Non-importation Act. Bk Passed by Congress, 84.
Nootka Affair. D Origin of the dispute, 26; history of, 26-35; Martinez claims Nootka by right of discovery, 28; Martinez seizes Iphigênie 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 American. Newspaper published at Toronto. Index.: B The organ of the Clear Grits, edited by Macdougall, 40; absorbed by the Globe, 74; publishes personal attack on George Brown, editor apologizes, 93. BL Radical publication, edited by Macdougall, 341.
North American Colonial Association. Sy On appointment of Poulett Thomson (Sydenham), 132.
North American Fur Company. D Succeeds Pacific Fur Company, 134; Astor at head of, 134. See also Astor; Pacific Fur Company.