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;
agreem
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.