George's Sound; but I afterward found, that it is called Nootka by the natives. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
I found one colour that I love, Nootka, which is a Chamois colour and I have used it in the last three houses. From Wordnik.com. [The incredibly brown room « knitnut.net] Reference
He gave the name of King George's Sound to the spot where he had stayed, although it was called Nootka by the natives. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Both countries armed for war, but ultimately the dispute was settled by what became known as the Nootka Sound Convention. From Wordnik.com. [A Country of Vast Designs] Reference
Britain and Spain had fought a war following the Nootka agreement. From Wordnik.com. [A Country of Vast Designs] Reference
So also would the whole remaining western coast of America, from Nootka. From Wordnik.com. [A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World] Reference
Nootka, the alpha, tells me,“ Life is a river and time is not linear.”. From Wordnik.com. [I Know Where the Yakonan Have Gone] Reference
Nootka, twins are looked upon in the light of wonderful beings, having power over the weather. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Spaniards had fortified Nootka, built houses, laid out gardens, and evidently intended to stay. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Having now satisfied himself that this was an island lying close to the mainland, Vancouver made for Nootka. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
All this part of the coast was called by Cook King George's Sound, but the native name of Nootka has since prevailed. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
On the coast are the Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiatl, Nootka, and about the Gulf of Georgia various tribes related to the Salish proper. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Dispute with Spain relating to Nootka Sound 319 28. From Wordnik.com. [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference
And there he met his fellow slaves, Nootka and Haida. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
Nootka and Haida, both females, were seized in the Pacific. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
Waukash, waukash, is the Nootka word “good” “good.”. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
X Insular, Scouler ibid. (same as his Nootka-Columbian above). From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Nootka family who inhabit Cape Flattery, and in the other on the. From Wordnik.com. [Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi] Reference
X Southern, Scouler, ibid., 224 (same as Nootka-Columbian family). From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
That evening Nootka begged her brother to give her a lesson in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice] Reference
"Your mother and I were talking of a bad man, Nootka," said Mangivik. From Wordnik.com. [The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice] Reference
This drew a soft laugh of pleasure from Nootka and an intelligent nod. From Wordnik.com. [The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice] Reference
Derivation: Waukash, waukash, is the Nootka word “good” “good.”. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
In fact, Nootka was the third orca by that name to be bought by Sealand. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
Nootka belonged to Spain, because it had been discovered and occupied by. From Wordnik.com. [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference
X Southern, Scouler, ibid., 234 (same as his Nootka-Columbian family above). From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
He further finds that the Athabascan, the Kolooch, the Nootka-Columbian, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Nootka and the maidens of Nubia as in any court or coterie which we aspire to imitate. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
Nootka, a veteran of the Second World War and Korea, and recipient of the Distinguished. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Mount Elias had, with the exception of Nootka port, been merely sighted by Captain Cook. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Nootka, and plans for Captain Vancouver to make a final exploration of the Pacific Coast. From Wordnik.com. [Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom] Reference
Nootka, and it was written by John Jewitt, who lived in the early part of the 19th century. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing American] Reference
The boy Anteek happened to be standing on the shore at the time, beside the young girl Nootka. From Wordnik.com. [The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice] Reference
On hearing this, Nootka and her mother took the girl affectionately by both hands and led her away. From Wordnik.com. [The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice] Reference
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