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't.i.' 
 
 COMPARATIVE 
 
 CnrtONOLOGIGAL STATEMENT 
 
 OP THE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE 
 
 RIGHTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 
 
 AND THE 
 
 CLAIMS OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
 TO THE 
 
 OREGON TERRITORY. 
 
 ENGLAND. j 
 
 1578-81. Sir Francis Drake dis- i 
 covered the north west i 
 coast of America, from 
 Cape Mendocino to the 
 48° of north latitude. 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 1712 Louis XIV. granted a patent 
 to Antoino Crozat for the 
 exclusive trade to Louis- 
 iana. The patent states, 
 •• that the territories pos- 
 sessed by the King are 
 bounded by New Mexico 
 and by the lands of the 
 Englisli in Carolina, and 
 all the establishments, 
 ports, harbours, rivers, es- 
 pecially the port and har- 
 bour of Dauphin Island, 
 formerly called MaMacre 
 Island — the River St. 
 Louis, formerly cajled 
 Missisippi, from the sea 
 coast to the Illinois coun- 
 try, together with the 
 River St. Philip, formerly 
 called the Missouri, and 
 the St. Jerome, formerly 
 called the Wabash, (th« 
 
KNOLAND. 
 
 1 768. Captain J. Carver, ol Con- 
 necticut, (a subject of 
 Great Britain) explored the 
 sources of the Missouri and 
 Missisippi. The object of 
 his travels was "to es- 
 tablish a port in those parts 
 about the strait of Anian, 
 which having been dis- 
 covered by Sir Francis 
 Drake, of course belonged 
 to England." Carver gave 
 the name Oregon, to the 
 north west coast, from 
 an Indian name afBxed to 
 all the countries west of 
 the Rocky Mountains. 
 
 1769. Mr.Hearne,anagentofthe 
 Hudson's Bay Company, 
 followed the course of the 
 Copper Mine River to its 
 termination at the Arctic 
 Ocean. 
 
 1776. Captain Cook sails along 
 the north west coast of 
 America, from latitude 42° 
 to latitude 70°. 
 
 1783. Acknowledgment of the 
 Independance of the Uni- 
 ted States by Great Britain 
 
 1762 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 Ohio) with ail the lands, 
 countries, lakes in the 
 land, and the rivers falling 
 directly or indiioctly into 
 that part of the River St. 
 Louis, shall be and remain 
 comprised under the name 
 of the government of Loui- 
 siana." fSet Map.) 
 France cedes Louisiana to 
 Spun. 
 
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 ! 78G. 
 
 I78G. 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 and definition of the terri- 
 torial limits of the states. 
 (See Map.} 
 
 Several English ships trade 
 for furs at Nootka Sound, 
 and along the coast. 
 Captain Meares visited the 
 north west coast, and en- 
 tered the mouth of the 
 ColumbiaRiver; he named 
 Cape Disappointment. 
 1 789-92. Alexander Mackenzie, (a 
 British subject,) explored 
 the Copper Mine River 
 from the Great Slave Lake 
 to the sea. 
 1 790. The right of Great Britain 
 to the territories discovered 
 by her subjects on the 
 north west coast of Ame- 
 rica, acknowledged by 
 Spain.* ( Treaty. Oct. 28.) 
 179 1 -92. Vancouver sailed along 
 the shores, and surveyed 
 a long line of coast, in- 
 cluding the entrance to 
 the Columbia River. 
 Lieut. Broughton, one of 
 Vancouver's Lieutenants, 
 took possession of the Co- 
 lumbia River and the ad- 
 joining country in the name 
 of the King of England. 
 
 AMUKU A. 
 
 1792. 
 
 ♦Confirmedbythe first additional article 
 to th« Treaty of 5th July, 1814. 
 
 1789. 
 
 1792. 
 
 1800. 
 
 1803. 
 
 The Americans appear, for 
 the first time, on the 
 shores of North West 
 America— the ship Co- 
 lumbia, Captain Gray — 
 Captain Kendrick arrives 
 in Nootka Sound, and 
 trades for furs. 
 Capt. Gray,of Boston,e n- 
 ters the Columbia, which 
 had formerly been visited 
 by Meares and Vancouver. 
 
 France again acquires by 
 treaty, October 1st, the 
 territory of Louisiana from 
 SpaiQ— " the same in ex- 
 tent as it was when France 
 formerly possessed it." 
 The United States pur- 
 
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 ENGLAND. 
 
