Evidence for the United States in the matter of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies. Miscellaneous. Washington, M'Gill & Witherow, Printers, 1867. 2 p. l., 397 p. 25 cmU.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 |
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... land in British Columbia , occupying most favorable sites at the mouths of rivers , the titles to which have been con- firmed by her Majesty's Government , farms ... land to the extent of about 1,000,000 acres , in portions of the Crown 23.
... land in British Columbia , occupying most favorable sites at the mouths of rivers , the titles to which have been con- firmed by her Majesty's Government , farms ... land to the extent of about 1,000,000 acres , in portions of the Crown 23.
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... acres of land under fence , the cutting and carting the rails required a great deal of labor . The cutting , sawing , and carting the lumber from the saw - mills back to the plain , with the making of the necessary roads , also required ...
... acres of land under fence , the cutting and carting the rails required a great deal of labor . The cutting , sawing , and carting the lumber from the saw - mills back to the plain , with the making of the necessary roads , also required ...
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... land used by the Company at Fort Vancouver in 1846 , say containing a frontage of twenty - five miles on the Columbia , by ten miles in depth , in all two hundred and fifty square miles , or about one hundred and sixty thousand acres ...
... land used by the Company at Fort Vancouver in 1846 , say containing a frontage of twenty - five miles on the Columbia , by ten miles in depth , in all two hundred and fifty square miles , or about one hundred and sixty thousand acres ...
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... acre . " On what authority or evidence did you make this estimate of the amount of land used by the Company ? Ans ... land was used by them for the purposes mentioned , and I have been over large portions of it on foot and on horseback ...
... acre . " On what authority or evidence did you make this estimate of the amount of land used by the Company ? Ans ... land was used by them for the purposes mentioned , and I have been over large portions of it on foot and on horseback ...
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... acres under fence . Beyond this is another prairie , known as the Camass . The mills are supplied by water issuing out of the bench of land behind . The land generally described in the last sentence is of a very fair quality ; on the ...
... acres under fence . Beyond this is another prairie , known as the Camass . The mills are supplied by water issuing out of the bench of land behind . The land generally described in the last sentence is of a very fair quality ; on the ...
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accounts acres of land agent Ans.-There answer to interrogatory April Attest Ballenden Bay and Puget's British Columbia buildings cattle Chief Factor claimants Columbia river Colvile Commissioner Company's claim copy counsel county of Pierce couver Cowlitz district donation law estimate face in red farms Fort Colvile Fort Nisqually Fort Vancouver Governor Douglas honor Hudson's Bay Company Indians J. E. LONG JAMES TILTON Judge Day knowledge land claim letter Lewis county limits Mactavish Majesty's Government mills Nisqually Nisqually river obedient servant occupied OREGON CITY Oregon Territory pany parties Pierce County pine tree marked Plain possession possessory rights previous to 1846 profits Puget's Sound Agricultural Puget's Sound Company recollection remember reserve respectfully saw-mill settlers son's Bay Company Sound Agricultural Company surveys thence about east timber tion tract of land trade treaty of 1846 United Vancouver W. F. Tolmie Washington Territory west one mile witness
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Página 245 - River, shall be confirmed to the said company. In case however the situation of those farms and lands should be considered by the United States to be of public and political importance, and the United States' Government should signify a desire to obtain possession of the whole, or of any part thereof, the property so required shall be transferred to the said Government, at a proper valuation, to be agreed upon between the parties.
Página 253 - In the future appropriation of the territory, south of the fortyninth parallel of north latitude, as provided in the first article of this Treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay Company and of all British subjects who may be already in the occupation of land or other property, lawfully acquired within the said Territory, shall be respected.
Página 323 - County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the original Resolution No.
Página 325 - Delaware or its certain attorney, or assigns, to which payment well and truly to be made we jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this...
Página 271 - Britain, on the adjustment of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies, in Oregon, and are now proceeding to the execution of the trust assigned to them.
Página 331 - AD 1905, as taken from and compared with the original now on file In my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Trenton this 7th day of March, 190C.
Página 294 - Bay Company have hitherto had an exclusive right to trade with Indians in the Fraser River territory, but they have had no other right whatever. They have had no right to exclude strangers. They have had no rights of government, or of occupation of the soil. They have had no right to prevent or interfere with any kind of trading, except with the Indians alone. But to render all misconceptions impossible, her Majesty's Government have determined on revoking the Company's...
Página 284 - Oregon, whether on account of lands and buildings, or on account of privileges mentioned in the aforesaid articles. In reference to the line of the water boundary intended by the treaty, with respect to which, also, her Majesty's government have been invited by the United States government to make a proposition for its adjustment, I am instructed to inform you that her Majesty's government are glad to reciprocate the friendly sentiments expressed in...
Página 217 - The article under consideration does not declare that all the grants made by his catholic majesty before the 24th of January 1818 shall be valid to the same extent as if the ceded territories had remained under his dominion.
Página 388 - State, to any body corporate, or company, or person or persons, of or for the exclusive privilege of trading with the Indians in all such parts of North America...