Oregon Boundary Question


(Sir James Douglas era) Settled in 1846, 27; occupation of the

Columbia by the Astorians made basis of United States claims, 72; Oregon

Treaty, 1846, 114; fundamental elements of dispute, 147-149; the Spanish

title, 148; the collision at Nootka, 148; Gray's exploit strengthens

United States claim, 148; negotiations between Great Britain and the

United States, 149-150; United States flag raised over Astoria, 150;

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nt of Oct. 20, 1818, 151; Florida Treaty, 1819, and the Spanish

title in the west, 153; negotiations reopened at London, 154; attitude

of British and American governments, 154; compromise of 1827, 155;

popular feeling in United States, 156; "fifty-four forty or fight," 157;

arbitration refused, 157; 49th parallel proposed by Britain as boundary,

157; analyses of opposing claims, 159-168; mutual ignorance concerning

Oregon, 169-170; British and American diplomacy, 171-172; negotiations

and treaty of 1846, 275; history of the dispute, 276-283. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Treaty

removes any immediate prospect of rupture with the United States, 272.

(Lord Elgin era) Threatening aspect of dispute leads to selection of a military

governor; Lord Cathcart, 38; settlement of, 40. (Sir John A Macdonald era) Settled by treaty

of June 15, 1846, 178. =Bib.=: Lit. Amer. Hist.; Kingsford, History

of Canada; Nicolay, Oregon Territory; Gray, History of Oregon;

Hodgins, British and American Diplomacy Affecting Canada; Begg,

History of British Columbia; Schafer, History of the Pacific

North-West; History and Digest of International Arbitrations to which

United States has been a Party; Egerton, Canada.



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