arish erected, 175; united to Seminary,
175, 176.
=Notre Dame des Anges.= =Ch= Jesuit convent, 45, 227; views of Jesuits
in connection with, 229; instruction of Indian children, 232, 233;
Recollet convent dedicated to, 148.
=Notre Dame des Victoires.= Church in Quebec. The corner-stone was laid
May 1, 1688, Bishop Laval officiating. The building was completed the
following year. In 1690 the name was changed to Notre Dame de la
Victoire, to commemorate the repulse of Phipps. In 1711 the name was
again changed, to its present form, to mark the second deliverance of
the city from the English fleet under Walker. The church was destroyed
in the siege of 1759; restored in 1765; and the interior completed in
1817. =Index=: =L= Church of, 185. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Cradle of New
France_.
=Nouee, Anne de= (1587-1646). Born in France. Entered the Jesuit
novitiate in 1612; and came to Canada in 1626. For several years
laboured among the Hurons and Montagnais, and from 1632 spent the
remainder of his life in mission work in the French settlements along
the St. Lawrence. =Index=: =Ch= Jesuit, goes to Bourges, 207. =L= Death
of, 5. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_.
=Nouveau Monde.= =C= Edited by Canon Lamarche, 81; bitterly attacks
Cartier, 81-82.
=Nova Scotia.= Acadia of the French regime. The present name dates from
1621, when Sir William Alexander (_q.v._) obtained from King James I a
grant of all the territory now constituting the provinces of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick. After many vicissitudes the territory was finally
ceded to England. Halifax was founded in 1749, as the capital of the
young colony; and in 1784 New Brunswick was made a separate colony.
=Index=: =Ch= Grant of, to Sir William Alexander, 223. =Dr= Carleton
arranges to visit, 235; population of, 236; communication with England
and Quebec, 236. =B= Strong feeling against Confederation in, 186, 206.
=Md= Its agitation for "better terms" in Confederation scheme, 110;
opposes Confederation, 116-117; though discarding Quebec Resolutions,
compromises by appointing delegates to arrange question with Imperial
government, 122; dissatisfied with terms offered, demands and receives
"better terms" before entering Dominion, 145. _See also_ Acadia; New
Brunswick; Halifax. =Bib.=: Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_;
Haliburton, _Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia_;
Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_; Bourinot, _Builders of Nova Scotia_;
Kirke,
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