Fact: The Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem in the Crown Jewels.
He hadn't been born until the business with the English was contained above the border and the business with the French had been sent back to Europe. It wasn't that Europeans weren't around, still, but there were few who cared enough to do business with him.
He settled for it being mutual, as he had too many things on his mind to bother with people who weren't interested in trading. The coasts, seemingly happily, could deal with them.
That he gave the English a jewel to their crown was irony, he was told. He didn't care much to argue it.