North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-05-13
EDITED BY CANADIANS & AMERICANS

discovered Ga inlet in IS degrees 6 min.
utes, which is noted on Spanish narS,
I published within ten vcars afterwards ~
the Inlet Of Heeeia. Other Spanish mans.
published within the same period, repres-
entef THIS inlet, as the mouth OF n river
called the Rio dc San ROGUE it is In
TACT, the mouth of the River now called
the Columbia. The other Spanish YES
gel, under Bodega, went as fur North rs
57ih degree in the course Of which WOW.
age, the Spanierds certainly saw the COASTS
ol the continent and it's islands very fre.
quenly, and landed in many places, where
they leit monuments in token Of their WIS.,
Its. The Spanish Government endeayor.
cd likewise 10 suppress all accounts of this
expedition fortunately, however, Mr..
Darlington, an English gentleman. OBJ
tanned from Madrid a copy 81 the journal
Kept by Maureie, The pilot Of Bodera's
vessel, which he translated inlo English
and published in London in 1881, among
his Miscelanies.
In 1873, another expedition along these
coasts was made by the Spaniards inlwo
vessels, commanded by Arteagn and Bo.
dega, who visited several places situated
near the sixtielh degree but those parts
nt The coast had, in the preceding year
been minuiely explored BY The British, I'M
der captain Cook
Cook arrived on the American coast
near the 43rd degree Of latitude, in 177s.
tie examined the shores OF the continent
between tina, degree and the 10Th with
care ; and he entered the bav called by him
Nootka Sound, where he refitied his sbips.
lie then saw many points on The West
coasts OF the WesIernmost islands, which
line the shore between The 43th and The
59th parallels and explored infinitely the
remainder of the West coast OF the con.
tlnent beyond those islands, as far as The
Arctic sea. The British, in This expe-
dition, were ignorant Of the discoveries
made by the Spaniards in l774 and I775 !;
and, in TACT, had not Batrineton's trans
ation Of Maulelle's journal appeared in
print before the termination Of the British
expedition, il would have been impossible
10 deprive Cook oil the merit Of having
discovered tho whole West coast of Amer
lca North of the 40th degree as no snf-
iiclent evidence could have been adduced
in proof Of prior discoveries from the man
uscrlpis OF the Spaniards, which might
fairly have been assumed TO be forperies.
made up from Cooks Journals. The Brit
ish, 20 the present day, give no credit 10
the discoveries Of Perez, which were not
communicated 10 the world until eighteen
years after the publication Of Cooks Jour
mails, and their writer's studiously omit alt
mention of the expedition Of Bodega and
Hece,a.
Between 1885 and 1895, the Northwest
coasts of America were irequented by The
for traders Of Great-Briain, France, Aus
iria, and the Uniied-States and thew
were carefully surveyed by the national
ships of Great-Dritain, Spain, Russia, and
France. The Russians had established
colonies and trading posts on the Northern
most parts Of The coast; and one attempt
had been made by the Spaniards TO form a
settlement further South, which OCCASION
ed dispute between their Government
and that OF Great Britain. A Spanish force
sent from Mexico, in 1889, took possession
OF Nooika SonDd, which had been Of the
principal places Of resort for the fur trad
ers OF all nations. The Spanish comman-
dant Martinez, also seized two British
vessels which arrived there when he was
in possession, bringing men and materials
FOR the establishment Of a trading com
parry. The owners Of these vessels COM
planned TO the British Government and
their agent, Mr.. Meares, moreover re-
presented--falsely, as can be pfoved-tbat
he bad already, in the year before The oc.
cnpaiion of Eoolka Sound by the Spani-
ards, himself purchased the territory Mt
that place, and erected fort and factory
on it, under the British flag. The British
Government, upon the strength of these
misreprese niations, demanded the restit-
ution of Nooika Sound, and of the other
places in It's vicinity, which Meares pre-
tended to have purchased, az well as the |
OF the right Of British subjects |
10 navigate the Pacific, and 10 make set
dement's on any part Of the West coast of
America, North of the Northern settle
ments Of the Spaniards. After some nego-
and preparations on both sides for
war, the Spanish Government Welded !;
and stipulstions, conformable with the de-
mands OF the British, as well as some
others respecting the navigation Of the
Pacific aud South Seas, the Tigh. Of trade
and settlement on their coasts. and the in
10 be- made TO British sub
ects, were embodied in convention (com-
MONTY called tie Nooika TREATY signed
10 October 1890. Other negotiations fol-
awad rasnerfiny The exfeuf of teyrifory 60