 1804-5-6. The North West Fur , 
 Company established trad- 
 ing Posts on the main 
 branches of the Columbia 
 
 River. 
 1807. Convention signed at Lon- 
 don between the Plenipo- 
 tentiaries of Great Britain 
 and the United States, for 
 the settlement of Bounda- 
 ries in America. The 3th 
 Article states— That a 
 ♦' line drawn due north or 
 south (as the case may re- 
 quire) from the most north 
 western point of the Lake 
 of the Woods, until it shall 
 intersect the 49th parallel 
 of north latitude, and 
 from the point of such 
 intersection due west 
 along, and with the said 
 parallel, shall be the divid- 
 ing line between his Ma- 
 jesty's territories and those 
 of the United States ; to 
 the westward of the said 
 Lake, as far as their respec- 
 tive territories extend in 
 that quarter, and that the 
 said line shall to that ex« 
 tent form the southern 
 boundary of his Majesty's 
 said territories, and the 
 northern boundary of the 
 «aid territories of the 
 United States. Provided, 
 that nothing in the present 
 article sliall be considered 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 chase Louisiana of the 
 French Government. 
 180.>6. Messrs Clark and Lewis, 
 penetrate from the head 
 of the Missouri, to the 
 mouth of the Columbia 
 River. 
 

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 ENOLAND. 
 
 to extend to the north west 
 Coast of America, or other 
 territories belonging to or 
 claimed by either party in 
 the Continent of America 
 to the westward of the 
 Stony Mountains. This 
 article was approved b^ 
 both Governments. Presi- 
 dent Jefferson nevertheless 
 wished that the proviso 
 respecting the north west 
 coast should be omitted, 
 as it " could have little 
 other effect than as an 
 offensive intimation to 
 Spain that the claims of 
 the United States extend 
 to the Pacific Ocean." — 
 Letter July 30, 1607//oot 
 Mr. Madison, Secretary/ 
 of State of the United 
 States. 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 1810. Abandonmentofthe Trad- 
 ing Posts on the Columbia, 
 by the Missouri Fur Com- 
 pany. 
 
 The Americans enter into 
 an arrangement with the 
 Russians to abstain from 
 trading with the natives of 
 the North West Coasts. 
 
 1811. Mr. Thompson, and a 
 party of Englishmen, arrive 
 
 1808. 
 
 1810. 
 
 Establishment of the Mis- 
 souri Fur Company, on 
 the head waters of the 
 Lewis, and branches of 
 the Columbia, (abandoned 
 in 1816.) 
 
 Formation of the Pacific 
 Fur Company by John 
 Jacob Astor. 
 
 1811, 
 
 Foundation of Astoria, by 
 the Pacific Fur Company, 
 
6 
 
 1813. 
 
 ISlii. 
 
 1814. 
 
 1817 
 
 EN(iLANI). 
 
 and tako |)osscssioii 
 lands oil the Columhiii. 
 
 ol 
 
 Astoria and all the Esta- 
 blishments, Furs, Stock in 
 hand, &c., sold by the 
 Americans, to the North 
 West Company. 
 British Sloop of War, 
 Racoon, takes possession 
 of Astoria, and calls it 
 Fort George. 
 Treaty between Great 
 Britain and Spain. The 
 first additional article con- 
 firms the treaty of 1 790. 
 
 Mr. Bagot, the British En- 
 voy at Washington, pro- 
 tests against the occupa- 
 tion of Fort George by the 
 Americans, " contending 
 that the whole region be- 
 longed to Great Britain ; 
 having been early taken 
 possession of in his Ma- 
 jesty's name, and been 
 ever since considered as 
 part of his Majesty's do- 
 minions ; and that the 
 
 181'J. 
 
 1814. 
 
 1817. 
 
 A mi: RICA. 
 
 ut the mouth 
 Columbia river. 
 War declared 
 United States 
 Great Britain. 
 
 of the 
 
 by the 
 against 
 
 Peace of Ghent between 
 Great Britain and the 
 United States. 1st article 
 of the treaty, states.— 
 "All territories, places and 
 possessions whatsoever, 
 taken by either party from 
 the other during the war, 
 or which may be taken 
 after the signing of this 
 treaty. On excepting only 
 the ' islands hereinafter 
 mentioned shall be re- 
 stored without delay." 
 By virtue of this article 
 in the treaty of Ghent, the 
 Americans send the sloop 
 of war Ontario to take 
 possession of Astoria. 
 
