...numerous tribes of Indians. The Treaty provided that the line of the 49th parallel, " should be continued to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...channel and of Fuca Straits to the Pacific Ocean." The negotiators would seem to have been either ignorant or neglectful of the fact that in the very...

...United States and those of her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...southerly, through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean ; provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of said...

...parallel of north latitude 'to the mi-Idle of the channel which separates tho continent from \rancouvcr's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of...Ocean ;' and whereas the Commissioners appointed by tho high contracting Parties to determine that portion of the boundary \\hii-h runs southerly through...

...already been o"jj^i£ei¿rw ascertained, should be continued westward along the said •'опЛ^'Агог "* aud thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuen •Straits, to the Pacific...

...United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuea's Straits to the Pacific Ocean; provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of the said...

...Senator, I have not finished that statement. It provides that the boundary shall follow the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...Island, and thence southerly through the middle of said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean. It further provides that the navigation...

...the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean : Provided, however, That the navigation of the whole of the said channel and straits south of tbe...

...the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuc«, Straits, to the Pacific Ocean: ProriM. however, That the navigation of the whole of the said...

...parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westwardaloug the said parallel of north latitude " to the middle of the channel which sppar»es the continent from Vancouver's island, and thence southerly, through the middl of the said...

...and survey. The convention of the 15th of June, 1846, declares that tbe line shall be drawn through the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island. And upon this it may be asked what the word ' channel' intended to mean. Generally speaking, the word 'channel,'...