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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. =North Ameri
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