V 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 establishment there made 
 by American citizens, had 
 been voluntarily abandon- 
 ed under an agreement 
 with the North West 
 Company, and which had 
 purchased their effects, had 
 ever since retained posses- 
 sion of the coast. 
 1818. The English Government 
 allow the Americans to 
 re-occupy Astoria under 
 protest, as the despatch of 
 Lord Castlereagh to the 
 British representative at 
 Washington, states — "You 
 will observe, that whilst 
 this Government is not 
 disposed to contest with 
 the American Govern- 
 ment the point of posses- 
 sion, as it stood in the Co- 
 lumbia River, at the mo- 
 ment of the rupture, they 
 are not prepared to admit 
 the valiaity of the title of 
 the Government of the 
 United States to this settle- 
 ment. In signifying there- 
 fore, to Mr. Adams the 
 full acquiescence of your 
 Government in the re-oc- 
 cupation of the limited 
 position which the United 
 States held in that River 
 at the b-eaking out of the 
 war, you will at the same 
 time, assert in suitable 
 terms the claim of Great 
 Britain to that territory, 
 upon which the American 
 
 AMKRICA. 
 
 1818. The Americ^fis re-occupy 
 Astoria. 
 
 1818. Convention between Gt. 
 Britain and the United 
 States. Article 3, states. 
 «' It is agreed, that any 
 country that may be claim- 
 ed by either party on the 
 north west coast of Ame- 
 rica, westward of the 
 Stony Mountains, shall, 
 together with its harbours, 
 bay, and creeks, and the 
 navigation of all rivers 
 within' the same, be free, 
 and open for the term of 
 ten years from the date of 
 the signature of the pre- 
 sent convention, to the 
 vessels, citizens, and sub- 
 jects of the two powers : 
 it being understood, that 
 this agreement is not to 
 be construed to the preju- 
 dice of any claim which 
 either of the two high 
 contracting parties may 
 have to any part of the 
 said country nor shall it 
 be taken to affect the 
 claims of any other power 
 or state to any part of the 
 
KNGl.AM). 
 
 settloiiicnt must Ik; coiisi- 
 (Jori'd an oiuTdacl.iiiciit.'' 
 
 *• l)l)\VIlilll,f StKM't, 
 
 " Jamiaiy. '27th, 'SIB. 
 
 " Intellij.'en('t! Iiaviiitr 
 been received tliat, the 
 Unitf.Ml States islodp of war 
 Ontario has been sent hy 
 tiie American (iovcrn- 
 mont (o eslablisli a settle- 
 ment on the Cohinibia 
 River, wiiieh w,\s hehl by 
 that State on the iirealciiig 
 ont of the hist war, 1 am 
 to acquaint yon that it is 
 the Prince Regent's plea- 
 sure, fwithoiit, however, 
 admittinjj the right of that 
 Govorntnent to tiie pos- 
 session in question,) that, 
 in pursuance of the first 
 article of the treaty of 
 Ghent, due facility should 
 be g-iven to the re-oceiipa- 
 tion of the said territory 
 by tlie officers of the 
 United States; and I am 
 to desire that you would 
 contribute, as much as lies 
 in your power, to the ex- 
 ecution of His Royal 
 Highness's commands. 
 
 •' I have, &c. &c. 
 " Rathurst," 
 
 1818. 
 
 1819. 
 
 AMI Kiev. 
 
 said country) the oidy ob- 
 ject of the high contract- 
 ing parties, ill that respect, 
 being to ])revent disputes 
 and difl'erences amouf; 
 themselves. 
 
 Negotiation between the 
 United States and Spain, 
 called the Florida Treaty. 
 
 The boundary line be- 
 tween the two countries, 
 west of the Missisippi, 
 shall begin on the Gulf of 
 Mexico, at the mouth of 
 the River Sabine in the 
 sea, continuing north, 
 
 
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 KNOI.AND. 
 
