The Meeker herald., 1892-09-24
ALL BECAUSE OF A PIG.
How A FAT PoRKsR GAME NEAR
CAUSING A WAR.
incident OF the Early Histort OF WASH
ington Territory Quarrel over
San Junn-Whcn Pickett
WAS Capitals.

| ' ancCuVer INTO Iusct sound ana OF
| the d discovery OF the Columbia river
| by Captain Robert Gray has led to u
searching OF records and II bringing
| TO ght of number Of interesting
| facts concerning the early history OF
the Pacific Northwest says Il Seattle
special TO the New York lines
enc OF the singular inc dents was
the quarrel over San Juan Island
when Il pig came near involving the
| United States and Great Britain IN
war. The causes OF the difficulty ran
| back several Years In 1918. when
tie title OF the United States to the
| land up to latitude ~ deg. n. was
disputed BY Great Britain treaty
was formed allowing q joint occu-
pancy of tho region now covered by
oregon Washington and Idaho. Into
this neutral territory the Hudson BAY
the same time settlers from the nit
ed States began max ne their way
! through the truckleas Wilderness
| Finally after our government had de.
handed that the boundary be ii ell mt
= I deg. 10 min. n ana there had
been much ncgo,iat on with little
| practical result Il treaty was agreed
upon. IN 1916. setting the Internal
onul boundary from the Lake OF the
Woods westward at the iorty-ninth
| parallel.
This settled everything until salt
water was reached and then the
/ dividing line ran between the islands
giving all of Vancouver to Great
Britain. There was some misundcr-
| standing. from The wording OF the
| treaty. which OF TWO channels the
| lines should follow. and accordingly
| san Juan. the largest and most fertile
island IN the Archipelago dc Hare
vst. claimed nv hoth .nun,r The
,nrritori,I govarnmcnto OF WnshInutor
ossertad INN sun Imam b.Inng.d TO
tho terri,or, and a,temrtal 10 col
Iect tnxos on propertr OF tho UuIson
Ray cn,nnnnv situated IN the island
| To Toctor in chnrgs informed the as.
ses.or ,,nt tho island bclonrod 10 her
majesty Queen Victoria but the
! sbariir of tGr tar,. tory Ievicd ON Same
sheen and sold Them for taxes. The
Hudson Ray cnmnurv then nuuealed
10 Tho british minister Mt Washington
| ID q md in Isig "A boundury com
| Mission was apDOintel 10 determine
! the line between the two countries.
| While the commission WIS at work
LYMAN A. Guitar one o. the Ameri-
can occupants of the island WAS
greatly ANNOYED by the deprcdations
| in his garden of "A bonr belonging To
the hudson Paw company. ci,Iurro.
niopstrni.d with the q rIcers of the
| comuany but obtaining no relic, he
took the case into his own hands and
| shot the animal The NEXT day tho
compuuy's ch Of factor Mr.. Iallns
| appeared in the steamer Beaver and
tried to arrest 1 u lar.spL take him TO
Victoria for tfihi. 'eI GUAR plcHeu up
>'' gun pointed 1t at The o'hcer ana
said they might take HIM TO Victoria,
but they would have to XIII MN hrst
Dallas did not care to prccipitute
contest then and there. and SO he
went back to Victoria empty handed.
The attempt OF TIE English to eN.
ere sc jurisdiction on the island reused
the wrath OF Brig. Gen. William =
Harvey, then commanding the depart
ment of the Columbia and lie sent
Capt Pickett with II company OF IN
fantry TO protect Inc interests oi
|
| The British replied by dispatching
! three vessels TO the scene-the Trib'