British diplomats wanted a border further south along the Columbia River, so as to maintain the North West Company's (later the Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC)) control of the lucrative fur trade along that river.
Britische Diplomaten wollten eine weiter südlich am Columbia River gelegene Grenze, um so die Kontrolle der North West Company (später der Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)) über den lukrativen Pelzhandel entlang des Flusses zu erhalten.