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