. Cyclopedia of American government . 0. This left only theEnglish and American claims. Fruitless ef-forts at diplomatic settlement had been madein 1806 and again in the negotiations at Ghentin 1814. In 1818 joint occupancy was agreedupon for ten years. New negotiations in1821 and 1824 failing, the joint occupationwas in 1827 indefinitely continued. In 1846the line 49° which had been established as faras the Rocky Mountains in 1818 was con-tinued to the middle of the main channelseparating Vancouver Island from the main-land and thence to the Pacific. The disputeas to which was the main channe


. Cyclopedia of American government . 0. This left only theEnglish and American claims. Fruitless ef-forts at diplomatic settlement had been madein 1806 and again in the negotiations at Ghentin 1814. In 1818 joint occupancy was agreedupon for ten years. New negotiations in1821 and 1824 failing, the joint occupationwas in 1827 indefinitely continued. In 1846the line 49° which had been established as faras the Rocky Mountains in 1818 was con-tinued to the middle of the main channelseparating Vancouver Island from the main-land and thence to the Pacific. The disputeas to which was the main channel was settledby arbitration of the German Emperor pro-vided for in the Treaty of Washington of Boundaries, Exterior; Great Britain,Diplomatic Relations with; Russia, Diplo-matic Relations with; Spain, DiplomaticRelations with; Oregon; : J. S. Reeves, Am. Diplomacy un-der Tyler and Polk (1907), 190-264; G. , Westward Extension (1906),157-173, 343; J. B. Moore, Digest of 562 NOTES, UNITED STATES. Boundary proposed by United States In1818, 1824 & in 1845. Boundary proposed by Gt. Britain, 1824,and again in 1827 & in 1844 with a de-tached territory. A Boundary proposed by Gt. Britain, 1846;accepted, agreed to & established byTreaty, Aug. 1846. Claimed by Gt. Britain 1846-1871. Claimed By as boundary lineto 1871 and so awarded by the arbitrator^Oct. 21. 1872. 122° Longitude West 118° from Greenwich Hi The Northwestern Boundaky Controversy Int. Law (1906), § 835, Arbitrations(1898), I, 196-23G, R. Greenhow, Oregon(1844), chs. xvii, xviii; E. G. Bourne, Essaysin Historical Criticism (1901), § 1; TraversTwiss, Oregon Question (1846) ; H. H. Ban-erott, Nortlvwest Coast (1884), Oregon (1886),Washington, Idaho and Montana (1890) ; , Select Documents (1897), Nos. 70,74; A. B. Hart, Foundations of Am. ForeignPolicy (1901), §§ 26, 67; W. I. Marshall,Acquisition-of Oregon (1911). W. R. M. NOTES, UNITED STATES. A term appliedto the


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