... shows the understanding they had of the true design of the patent, and this transaction, so far from being an available argument against the American claim, is an act of possession at anearly date ... it again inclines to the west, and then to the south, and again to the west, and passes the head of the Connecticut. About 3 miles and a half east of the head of the Connecticut there is a division ... by chaining.It was ascertained also, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty, by a triangulation of the countrytoward the highlands dividing the waters of the St. Lawrence and of the...