...Coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains [the Rockies], shall, together with it's Harbours, Bays, and Creeks, and the Navigation of all Rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term often Years from the date of the Signature of the present Convention, to the Vessels, Citizens, and...

...the convention of 181% the third article of which provides, " that any country that may be claimed by either party, on the northwest coast of America,...Stony mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bap and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the terra of...