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 BRITISH AND AMERICAN JOINT CO^LAIISSION ON THE 
 HUDSON'S BAY AND TUGET SOUND AGRICULTURAL 
 COMPANIES' CLAIMS. 
 
 4 
 
 TO THE nOXOllAHLK THE COMMISSrOXEES : 
 
 The PUGET SOUND ACillFCUr/milAL CO.^HWNV 
 
 sii])iuit the following Memorial and statomoiit oC their claims 
 upon \\w Uiute<l States ; ami for facts and considerations in 
 support of such claims, respectfully declare : — 
 
 That in the year 184G, and tor many years previous-' thereto, the 
 Pimx't Sound AuTicultural Conii)anv wore, and since have Lcen, onu'ati'od 
 in tlie business of agriculture and farniiuLr, and of l)reeding ami raising 
 live stock ; and for the purposes and in the course of carrying on their 
 said business, they acijuired and became possessed as owners tliercof, 
 before the said time, of certain fiirnis and c.\.tensi\e tracts of land in tlie 
 T'erritory lying on tlu3 North West coast of America, to tlic Soutli. of the 
 40th parallel of North latitude and North of tlic Columbia River. 
 
 Tliat upon portions of their said lauds there were erected and made 
 by them, buildings, enclosures and other improvements of great cost and 
 Value; and the Company also owned and possessed, and pastured and 
 fed upon the said lands, their said live stock, consisting of large and val- 
 iiable herds of cattle and horses, aiul flocks of sheep ; from the sale and 
 disposal of which, and of the other productions of their said farms and 
 land, they received great annual returns and prolit. 
 
 That by Article IV. of the Treaty concluded between the United 
 States of America and Grent Britain, under date of the loth day of 
 June, 184G, it was provided, that the farms, lands, and other [)roperty of 
 every description belonging to the Buget Sound Agricultural Company, 
 on the North side of the Columbia River, should bo contirmed to tlu^ 
 said Company; but that in case the situation of those farnrs and lands 
 should be considered by the United States to b(> of public ami political 
 importance, and the United States' Government should signify a desire 
 to obtain possession of the wiiolo, or of any itart thereof, the i>roperty so 
 l'c»iuired should be transferred to the said Government, at a proper val- 
 uation, to be agreed upon Ijctween the parties. 
 
 That the Government of the United States has nnt, at any time, 
 f^ignilied to the Company a desire that any of the said property should 
 bo transferred to the said Government, at a valuation as proviiled by 
 the Treaty, nor has any transfer thereof been made ; but the Company 
 have, ever since, continued to l)o the rightful owners of the said lands, 
 farms and other property, and entitled to the free and umlisturbed [wa- 
 session and cnjovmcnt thereof. 
 
2 
 
 Tl.atl.v aC(.uvenli..n eoncUul.-d lu'twoon llio two (lovevnmonts on 
 
 the 1st dav'of July, 18('.:i, it was .-vuTccl. lliat all .|acstioiis iK'tuwn tl.r 
 
 United States' authorities. ..n tlie one lian.1, and the Puget Sound A-n- 
 
 eultural Company on the other, with respeet to the ri-hts and elain.s ..f 
 
 the latter, should he settled l>y the transfer of sueh rights and elaims to 
 
 the Government of the United States lor an adecpiato money eonslderati->n. 
 
 And the claimants aver, that the rights ami elaims of the Tiigvl 
 
 Sound Agricultural Com] )any, referred to and intended in and l.y the 
 
 said Convention, are their rights and claims in and upon tlie sai.l lands, 
 
 farms and other property of every description, which they so held and 
 
 possessed within the said territory, and which, hy reason of the sai<l 
 
 Treaty of the loth June, 184(5, and according to the terms ..f the Fourth 
 
 Article tliereof, the United States became and were bound to conlirm. 
 
