The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Burton, Lieutenant A. G.
According to the files enclosed with Parker, John to Hawes, Benjamin 27 February 1851, WO 1:549, no. 1801, 545, Burton was involved with the Daedalus's attack on Nahwitti villages in 1851, over the murder of three British seamen. Burton
reported to Wellesley that he found and destroyed one deserted village, but was unable to reach the second
camp due to time, weather, and injury to three of his men, following an attack by
some Indigenous men.
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