CHAPTER XLV

SAVING SAN JUAN

Returns to Puget Sound--Guest of General Harney--Close relations with--Renominated for Congress--The canvass--Elected--Death of Mr. Mason--San Juan dispute waxes warm over a pig--General Harney advised by Governor Stevens--Sends Captain Pickett to occupy the island--British fleet blockade--Reinforcements sent to Pickett--British powerless on land--Thousands of American miners in Victoria and on Fraser River--Governor Gholson guided by Governor Stevens--Offers support of militia to General Harney, who places ammunition at his disposal--General Scott pacifies British lion--Governor Stevens's influence in saving the archipelago 288