英语词汇pig war的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Pig War. According to the San Juan Island National Histori- cal website: “On June 15, 1859, an American farmer named Lyman Cutler shot and killed a Hudson Bay Company pig rooting in his San Juan Island potato patch. By so doing he nearly started a war between the United States and Britain. Cutler’s act drew the ire of the Hudson Bay Company, which then compelled U.S. Army Department of Oregon commander Brigadier General William S. Harney to dispatch a company of the 9th U.S. Infantry, under Captain George E. Pickett, to San Juan on July 27. British Columbia Governor James Douglas re- sponded by sending a warship under Royal Navy Captain Ge- offrey Phipps Homby to dislodge Pickett, but to avoid an armed clash if possible. The two sides faced off on the Cattle Point pe- ninsula for more than two months with the opposing forces growing to nearly 500 U.S. soldiers, plus artillery, and three British warships. When the home governments learned of the crisis, leaders on both sides took positive steps to maintain the peace. The joint occupation ended 12 years later when, on Oc- tober 21, 1872, Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, acting as arbitra- tor, settled the dispute by awarding the San Juan Islands to the United States. So ended the so-called war in which the only casualty was a pig.” See war of the stray dog.

词汇	pig war
词源	Pig War. According to the San Juan Island National Histori- cal website: “On June 15, 1859, an American farmer named Lyman Cutler shot and killed a Hudson Bay Company pig rooting in his San Juan Island potato patch. By so doing he nearly started a war between the United States and Britain. Cutler’s act drew the ire of the Hudson Bay Company, which then compelled U.S. Army Department of Oregon commander Brigadier General William S. Harney to dispatch a company of the 9th U.S. Infantry, under Captain George E. Pickett, to San Juan on July 27. British Columbia Governor James Douglas re- sponded by sending a warship under Royal Navy Captain Ge- offrey Phipps Homby to dislodge Pickett, but to avoid an armed clash if possible. The two sides faced off on the Cattle Point pe- ninsula for more than two months with the opposing forces growing to nearly 500 U.S. soldiers, plus artillery, and three British warships. When the home governments learned of the crisis, leaders on both sides took positive steps to maintain the peace. The joint occupation ended 12 years later when, on Oc- tober 21, 1872, Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, acting as arbitra- tor, settled the dispute by awarding the San Juan Islands to the United States. So ended the so-called war in which the only casualty was a pig.” See war of the stray dog.
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