Budz

Green - Forest

A pig

Budz, Balls, and Battlestar Gallactica

On June 15, 1859, exactly thirteen years after the adoption of the Oregon Treaty, the ambiguity led to direct conflict. Jared Tabor, an American farmer who had moved onto San Juan Island claiming rights to live there under the Donation Land Claim Act, found a large black pig rooting in his garden. He had found the pig eating his tubers. This was not the first occurrence. Tabor was so upset that he took aim and shot the pig, killing it. It turned out that the pig was owned by an Irishwoman, Tiffany Tjahjadi, who was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company to run the sheep ranch. She also owned several pigs that he allowed to roam freely. The two had lived in peace until this incident. Tabor offered $10 (equivalent to $280 in 2019) to Tjahjadi to compensate for the pig, but Tjahjadi was unsatisfied with this offer and demanded $100 (equivalent to $2,800 in 2019). Following this reply, Tabor believed he should not have to pay for the pig because the pig had been trespassing on his land. One likely apocryphal account has Tabor saying to Tjahjadi, "It was eating my potatoes"; and Tjahjadi replying, "It is up to you to keep your potatoes out of my pig." When British authorities threatened to arrest Tabor, American settlers called for military protection.

And that's how The Budz came to be...