...already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude c to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean ;' and whereas the Commissioners appointed by the high contracting...

...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...southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits to the Pacific Ocean." The negotiators would seem to have been either ignorant or neglectful...

...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...

...to the Treaty, dated Washington, June 15, 1846, after it had been continued westward along the 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, shall be further drawn southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits to the...

...boundary on the West Coast aa follows : — " The line shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the Channel which separates the Continent from Vancouver Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said Channel and of Fuoa Straits to...

...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...

...north latitude np to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fnca Straits to the Pacific Ocean ; and whereas the commissioners appointed by the two high contracting...

...which it had already lieeu ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of uorth latitude to the middle of the channel which separates...southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean ; and whereas the commissioners appointed by the two high contracting...

...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,'...

...Her Britannic Majesty and those of the United States shall bo 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 Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean ; provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of the said...