 AMI, till A. 
 
 along the western bank of 
 tliiit river, to tlie M'J" of 
 liititutlo ; ihoiicc l)y a line 
 due north, to the degree 
 ot" latitinh; where it strikes 
 the Uio Uoxo of Natehi- 
 toehes, or Red River ; 
 then following the course 
 of tne iJio Roxo westward, 
 to the lejrree of longitude 
 10(> "vvustfrom London.and 
 ,j;i^froni Washinglon ; then 
 ciossing the said Red 
 River, and running thence 
 by ;i line iluo north to the 
 River Arkansas ; thence 
 following the course of the 
 southern bank of the Ar- 
 kansas to its source in lati- 
 tude 4'2"north ; and thence 
 by that parallel of latitude 
 ♦o the South Sea ; the 
 whole as being laid down 
 in Melish's Map of the 
 Unitefl States, published 
 at Pliiladelphia, inproved 
 to the 1st of January, 1818. 
 But, if the source of the 
 Arkansas River shall be 
 found to fall north or south 
 of latitude 42°, then the 
 line shall run from the said 
 source due north or south 
 as the case may be, till it 
 meet the said parallel of 
 latitude 42°, and thence 
 along the said parallel to 
 the South Sea. All the 
 Islands in the Sabine, and 
 the said Red and Arkan- 
 sas Rivers, throughout the 
 
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 ENGLAND. 
 
 1824. Negotiation between Gt. 
 Britain and the United 
 States. Proposition of 
 Canning and Huskisson — 
 "That the boundary be- 
 tween the territories of 
 Great Britain and those 
 of the United States, west 
 of the Rocky Mountains, 
 should be a line drawn 
 from those mountains 
 westward, along the 49th 
 )arallel, to the nearest 
 lead-waters of the Co- 
 umbia, and thence down 
 the middle of the stream 
 to its termination in the 
 Pacific : the British pos- 
 sessing the country north 
 and west of such line, and 
 the Americans that on the 
 other side : provided that 
 the citizens or subjects of 
 both nations should be at 
 liberty, during the next 
 
 AMKlllCA. 
 
 course thus described, to 
 belong to the United 
 States ; but the use of the 
 waters and the navigation 
 of the Sabine to the sea ; 
 and of the said Rivers 
 Roxo and Arkansas, 
 throughout the extent of 
 the said boundary, on their 
 respective banks, shall be 
 common to the respective 
 inhabitants of both nations. 
 1820 Florida Treaty ratified. 
 
 1820 Treaty with Mexico, Jan. 1 2. 
 
 1821 Mexico declares her inde- 
 
 pendence of Spain. 
 
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 nited 
 if the 
 Ration 
 sea ; 
 livers 
 insas, 
 nt of 
 their 
 ill be 
 ictive 
 tions. 
 
 1.12. 
 inde- 
 
 KNGLAND. 
 
 ten years, to pass by land 
 or by water through all the 
 territories, and to retain 
 and use their cstablish- 
 nents already formed in 
 any part of them. (This 
 project was not agreed to 
 by the American Govern- 
 ment.) 
 18*25. Treaty with Russia— It 
 states the line of demarca- 
 tion between the possession 
 of the parties upon the 
 coasts of the continent and 
 the islands of America, in 
 the nopth-west, is made 
 to commence from the 
 southernmost point of 
 Prince of Wales's Island, 
 in the latitude of 34° and 
 40°, and to run eastward 
 to the Portland Channel, 
 which it ascends to the 
 56° of latitude, thence it 
 follows the summit of the 
 mountains situated parallel 
 to the coast, as far as the 
 point of intersection of the 
 141° of longitude west 
 from Greenwich, (passing 
 through the w est side of 
 Mount Elias,) and con- 
 tinues along that nicridian, 
 northward, to the Arctic 
 Ocoan ; but wherever the 
 said summit of the uioun- 
 taius is more than ten 
 leagues from the sea, the 
 bouiidary runs parallel to 
 the coast at the distance 
 of ten leagues from it. 
 
 AMKRICA. 
 
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 1827. 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 The Russians are never to 
 form an establishment 
 sonth or cast of this line, 
 nor are the British to form 
 any on the other side of 
 it ; but the British are to 
 enjoy for ever the right of 
 navigating all streams, 
 which may cross the said 
 boundary in their course 
 from the interior of the 
 continent to the sea. The 
 navigation of the inland 
 seas, gulfs, harbours, and 
 creeks, on the coasts, for 
 the purposes of fishing or 
 of trading with the natives, 
 is left free to both parties 
 for ton years ; and the port 
 of Sitca, or New Arch- 
 angel, is opened to British 
 subjects during the same 
 period. 
 
