Nootka Affair


(Sir James Douglas era) Origin of the dispute, 26; history of, 26-35;

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. (Lord Dorchester era) Dorchester's connection with the Nootka

incident, 250, 259. =Bib.=: Bancroft, History of North-West Coast.



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