CHAPTER XVIII.

1842 To 1846.

Excitement in the United States respecting Oregon, 376- Bill in the Senate for the imme-

diate Occupation of Oregon, 379-That Bill inconsistent with the Convention of 1827,

between the United States and Great Britain, 383-Renewal of Negotiations between

the United States and Great Britain-Emigrations from the United States to Oregon,

386-State of the Hudson's Bay Company's Possessions, 388-Treaty concluded, 404.

PROOFS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

A.

Original Account of the Voyage of the Greek Pilot Juan de Fuca along the North-West

Coasts of America in 1592.

407

Furs and the Fur Trade.

B.

C.

411

Correspondence between the Spanish Commandant at Nootka Sound, and the Masters of the

American trading Vessels Columbia and Hope, respecting the Occurrences at that Place

in the Summer of 1789.

413

D.

Original Documents relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and Spain, in 1790.. 418

E.

Original Documents relative to the Discovery of the Columbia River, by the Spaniards and

the Americans.

430

F.

Showing that the Forty-ninth Parallel of Latitude was not selected as the Line of Separation

between the French and the British Territories in North America, by Commissioners ap-

pointed agreeably to the Treaty of Utrecht.

436

G.

Papers relative to the American Establishment of Astoria, on the Columbia River.

439

H.

Statements presented on each side in the course of the Conferences, held at London, in De-

cember 1826, between Messrs. Huskisson and Addington, the British Plenipotentiaries, and

Mr. Gallatin, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.

K.

Treaties and Conventions relative to the North-West Territories of North America.

GEOGRAPHY

OF THE

WESTERN SECTION OF NORTH AMERICA.