Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Frederick 19 July 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/12, 201.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Frederick 19 July 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/12, 201.
Despatch from London.
No. 43
Downing Street
19 July 1865
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge your despatch No. 43 of the 8th of
May reporting that you had allowed the law to take its course in the
case of an Indian Chief who had murdered his Wife.
I have to approve the course you have taken in this instance, and I
fully concur in your opinion as to the inexpediency of allowing
crimes
to be committed with impunity by the Native Tribes.
crimes
to be committed with impunity by the Native Tribes.