| LC control no. | sh2006001352 |
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| Topical heading | Pig War, Wash., 1859 |
| Variant(s) | Canada--History--Pig War, 1859 Great Britain--History--Pig War, 1859 United States--History--Pig War, 1859 |
| See also | San Juan Boundary Dispute, 1846-1872 |
| Found in | Work cat.: Kaufman, S. The Pig War : the United States, Britain, and the balance of power in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-72, c2004. HistoryLink.org search, Dec. 6, 2005 (On June 15, 1859, Lyman Cutlar, an American settler on San Juan Island, shoots and kills a pig belonging to the British Hudson's Bay Company. The shooting ignites a long-simmering dispute between the United States and Great Britain over ownership of the San Juans, as both nations send troops to occupy the island. The hostile forces face each other for more than 10 years from camps on opposite ends of the island before the dispute is settled, but the pig remains the only casualty of what comes to be known as the "Pig War.") u-s-history.com search, Dec. 6, 2005 (The Pig War, 1859; in June 1859 a pig owned by the Hudson's Bay Company wandered into an American farmer's garden; a farmer defended his property by shooting the pig; in July, George E. Pickett was dispatched to San Juan with a small contingent of soldiers. The British reacted by sending three warships into the harbor to encourage Pickett to withdraw. The American force remained in place and on two occasions was supplemented; the British countered by sending two more warships. Gen. Winfield Scott was sent to salvage the situation and arranged a mutual reduction in military presence. Later, an agreement for the island's joint military occupation was reached. In 1871, the matter was referred to an arbitration panel under the auspices of Kaiser Wilhelm I. A ruling was handed down the following year, which established the boundary through Haro Strait and made San Juan Island a possession of the U.S.) Britannica Micro., c2005: v. 10, p. 392 (Following the bloodless "Pig War" of 1859 (precipitated by a marauding British pig in an American potato patch), San Juan Island was occupied by both British and American forces for 12 years. The islands were awarded to the U.S. (1872) after settlement of a boundary dispute.) Encyc. Americana, c2001: v. 24, p. 209 (so-called "Pig War" over possession of the San Juan Islands; height of hostilities was reached in 1859 when a pig belonging to an Englishman raided the vegetable garden of an American and was shot. Troops of U.S. and Great Britain rush in; with war threatening, both nations agreed to arbitration; in 1872, Emperor William I of Germany awarded the islands to the U.S.) Encyc. of British Columbia, via WWW, Dec. 6, 2005 (Pig War, 1859, was part of a dispute between Great Britain and the US over ownership of the San Juan Islands) |
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