British Camp and Pig War!

Today, after the tiring hike up Mt Young, we walked to an opening near the water. Mr. Davis had everyone relax on the grass and he began to tell the story about the place. This exact place bellow, was were a "war" broke out. Mr. Davis explained to us about how in 1950, American farmers landed in this land. He talked about how the British didn't like having those farmers in "their" land and so they tried to find any excuse of kicking them out. The British said the land was part of Canada, but the American's said it was part of America, so they basically hated each other. In 1959, a farmers pig went into his potato field and eat his potatoes. The farmer hated it all, so he shot the pig and caused his death. The British saw this as their opportunity and went to Kaiser Welhelm, the emperor of German, for help. The farmers heard about it, and decided to go to more Americans, but soldiers. Both had an argument about the land being Canadian or American. This happened from 1859-1872. The British soldiers and the American soldiers didn't really hate each other. The British had the best head quarters, so at night, the Americans would sneak out and party with the British soldiers. At the end, the Pig War wasn't a war. The American president declared the land American so everyone went home. The only people that stayed were the farmers.  Either happy, or mad. Today was an amazing experience I will remember for ever. I can't wait to be back home though. Te amo mom!- Maria     I can't wait to be home!- Sarah