Essentials of United States history . inthe treaty of 1846 was the one to the north and west of theisland of San Juan (hob-an). This decision gave the islandto the United States, in accordance with our previous , for the first time in our history, the entire boundaryof the United States was undisputed. 424. The Fishery Dispute. — Since the War of 1812 therehad been disagreement in regard to our fishing rights on thecoasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. By the treaty ofWashington this dispute was referred to a commission of GRANTS ADMINISTRATION (1869-1877) 325 three men, appointed as
Essentials of United States history . inthe treaty of 1846 was the one to the north and west of theisland of San Juan (hob-an). This decision gave the islandto the United States, in accordance with our previous , for the first time in our history, the entire boundaryof the United States was undisputed. 424. The Fishery Dispute. — Since the War of 1812 therehad been disagreement in regard to our fishing rights on thecoasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. By the treaty ofWashington this dispute was referred to a commission of GRANTS ADMINISTRATION (1869-1877) 325 three men, appointed as follows: one by the President of theUnited States, one by the Queen of England, and thethird by the President and the Queen conjointly. Finally,though not till 1877, this commission met at Halifax andagreed that the United States should pay to Great Britainthe sum of five million five hundred thousand dollars. Al-though the United States thought the amount exorbitant,yet it was paid and the principle of arbitration was An Indian Encampment on the Blackfoot Reservation. Here, then, as the results of a single treaty between theUnited States and Great Britain, we have three importantquestions settled by arbitration, and the verdict acceptedand the requirements met by the two governments. 425. The Indians. — During Grants administration we hadserious difficulties with the Indian tribes of the great Sioux Indians were for a long time troublesome; theModocs of southern Oregon brought on the bloody GeneralModoc war, and the Sioux war of 1876 followed. CustersGeneral Custer and his brave band were all slaugh- Flght-tered by a force of Sioux Indians, numbering ten times as 326 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY many as his own army. But these troubles finally by a wiser treatment of the Indians, a more friendlyfeeling prevails throughout the entire Indian country. 426. Great Fires in Chicago and Boston. — The prosper-ous condition of our country i
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