XV111 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



1842 to 1845. 



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

 diate Occupation of Oregon, 371' — That Bill inconsistent with the Convention of 1827, 

 between the United States and Great Britain, 388 — Renewal of Negotiations between 

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

 391 — State of the Hudson's Bay Company's Possessions, 393 — Conclusion. 



PROOFS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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

 Coasts of America in 1592 407 



B. 



Furs and the Fur Trade. 411 



c. 



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 



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 

 Air. Gallatin, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States 446 



1. 



Documents relating to the Hudson's Bay Company 465 



K. 



Treaties and Conventions relative to the North- West Territories of North America. . 476 