 Convention with the 
 United States — Providing 
 " that all the provisions of 
 the third article of the 
 convention of Oct. 1818 i 
 should bo indofinately con- i 
 tinned, in force, each party 
 being however at liberty 
 after the 20th Oct. 18-28, 
 to annul and abro;.'iitc tho 
 engagement on giving due 
 notice of ]•> months by 
 either party." 
 
 AMEKIcA. 
 
 1827. Convention with Great 
 Britain -"Ap 1.— Allthe 
 provisions of i 3rd Arti- 
 cle of the V. V nvention 
 concluded between the 
 United States of America 
 and his Majesty the 
 King of the United 
 Kingdom of Great Britain 
 and Ireland, on the 
 20th of October, 1818, 
 shall be, and they are 
 hereby further indefinately 
 extended and continued 
 in force in the same man- 
 ner as if all the provisions 
 of the said a:^icle were 
 herein specifi''aliy recited. 
 
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 KNOl.AND. 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 «« Abt. 2.— It shall be com- 
 petent, however, to either 
 of the contracting parties, 
 in case either should think 
 fit, at any time after the 
 20th of October, 1828, on 
 giving due notice of twelve 
 months to the other con- 
 tracting party, to annul 
 and abrogate this Con- 
 vention ; and it shall in 
 such case be accordingly 
 entirely annulled and abro- 
 gated after the expiration 
 of the said term of notice." 
 " Art. 3.— Nothing 'contain- 
 ed in this Convention, or 
 in the 3rd article of the 
 Convention of the 20th 
 of October, 1818, hereby 
 continued in force, shall 
 be construed to impair, or 
 in any manner affect, the 
 claims which either of the 
 contracting parties may 
 have to any part of the 
 country westward of the 
 Stony or IJocky Moun- 
 tains." 
 
SUMMARY. 
 
 The Americans found their claim to the Oregon Territory — 
 
 1st— On the purchase of Louisiana from tiie French in 1803. 
 2nd~0n the rights they acquired from Spain by the Florida 
 
 Treaty. 
 3rd— From the discoveries and settlements of American citizens. 
 
 I. The purchase of Louisiana from the French, in 1803, can give no 
 title to the Oregon and the district of the Columbia, as the boundaries 
 of Louisiana never extended beyond the sources of the rivers Missouri 
 and Missisippi, and if we give the fullest extent to the Louisiana 
 claim, it was bounded by the Rocky Mountains. (See Map.) 
 
 IL The region acquired from Spain by the Florida Treaty. 
 
 The claim of Spain could aiise only from the discoveries of her 
 navigators. Sir Francis Drake was undoubtedly the first European 
 who sailed along this part of the north west continent of America. 
 The voyages of the Spanish navigators were subsequent to Drake's 
 voyage. 
 
 Spain acknowledged the right of Great Britain to tliese territories, 
 by the Convention of 17:K), and confirmed the Convention of 1790 by 
 the Treaty of 1814. The American Treaty with Spain was not rati- 
 fied until 1820, so that, if Spain had any rights, Great Britain had 
 acquired them by the prior cession. 
 
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 III From the discoveries and settlements of American citizens. 
 If priority of visitation gives the right to the territory. Sir Francis 
 Drake visited the shores of this country in 1581, Captam Cook m 1777, 
 Captain Meares in 1786. Vancouver and Broughton m 1791-2. The 
 J American navigator did not appear until 1792. If exploration of the 
 rivers and lands give the right to the territory. Captam Carver, a sub 
 iect of England, had visited the source of the Oregon River m 1768. 
 The North West Fur Company had established trading posts on the 
 Columbia River in 1804 ; it was not until 1806 that Messrs. Clark and 
 Lewis, an American expedition, passed down the valley of the Colum- 
 bia to its entrance into the sea. If America contends that a propr.e- 
 tary title has been acquired by the first visitations and explorations of 
 her citizens, she can only be entitled to a very small portion of the 
 territory ; inasmuch as her citizens have visited but a very small por- 
 tion of the country-the greater part of it having been pre-visited 
 by the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company, who are the subjecU of 
 Great Britain. The Law of nations has hitherto been. " that the navi- 
 gators of any nation, who first visited the shores of any country, 
 acquired for their Sovereigns, whose subjects they were ; not only the 
 shores, but the rivers running into the seas they visit." Upon this 
 principle have all the Colonial possessions of Spain, Portugal. France, 
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