Martinez claims Nootka by right of discovery, 28; Martinez seizes
_Iphigenie_ and _North-West America_, 28; held by Spaniards until 1795,
29; restored to British, 31; terms of treaty, 31-33, 36; act of
restitution completed, 35; no actual occupation by Britain at end of
eighteenth century, 62. =Dr= Dorchester's connection with the Nootka
incident, 250, 259. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of North-West Coast_.
=Nootka Sound.= On west coast of Vancouver Island. Discovered and named
by Captain James Cook in 1778. Prior discovery in 1774 claimed by
Spaniards, but not established. They built a fort there in 1789, and
remained in possession until 1795, when the district was taken over on
behalf of Britain. Here Vancouver and Quadra carried on the negotiations
of 1792 for the restoration of the territory. =Index=: =D= Supposed to
have been visited by Perez, 14; visited by Cook, 14; Captain Cook refits
his ships at, 20; Gray and Kendrick at, in 1788-1789, 24; visited by
Metcalfe in 1789, 25; Spanish establishment at Friendly Cove in 1790,
26; Douglas arrives from Sandwich Islands, 28; Spaniards name the place
Port San Lorenzo, 28; Meares at, in 1788, 27; builds _North-West
America_ there, 28; natives destroy American ship _Boston_ and murder
crew, 1803, 37. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of the North-West Coast_;
Walbran, _British Columbia Coast Names_.
=Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquis of= (1797-1863). Entered
Parliament, 1818; appointed governor of Jamaica, 1832; entered the
Cabinet as lord of the privy seal, 1834; lord lieutenant of Ireland,
1835; secretary of war and the colonies, 1839; home secretary,
1839-1841; ambassador at Paris, 1846-1852; minister at Florence,
1854-1858. =Index=: =Sy= Succeeds Lord Glenelg in the colonial office,
57; offers to go to Canada as governor-general, 58. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._
=Normandy.= =L= Many of colonists natives of, 116.
=Norquay, John= (1841-1889). Born in St. Andrews, Manitoba. After the
suppression of the Riel Rebellion, elected to the Assembly of Manitoba,
and entered the ministry as minister of public works. Defeated for
election to the House of Commons, 1872. Resigned from the ministry,
1874, but became provincial secretary, 1875; and again minister of
public works, 1876; premier, 1878. Held office continuously until 1887,
when he resigned. =Bib.=: Begg, _History of the North-West_; Rose, _Cyc.
Can. Biog._
=North, Lord Frederick.= _See_ Guilford.
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