In the battle of pigs, two ** ships confronted each other, and 100 yuan was compensated for a pig, which was a ridiculous scene.
It was the last battle fought in its own interests, and for many years over the years, every battle was started because of people, just like the assassination of the "crown prince" of Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary, and the Great War began. But a pig has plunged two countries into war, and this is probably the only time in the world.
Between the northwest of the United States and Vancouver, Canada, there is a small island of 172 called the San Juan Islands, which was originally inhabited by indigenous tribes in North America, and then the land was abandoned because the Spanish colonists found smallpox on the land, which caused many people's **. Later, the British Navy and the American Navy established their territories near San Juan, but due to their sparse population, the two countries remained at peace after that plague.
The Hudson Bay Company, the world's largest landowner, took a fancy to this vast prairie, so the British Navy landed on the island to develop a farm, and hired Ireland to raise and raise pigs and goats. There was also a group of American cowboys who were sent by the military to land on the island to reclaim the farmland, mainly for the production of potatoes and vegetables, because they were not given their own fields.
One summer in 1859, an American named Lyman, who saw a pig walking through a fence in a field, immediately shot and killed him, and shared a glass with the other cowboys who were traveling with him. Charles, an employee of the Hudson Bay Company in the United Kingdom, heard about the incident and came to ask for compensation, but was refused, so he presented the "humiliating" experience to the British **.
Britain, as a powerful country, known as the "British Empire", had to stand up for their dignity in order to preserve their people, so they sent three warships to patrol the vicinity of Vancouver Island and march towards San Juan Island. The U.S. Navy approached San Juan Island and immediately sent a force to the island to ensure the safety of the people, and when they arrived, they saw that the British Navy had dispatched a warship, and even sent 14 additional cannons and hundreds of men.
Governor James of Vancouver Island originally thought that three warships could intimidate the Americans, but he was furious when he learned the news, and he sent two more warships and more than 70 cannons to surround the island, and more than 2,000 people were ordered by Robert, the commander of the British fleet, to "not be allowed to take the lead" In this way, the two armies were in a stalemate for several months, and there were often "scolding each other before the battle", and a big war could break out at any time.
This time the "war of pigs" attracted the attention of Buchanan, the United States at that time, because the United States was experiencing a debate about slaves, war was on the verge of breaking out, and no one wanted to clash with a "behemoth" like Britain because of a pig. The governor of Vancouver Island believed that San Juan Island was surrounded by a navy and required huge military expenditures, so he sent an ambassador to negotiate, and finally paid him $100 in his personal capacity for "pig losses", and agreed to allow troops to be stationed in the north and south between the two countries, but not more than a hundred people at most.
Known as the "Battle of the Pigs", the "Battle of the Pigs" was hailed as the first national war between Britain and the United States, and for decades afterward, relations between the two countries were good, and people in the military often played basketball together, and in 1872, German Wilhelm I personally witnessed this scene and mediated it, and since then, the San Juan Islands have become part of the United States. The North American Union described the battle as "the stupidest battle between the two superpowers," and today the newspaper is being hyped up to $20,000 (in fact, the war took place in 1812 because of a publication error that made it worth).
The U.S. later added the San Juan Islands to the National Historical Park, and opened several tourist routes for visitors to explore, as well as a place to display the "Battle of the Pigs." Interestingly, despite its proximity to Canada, both Canadians and the British see it as a "shame" and are therefore reluctant to travel there, and even though the United States** allows Canadian travelers to travel free of charge, only a little more than 100 people visit the San Juan Islands each year.
The former British Empire is now obedient to the United States, and I don't know what this pig with "a spirit under the spring" will think, anyway, in this "war", the one who died is himself.