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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaskan boundary, the. (search)
part, declared George Canning, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, essentially a negotiation of limits. It is a demand of the repeal of an offensive and unjustifiable arrogation of exclusive jurisdiction over an ocean of unmeasured extent. With a view to facilitate the withdrawal of this pretension, Great Britain proposed a settlement of limits. G. Canning to Stratford Canning, Dec. 8, 1824. The actual geographical features of the territory were to a great extent unknown. Vancouver had navigated and charted the coast, but the interior was unexplorded. Back from the shore high mountains were visible, and, after the manner of the early geographers, he drew artistic ranges which follow the windings of the coast, making a continuous barrier between the coast of the mainland and the interior country. It is well known, however, to the negotiators of the convention of 1825 that the mountain ranges might be broken, or that, instead of following closely the windings of the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harney, William Selby 1798-1889 (search)
98; entered the army while quite young; was in the Black Hawk War; and was made lieutenant-colonel of dragoons in 1836. Ten years later he was colonel. He served in the Florida, or Seminole, War (q. v.), and in the war with Mexico. In 1848 he was brevetted brigadier-general for his services in the battle of Cerro Gordo (q. v.). He was promoted to brigadiergeneral in 1858, and placed in command of the Department of Oregon; and in July. 1859, took possession of the island of San Juan, near Vancouver, which England claimed to be a part of British Columbia, and which the United States soon afterwards evacuated. Harney then commanded the Department of the West; and in April. 1861, while on his way to Washington, he was arrested by the Confederates at Harper's Ferry, Va., and taken to Richmond. He was soon released, and, on returning to St. Louis, issued proclamations warning the people of Missouri of the dangers of secession. In consequence of an unauthorized truce with Price, the Con
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sully, Alfred 1821- (search)
Sully, Alfred 1821- Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1821; son of Thomas Sully, the emigrant painter; graduated at West Point in 1841; served in the Seminole War, and in the war against Mexico. He was colonel of the 3d Minnesota Regiment early in 1862, and in the Peninsular campaign commanded a brigade. He was also in the principal battles of the Army of the Potomac in Maryland and Virginia until the close of that year, and in the battle of Chancellorsville. He was sent to Dakota Territory in 1863 to keep the Indians in subjection, where he was successful, and served in the Northeast until his death in Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, April 17, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sutter, John Augustus 1803-1880 (search)
uri, and became a naturalized citizen. There he engaged in a thriving cattle-trade with New Mexico by the old Santa Fe trail. Speaking French, German, Spanish, and English fluently, he became one of the best known and most popular of frontiersmen. Hearing of the beauty and fertility of the Pacific coast, he set out from Missouri with six men in 1838, and crossed 2,000 miles of a region which had rarely been trodden by civilized men. He went to Oregon, and descended the Columbia River to Vancouver. Thence he proceeded to the Sandwich Islands. There he bought and freighted a ship, and in her proceeded to Sitka, the capital of Alaska, then a Russian possession. The venture was suecessful, and he sailed to the Bay of San Francisco in July, 1839. On the banks of the Sacramento River, Cal., he established himself, gathered a little colony there, put various industries in motion, and accumulated an immense fortune. Within two years after his arrival in California he possessed 1,000
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
with an exploring party, sent by Great Britain around the world, commissioned also to settle the boundary question on the north of California, anchors his vessel, the Discovery, in San Francisco Harbor......Nov. 14, 1792 With seven officers, Vancouver, on horseback, visits Santa Clara, under Spanish escort; the first foreigners to penetrate so far into the interior......Nov. 20, 1792 Vancouver anchors at Monterey, Nov. 27, 1792; visits San Carlos, Dec. 2; puts to sea......Jan. 15, 1793 Vancouver anchors at Monterey, Nov. 27, 1792; visits San Carlos, Dec. 2; puts to sea......Jan. 15, 1793 Returns from the Hawaiian Islands in 1793 and again in 1794; is suspected by the Spanish governor, and coldly received; anchoring at Monterey, he visits the Salinas Valley; sails away......Dec. 2, 1794 First vessel from the United States in a Californian port, the Otter, from Boston, arrives at Monterey, Oct. 29, 1796. The captain, Ebenezer Dorr, after obtaining supplies, secretly lands ten Englishmen and one woman, stowaways from Port Saxon, and sails away......Nov. 6, 1796 By royal o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
as the northern boundary of the United States, ratified......Jan. 12, 1825 Dr. John McLoughlin, of the Hudson Bay Company, moves headquarters from Astoria to Vancouver, which thus becomes first settlement in present State of Washington......1825 Fort Colville built by the Hudson Bay Company at Kettle Falls, on the Columbia.....1825 Nathaniel J. Wyeth, with twenty-one men, starts from Boston overland for Oregon, and with a remnant of his party descends the Columbia, arriving at Fort Vancouver......Oct. 29, 1832 Fort Nisqually built by Archibald McDonald 4 or 5 miles from the mouth of the Nisqually River.......1833 Mission station established e and prohibition are rejected......Oct. 1, 1889 President proclaims Washington a State from......Nov. 11, 1889 Cities of Seattle, Spokane, Ellensburg, and Vancouver visited by disastrous fires......1889 New insane asylum at Medical Lake erected......1889-90 Legislature passes the Australian ballot bill......March 19, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vancouver Island, (search)
Vancouver Island, An island in the North Pacific Ocean, near the mainland of the State of Washington and British Columbia, from which it is separated by the Gulf of Georgia. It is about 300 miles long, and was named after Capt. Geo. stored. By treaty with the United States, Vancouver, an English navigator, who was sent on a voyage of discovery to seek any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. He sailed in April, 1791, and returned Sept. 24, 1795. He compiled an account of his survey of the northwest coast of America, and died in 1798. Settlements, made here by the English in 1781, were seized by the Spaniards in 1789, but rein 1846, the island was secured to Great Britain. It has become of importance since the discovery of gold in the neighboring mainland, in 1858, and the colonization of British Columbia. The island was united with British Columbia in August, 1866; and on May 24, 1868, Victoria, founded in 1857, was declared the capi