 And of the said farms and other pro])erty, they now submit to the 
 
 Honorable the Commissioners a detailed statement aud valuation as 
 
 follows : — 
 
 if/^-.sV.—The tract of land at Xis([ually, extending along tlie shores of 
 Pugot Sound, from the Xis(pially River, on the one side, to the Pu-ynl-lup 
 Piivcr, on the other, and back to flic coast range of mountains, containing 
 not less than two hundred and sixty-one s(piare miles, or one hundred 
 and sixty-seven thousand and f>rty acres: of which said tracl of land a 
 portion is improved aud under cultivation for farming and agriculture, 
 aud the remaining portion thereof was occupied and used by the 
 Company for <lie grazing and pasturage of their cdtle, horses aud 
 sheep, and lor cutting wood and timber tliereon, and for other purposes 
 connected with their business; the whole being of the value of one 
 hundred and sixty thousand p(»unds sterling (€1G0.<H>0): the fort, 
 bastions, houses, stores, barns, shops, and <uit buildings, with the fencing 
 and enclosures at the main post aud establishment, and the liouscs, 
 barns, (uitbuildings, fencing and enclosures at the other jioiuts on tli(> 
 said laud, of the cost and value of four thousand i>ounds sterling 
 (£4,000); these two sums making togetlier the entire sum o[ one 
 
 hundred and sixty-four thousand pounds sterling (.£1(»4,000) 
 
 eiiual to seven hundred and ninety-eight tlKUisand one hundred and 
 thirtv-thrce dollars and thirtv-three cents (s7'.)8,i:W.;n.) 
 
 tSccontJh/.—Thc laiul aud farm at the Cowelit/. lliver, known a'i 
 the Cowelit/ Fariii, consisting of three thousand live hundred and 
 seventy-two acres, more or less; of which upwards of llfteen humlred 
 acres are improved and under cultivation for farming and agricultural 
 j^arpuses, and the remaining [)ortion is used for cattle and sheep ranges, 
 and pasturage, and for other i>uri)oses connected with the business of 
 the said Coini>aiiy ; the said last mentioned land being of the value of 
 twenty thousand pounds sterling (oCi'OjOtH)) ; the estaldishment aud 
 buildings of the Cowelitz farm, consisting of dwelling houses, saw mills, 
 stores, granai-ies, l)arns, stables, sheds, and piggeries, aud of a great 
 extent of fencing and enclosures, of tiie value of six thousand pounds 
 sterling (i;G,0(.H)) : the said two last mentioned sums, making together 
 the entire sum of twenty-six thousand pounds sterling (»eJG,000) 
 
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 cr[U;il III <in(> Imiulrod and l\voii(y->i\ tli'iiisnnd live liuiidrcd mid thirty 
 tliroo diilliiis ;iiid tliirly-tliroc cents (?:ll'U,').'5.'{. .'{.'>.) 
 
 Thii'dlij. — 'Hie ConipMiiy alsn ouihmI and ])iis.-'.'><i'd li\e stoclc. con- 
 sistinL!,' ot'tliroc tliuiisand one limuliTd licad of neat citllr, tlircr liiindrcd 
 and lit'ty linrse-, and live tliousand llii'ci' liuiidrt-il .-li(\'|), dl" tin' value el" 
 twiMity-tive tliousand |tiiiiiiils sterliiiL;- (€l*'),( )!»:>) : wiiidi wwl' |ia-lured 
 and fed on tlieir said lands, liefDre and at tlie time of the cuiicliision of 
 the Treaty of the loth June, lS4-f'>. ami afterwards, until llie time ef 
 tlie fuiuniission of the acts and injuries luM-einafter- nHMitinned, Iiy wliidi 
 tlie jrreater part of tlio said live stock wa-i either killed, u" driven away, 
 and entirely lost to the ('<»ni|i.iny, within a t\'\\ years after the time of 
 tin- said Treaty. 
 
