Transcriber’s Note: Footnotes in this book have been renumbered sequentially for the convenience of this e-text. Some, though, refer to other footnotes by the original book’s footnote marker and/or page number. Where this happens, the current number has been added in square brackets (e.g. “see preceding page, note b [15]”) to enable the reader to find the reference. The University of Chicago FOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER THE NOOTKA SOUND CONTROVERSY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY) BY WILLIAM RAY MANNING INSTRUCTOR IN HISTORY AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY; FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1902 TO 1904 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1905 XVI.--THE NOOTKA SOUND CONTROVERSY. By WILLIAM RAY MANNING, Ph. D. _Instructor in History at Purdue University; Fellow of the University of Chicago, 1902 to 1904._ [The Justin Winsor prize of the American Historical Association was awarded to the author of this monograph.] THE NOOTKA SOUND CONTROVERSY. By WILLIAM RAY MANNING, Ph. D. CONTENTS. Page. CHAPTER I. Introduction 283 II. The English plans for occupying Nootka Sound 286 III. The Spanish plans for occupying Nootka Sound--The conflicting claims before 1789 300 IV. Martinez’s operations at Nootka before Colnett’s arrival 312 V. The quarrel and the seizure 331 VI. The English prisoners in Mexico 344 VII. Attempts at peaceable settlement 362 VIII. Europe prepares for war 380 IX. England’s first demand granted 395 X. America’s relations to the controversy 412 XI. The national assembly and the family compact--Effect on the negotiation 424 XII. English ultimatum--Spanish defiance 439 XIII. The Nootka Sound convention--Its reception and results 450 XIV. Subsequent negotiations and final settlement of the Nootka Sound dispute 463 Bibliography 472 PREFACE.