The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered

according to Greenhow actual possession aforesaid ascer Bodeya and Maurelle Britain Broughton Cape Cape Flattery claim claimants colonies Columbia Valleys commerce common boundary continent Cook's disputed territory England and America English exclusive existence exploring farther favour of England fifth article Fonté grand branches Gray's discovery Heceta discovers height of land Hudson's Bay Company inlets interior country Lake Lewis and Clarke Lower Columbia maritime Meares merely Mexico Mount Edgecumb Mount St mouth natural boundaries navigation never Nootka Sound North-west Archipelago north-west coast North-west Company northern OREGON TERRITORY Pacific Ocean parallel of 42 Port San Francisco portion pretensions Prince William's Sound Puget Sound Queen Charlotte's Island question range of territory respect right of trading Rio de San river Rocky Mountains Russian America San Roque settlements shew shore Southern branch Southern Valleys Strait of Fuca subjects Tacoutche Tesse tain third article tion tramontane treaty of 1790 treaty of 1819 undeniable United waiver whole wilderness