The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-02-07
-, xorthern Point Of the United
~ ses' - States.

,s.;on were asked, Which il
Hin es4 northern part of the United
be n'oss .. ant Alaskan perhaps many
ssie;' sA'Th e line Of 40 deg. from the
could sa,' Woods to the Strait OF De
bss Bat Bat that answer would De lneor,
Fuca, rt Ds s ) point where the United
- i s.sebes 10 deg. % sec. "a min.
Saie ,.' sd 1t is in longitude 80
- ~ Il min IS sec west t rom Green
dch AR words, at Lake Of the Woods,
lno'ns a,is our territory includes a
. s''a asss reaching beyond 40 deg
spsil AZ Is miles. This little -ex-
n'fs a ~. iutting out into British Amer,
assesa sec,satly put down upon some OF
ia SIC but / have not seen it on
OF ,sem. 1t is indicated, though
p'ns = mon Cases large map OF the
EI'ss ,sfes and upon the large map
'l,sSi.hed By the Government and issued
nIsnd Office. / observe it also in
800 school Biographies.
Wr nan which shows it most accu-
~ ,,erhaps the Map of Minnesota,
r's aS hY the St. Paul Book and
p r'a.:sssrv Company, at St. Paul. On
s = IL maps the Lake of the Woods
~ = !" no means correct, or even APP
snrinstely 50. > ,,l.e
P' ar learning the fact that our coun.
49, hold this little -jutting piece OF
Y Va I'm IND and water, the question arises,
~" ~ Al L happen that the boundary
~ s'.,d txEe this circuitous direction?
nc ,,' snxwcr Is as follows: In the dcfini-
~. ~ rssfv o. Paris, signed (September
: ,-s,l ~ John Adams, David Hart
, : 4" re1ismin Franklin, and John Jay,
:, ,%,Ie hi defines the boundaries OF
, s In this article we find that
s.am Lake Superior westward the
Sarduy is given as follows; r
The ..Theace through the middle of Long
ida and the water communication be-
, s 4 and the Lake of the Woods;
hence through the said lake to The most
scJirsaern point thereof, and from
,beuce in 8 due west course to the river
Mississippi
Es;dsntly it was then supposed that
ae source Of the Mississippi was to
M north and west of this point. When,
kssyer. It was subsequently ascer-
FINED that the headwaters of this river
we're 70 the southwark, the line was
made 10 run from this "most north
western point Of said lake" due south to
lsiinde 10 deg.
We next find allusion to the matter in
the treaty Of /" Amity, Commerce, and
yuiga,ion," signed at London, Nov.
10, l7gI) by Grenville and John Jay.
The lth Article proposes that, " Where
q h i uncertain whether the river Mis-
,ippi extends 20 far to the northward as
ti iniersected by a line to be drawn
dus west from the Lake of the Woods"
measures shall be taken :. to make a
iint survey and the two parties will
Iheupcn proceed to amicable negotia-
tiou b regulate the boundary line in /.
By the eth Article of the treaty of
Client i was agreed to refer to commits
Scners "the Boundary line from Lake |
Superior the Lake Of the Woods. y In
1917 the commissioners made their final |
rpor, with mapsof actual survey from
Aks Huron TO the Lake Of the Woods.
Ia this report they say -
"The extreme northwestern point of |
the Lake Of the Woods is declared to
be q lst n. 40 deg. % min. "a sec. and |
lon. ", Is deg. II min. SO sec. SO that
IN conformity with the treaty this point, !
having been sscertained to be north of
parallel 40 deg, line is drawn
que south from it to parallel |
u deg, on which parallel it is
70 I, b continued to the Rocky Mountains.
No means have yet been taken to delin-
cate the boundary westward from the |
Lake Of the Moods -
The commissioners were Peter B.
fs'tsr and Anthony Barclay. No change
ss made from these agreements by
lsis. y ~ s'' v
hh'o be hoped that all future school
4: and large maps will show
, y ooubdry Prof. Nm. A. Mourn, in
" 8. Jo1fadl Of Educdfio,a.