Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Strategy and Context -- 1. Rupert's Land Origins -- 2. Knowledge of Company Lands -- 3. Knowledge Moralized -- 4. Settlement and Free Trade -- Part II: Strategy Mobilized -- 5. Memorial and Petition -- 6. Vancouver's Island -- 7. The Charter Challenged -- 8. Public Controversies -- 9. Canadian Intervention -- 10. The Last Round -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Bibliography