 And the elainiants a\er, that althuiuli al tlie tinii' ol' the coiiclu-ion 
 of the Treaty of the loth June, ISt'), and for a lorn:' time iiefore. they 
 li(d(l and ]»ossessed the said lands, farms. ,iii<l other |»i'o|)er(y as owners 
 thereof, and the United iStates, I)y the terms ami accoi'dinu' to the Con- 
 ventions eoiitained in the said Trcvity, nndertook and were i»oumI lo coii- 
 tirni them in the same ; yet the I'nited .States failed to e\(H'iite oi' L:rant to 
 the said Company any formal title of onlii'ination of tlieii- said lands, 
 farms and other property : and by reason thereof, and of the acts and 
 proceediniis of oili.cers of the I'nited States, and of /vmericaii citizen^, 
 ami of others assumiim' to act under the authority of the laws, or ol' the 
 (jovei'nment of the United States, (he <.'onipany were deprived of the 
 Use and enjoyment of a larii'e [)ortioii of their lands. I'arms, and other 
 ])roperty, and of the rents, fruits, and prollts thereof; tlieir pasturan'e 
 was destroyed or taken from them : tluMrlive stock killed or driven oil', 
 and wholly lost to them ; and their entire hu-iiiess liroken up or ren- 
 dered an proli table. 
 
 And the claimants, have in conseipience, sullered loss to the amount 
 
 of fifty thousand pounds Sterliii-' (XoO.OOO) 
 
 eipial to two hundred and forty-three tliou-^and three hundred and 
 thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents (SJ4.V..'}:5..'}4.) 
 
 It may be added, as iiidicativ(> of the value of their property, and 
 In yomc deii'ree, of the nature and extent df the injuries to which the 
 Company were exposed, that while they wert'thus sulleriiiL;' from ai^'ui't's- 
 !<ions, and were disturbed in their po-session, ;is above stated, a p(U'tioii 
 of their lauds was assessed, for the ])ur[)ose of taxation, at a value of 
 •S'^lTjOOO; and they were coni[)elled to pay taxes thereiqxm, iVoiii year 
 to year, and have actually paid, for such taxes, the sum of $14,')1M). 
 
 In (!onclusion, the (daimants submit to tlu; Honorable the Comniis- 
 fcjioiiers, that they are entitled to claim ainl r(^'eivi' the far value of their 
 !^aid farms and extensive tracts of laiul, and a jii>t compensation for the 
 capital expended in the accjuisitioii and improvement of their said pro- 
 perty, and in the l)iiildiiiL;'s, forts, mills, trading- estaldishments. and 
 ciudoi^iU'cs thereon ; and further, compeiHalion for the los- of tlieii- li\e 
 stock, and for other loss sullered by them in coiiseipience of the acts and 
 proceoding.s hereiiibel'ore coni[>lained of. Ami th>y ask, that upon the 
 factf4 and circuinstances, ,i"nd for the rea->otn and c m-iderations hereiii- 
 befon; .set forth, the Honorable the Coniniissioners will, after du(> exam- 
 
i nation, maintiiin their claim as just and reasonable; and will decide 
 tliat the United States ouglit to pay to the r;aid Company, in satisfixction 
 and discharge of their said rights and claims, and as a proper valuation, 
 and adequate money consideration for the transfer and relinquishment 
 of them, tlie several sums hereinbefore specified, and now following, 
 
 that is to say :— 
 
 For the farms and land, with the buildings, forts, trading establish- 
 ments, and improvements thereon one hundred and ninety thousand 
 pounds sterling (.£190,000) ; for the loss of the live stock, and other 
 loss suffered by them, by reason of the acts and proceedings liercin- 
 before complained of, fifty thousand pounds sterling (i;oO,000) ; making 
 too-cthcr the entire sum of two hundred and forty thousand pounds 
 
 sterling money of Great Britain (£240,000) 
 
 caual to the sum of one million one hundred and sixty-eight thousand 
 
 dollars (§1,108,000.00.) 
 
 to be paid in gold at the time and in the manner provided by the 
 Treaty of 1st July, 1803. 
 
 And the claimants declare, that for the said sum of money, or for 
 such other sum as the Honorable the Commissioners may justly award, 
 they are ready and willing to transfer to the United States all their 
 rights and claims according to the terms of the said two Treaties. 
 
 Dated, 10th April, 1805. 
 
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