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like manner be free and open. In navigating the said River or Rivers, British subjects with their goods and produce, shall be treated on the same footing as citizens of the United States, it being however always understood that nothing in this article shall he construed as preventing, or intended to prevent, the Government of the United States from making any regulations respecting the navigation of the said River or Rivers, not inconsistent with the present Treaty.
Article III.
In the future appropriation of the territory, south of the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, as provided in the first article of this Treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson's
