...Accordingly, on the 26th of August, 1844, the British Plenipotentiary offered to divide the Oregon Territory by the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, from...this line to belong to the United States, and that north of it to Great Britain. At the same time, he proposed, in addition, to yield to the United States...

...Accordingly, on the 26th of August, 1844, the British plenipotentiary offered to divide the Oregon Territory by the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude from...this line to belong to the United States and that north of it to Great Britain. At the same time he proposed in addition to yield to the United States...

...establish a permanent boundary between them westward of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean." north latitude from the Rocky Mountains to the point...this line to belong to the United States and that north of it to Great Britain. At the same time he proposed in addition to yield to the United States...

...establish a permanent boundary between them westward of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean." north latitude from the Rocky Mountains to the point...this line to belong to the United States and that north of it to Great Britain. At the same time he proposed in addition to yield to the United States...

...westward of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean." north latitude from the Rocky Mountains to tlie point of its intersection with the northeasternmost...this line to belong to the United States and that north of it to Great Britain. At the same time he proposed in addition to yield to the United States...

...August, 1844, the British plenipotentiary offered to divide the Oregon Territory by tlie forty-uiuth parallel of north latitude from the Rocky Mountains...River, and thence down that river to the sea, leaving tlit free navigation of the river to be enjoyed in common by both parties, the country south of this...

...the British plenipotentiary offered to divide the Oregon Territory by the forty-ninth parallel of t north latitude from the Rocky Mountains to the point...the northeasternmost branch of the Columbia River, arid thence down that river to the sea, leaving the free navigation of the river to be enjoyed in common...

...Britain. Afterward Great Britain proposed as a compromise the 49th parallel from the Rocky Mountains to its intersection with the northeasternmost branch...Columbia River, and thence down that river to the Pacific Ocean, but the proposition was rejected by the United States. No substantial results were reached...

...opportunity of presenting his proposal "that the Oregon Territory shall be divided between the two countries by the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean" with any port on Vancouver Island south of that line free to Great Britain. In his reply,...

...26th of August, 1844, the British Plenipotentiary offered to divide the Oregon territory by the 49th parallel of north latitude from the Rocky Mountains...parties —the country south of this line to belong to th¿ United States, and that north of it to Great Britain. At the same time he proposed,. in addition,...