Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 17 May 1869, CO 60:35, no. 7502, 682.
Abstract
Seymour, Frederick to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 17 May 1869, CO 60:35, no. 7502, 682.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4).
No. 95
17th May 1869
My Lord,
I have had the honor to receive Your Lordship's despatch No. 18
of the 7th March in reference to someMurders
Murders which the Indians
in the neighbourhood of Metlakahtla had committed.
Murders which the Indians
in the neighbourhood of Metlakahtla had committed.
2. Your Lordship, does not, I regret to say, consider my
explanation satisfactory. I have only therefore awaited the
return of the Spring to enable me to visit the North West Coast.
I start in Her Majesty's Ship "Sparrowhawk" thisafternoon
afternoon for
Metlakahtla.
afternoon for
Metlakahtla.
Minutes by CO staff
This is the kind of paper I shd like to see. It concerns
not merely official procedures, but a great social question
capable of leading to serious results.