[XII-55] Squier's Travels, i. 78-80; Morelet, Voy., ii. 304; Edinb. Rev., no. 211, 144; Niles' Reg., lxxiii. 273; Tucker's Monroe Doctrine, 46-7, 52-4.
[XII-56] But the Nicaraguans never relinquished their claim of sovereignty over the port, nor even by implication recognized the king of Mosquito. Nic., Manif. sobre Trat., 1-13; Castellon, Doc. Rel., 27-8; Nic., Doc. Dipl., 32-9; Guerrero, Manif., 1-7; Stout's Nic., 278; El Siglo, Nov. 22, 1852; Nic., Gaceta Gob. Supr., Oct. 14, Nov. 4, 25, Dec. 2, 1848; Niles' Reg., lxxiv. 100; Squier's Cent. Am., 647; Id., Trav., i. 101-2.
[XII-57] The other articles refer to the construction of an interoceanic communication, either in the form of a canal or of railroads, securing the neutrality of interoceanic ways. Annals Brit. Legis., 97-110, 239-41; Nic., Nueva Discov., 1-44; Montúfar, Reseña Hist., iv. 87-91; Costa R., Gaceta, March 4, 1854; Abbott's Mex. and U. S., 340-2; Molina, Bosq. Costa R., 111; Polynesian, vi. 165-6; vii. 46; Nic. y Hond., Doc., 122-5; Am. Quart. Reg., iii. 310-13; Brit. Quart. Rev., xcix. 237-70; El Nacional, July 31, 1858; Nic., Seman Nic., Feb. 14, 1874; Hunt's Merchants' Mag., xxiii. 109-11; Wells' Walker's Exped., 125-33; Caicedo, Lat. Am., 73-5.
[XII-58] The local chief was prevailed on to accept this arrangement with a pension of $5,000 a year, during ten years, that is to say, till 1870, payable by the suzerain, but the last chief died in 1864 or 1865, and Nic. has never recognized his successor. Nic., Gaceta, Dec. 23, 1865; Encyclop. Brit., xvii. 493; Nic., La Union, June 15, 1861; Hond. Gaceta, Feb. 20, 1861; Rocha, Cód. Nic., i. 118-27, 132; Belly, Nic., i. 297-301; Nic., Conv. Mosq., 1-8; Pim's Gate of the Pac., 409-12. Further details on the Mosq. question, giving diplomatic correspondence and parliamentary discussions, in Hansard's Parl. Deb., cxlv. 1003-7; Annals Brit. Legis., x. 129-41; also in U. S. Govt Doc., Ex., Sen. and House, which are too numerous to quote here; and likewise in U. S. Cong. Globe, 1855-6, 1857-8, 1859-60; Diario de Avisos, Apr. 24, 1857; Nic., Boletin Ofic., Jan. 23, March 4, 1857.
[XII-59] Rocha, Cód. Nic., ii. 21-2; Pan. Star and Herald, Mar. 26, 1884; Nic., Mem. Rel., 1867, 3-12.
[XII-60] Autograph letters were exchanged in 1848, between Pres. Herrera of Mex. and Director Guerrero. Nic., Gaceta Gob. Supr., Sept. 16, 1848.
[XII-61] Ratified by Nic. March 21, 1851; Rocha, Cód. Nic., i. 99, 103; Nic., Trat. de Paz, etc., 1-13.
[XII-62] By Cardinal Antonelli, for the pope, and Fernando de Lorenzana for Nic. The treaty was published in the latter country as a law Aug. 28, 1862. Nic., Gaceta Gob. Supr., Oct. 7, 1848; Rocha, Cód. Nic., i. 79, 132-7.
[XII-63] Full particulars will be found in Id., 137-43; Nic. Trat. etc. entre Nic. y Hond., 1-8; Id., Gaceta, 1853-74, passim; Id., Col. Doc. y Acuerdos, 1850-1872, passim; Id., Trat. con Costa R., 1-7; Costa R., Inf. Rel., 1876, 5-11; 1878, 1; 1880, 3-4; Salv., Gaceta, Aug. 12, 1853, Oct. 26, 1876, March 21 to April 20, 1879, passim; Nic., Mens. del Presid., 1879, i.-v. 1-25; and numerous other authorities.
[XII-64] They first endeavored to regard the alleged Mosquito authority, but finally treated it as a mere fiction. Squier's Cent. Am., 652.