History of Oregon Territory: It Being a Demonstration of the Title of These United States of North America to the Same ...J. Winchester, New World Press, 1844 - 80페이지 |
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acquired arrived Astoria boundary Britain Britannic majesty Cabrillo Cape Captain Gray Catholic majesty coast of America Colnett Columbia River command commerce committee Continent convention Cook Cortez declaration degree of north discovered embassador England English Escurial established expedition explored extent Ferrelo fisheries FLORIDA BANCA Fort George forty-ninth parallel France Fuca harbor Iphigenia islands John Meares June king land latitude 38 Lewis and Clarke Macao Madrid Martinez Meares Mississippi mouth nations navigation Nootka Sound north latitude northern Northwest America northwest coast Northwest Company occupied Oregon Territory Pacific Fur Company Pacific Ocean parties port Portuguese pretensions Princess Royal prior discovery restored right of sovereignty Rocky Mountains sailed San Blas sent settlements ship Sir Francis Drake South Sea Spaniards Straits subjects surrender take possession tion took possession trade treaty of 1790 treaty of Ghent treaty of Utrecht United Vancouver vessels voyage
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80 페이지 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, 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 present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
66 페이지 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
80 페이지 - ART. 2. It shall be competent, 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 contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention ; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
70 페이지 - You are also, with the consent of the natives, to take possession in the name of the King of Great Britain, of convenient situations in such countries as you may discover, that have not already been discovered or visited by any other European power, and to distribute among the inhabitants such things as will remain as traces and testimonies of your having been there...
64 페이지 - Shores of the Pacific Ocean, though much frequented by our spirited Commercial Navigators, have been barely visited by our Public Ships. The River of the West, first fully discovered and navigated by a Countryman of our own...
64 페이지 - ... the northwest, with whom our trade is extensive. It is thought also that by the establishment of such a post the intercourse between our Western States and Territories and the Pacific and our trade with the tribes residing in the interior on each side of the Rocky Mountains would be essentially promoted.
58 페이지 - Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence...
63 페이지 - In looking to the interests which the United States have on the Pacific Ocean and on the western coast of this continent, the propriety of establishing a military post at the mouth of Columbia River, or at some other point in that quarter within our acknowledged limits, is submitted to the consideration of Congress.
66 페이지 - Britain, and also by the Treaty of Peace of 1783, between the United States and Great Britain. By the former the confines between the British and French possessions were irrevocably fixed ' by a line drawn along the middle of the Mississippi from its source to the Iberville,
58 페이지 - The boundary line between the two countries, west of the Mississippi, shall begin on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sabine, in the sea, continuing north, along the western bank of that river...