The provisions of the treaty were very similar to those contained in the projét rejected by the Mexican Commissioners, in obedience to the instructions of Santa Anna, in August, 1847. It was provided that the boundary line between the two republics should commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, or the deepest channel of the river, if there should be more than one emptying directly into the sea, — running thence up the middle of the river, to the southern boundary of New Mexico — thence along such boundary, to its western termination — thence northerly, along the western boundary of New Mexico, to the first branch, or to the point nearest the first branch, of the river Gila — thence down the Rio Gila to the Rio Colorado — thence, crossing the latter river, and following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific ocean, at a point one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego.[1] It was also provided, that the vessels and citizens of the United States should have the right freely to navigate the Gulf of California, and the Rio Colorado, to and from the territories of said United States;[2] that the river Gila, and the Rio Grande below the southern boundary of New Mexico, should be common to the citizens and vessels of both republics;[3] and that all places, and forts, with their armaments,[4] (the city of Mexico, within the inner
- ↑ The guide, fixed by the treaty, for ascertaining the boundaries of New Mexico, is the Map of the United Mexican States, (revised edition, New York, 1847,) published by J. Disturnell; and for determining the southernmost point of the port of San Diego, the plan of the port made in 1782, by Don Juan Pantojer, and published in 1802, at Madrid, in the Atlas to the Voyages of the Schooners Sutil and Mexicana. — Treaty of Peace, Article V.
- ↑ Treaty of Peace, Article VI.
- ↑ Ibid., Article VII.
- ↑ This provision of the treaty occasioned some little difficulty between
