by Champlain, 88.

=Nipissirini.= _See_ Nipissing.

=Noble, Colonel Arthur.= A Massachusetts officer, sent by Governor
Shirley in 1746 to oppose Ramesay in Acadia. Occupied Grand Pre without
opposition, Ramesay having retreated to Chignecto. In February of the
following year a party of Canadians and Indians under Coulon de Villiers
surprised the British garrison at Grand Pre, and in the fight Noble and
his brother, with a large number of men, were killed, and the rest
forced to capitulate. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Half Century of Conflict_;
Hannay, _History of Acadia_.

=Nomenclature.= =D= Of Pacific coast, largely due to Vancouver, 34, 36;
Spanish, 36. =Bib.=: Walbran, _British Columbia Coast Names_.

=Non-importation Act.= =Bk= Passed by Congress, 84.

=Nootka Affair.= =D= Origin of the dispute, 26; history of, 26-35;