Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-08-05

to treat and agree concerning the terms of such
Element that is to say, the President of the United
States of America has on his part furnished with full
powers James Buchanan, Secretary of State of the
United States, and her Majesty the Queen Of the Uni
ted Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland has on her
part appointed Ri. Hon. Richard Pakenham, men,
Der of her Majestys most Hon orable Prvy Council,
and her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the United States who. after hav
ing communicated to each other their respective full
powers. framed in good and due form, have agreed
upon and concluded the following articles
ARTICLE l.-"F From point on the 49th parallel
of North Latitude where the boundary laid down in
existing treaties and conventions between the Uni
ted States and Great Britain terminates, the line of
boundary between the territories other Brttanc Ma
esty and those of the United States shall be contin-
ued Westward along the 49th parallel of north lat-
tude to the middle of the channel which separates the
continent from Vancouvers Island and thence South
ery through the middle of said channel, and of Fuca
Straits to the Pacific ocean provided however, that
the navigation of the said channel and straits South
of the 49th parallel of North latitude remain free &
open to both parties."
ARTICLE p" From the point at which the 49th pa
rael of North latitude shall be found to ntersect the
great Northern branch of the Columbia river the nav
gation of the said branch shall be free and open to
the Hudsons Bay company, and to all British subjects
trading with the same, to the point where the said
branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and
thence down the said main stream to the Ocean, with
free access into and through the said river rivers,
being understood that all the usual portages along
the line thus described shall in like manner be free
and open. In navigating said river rivers, British
subjects with their goods and produce, shall be treat
ed on the same footing as citizens of the U. States
it being however, always understood that nothing in
this article shall pc construed as preventing, or in
tended to prevent, the Government of the United
States from making any regulations respecting the
navigatons of said river rivers, not inconsistent
with the present treaty.
ARTICLE BIN the future appropriations of lands
south of the 49th parallel of north latitude, provi
ded in the first article of this treaty, the possessory
rights of the Hudson's Bay company, and of all the
British subjects who may be already in possession of
land other property rghtfuly acquired within the
said territory, shall be respected.
ARTICLE 4.-The farms. lands and other property,
of every description, belonging to the Pugets Sound
Agricultural company, the north side of the Col
umbla 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 desire to obtain
possession of the whole, of any part thereof the
property so required shall be transferred to the said
Government at proper valuation to be agreed upon
between the parties.
ARTICLE 5.-The present Treaty shall be ratified
by the President of the United States by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by
her Brittanc Majesty and the notifications shall be
exchanged at London at the expiration of six months
from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentia-
res have signed the same, and have affixed thereto
the seals of their arms.
Done at Washington, the fifteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord thousand eght-hundred and
forty-six.
JAMES BUCHANAN,
PICuAPn pAKENHAM