Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1909-07-17
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note: i o"mnnr» innr v rr*oTnnnnnnnn CHOCOLATE EGG, MALTED MILK and "SUNNY JIM" SUNDAE at Terry's Fountain S.E. Cor. Fort and Douglas. ■ AJUJUUlJLBJLiUUlJUUUlJUUUUuO The Week R British Columbia Review, Published at Victoria, B. 6. . yf__vn vyvtoi a« tt _rov_t HALL & WALKER Agents WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY'S COAL 1232 Government St. Telephone 83 3a ttftH B B « B B fl B fl fl B B B 0 0 0 0 ftj^ iOL. VI. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1909 One Dollar Per Annum This subject is one of such jlie Songhees vast importance that Tho eserve. Week has gone to consider able trouble in trying to leani all the information available with Iference to the terms on which the Re- Yvve was originally handed over to the lidians. There is a mass of correspond- lice, and an agreement, all of which was rinted and included in the Sessional lapers of 1876, and also reproduced at a Iter date, so that those who investigated le matter years ago had these documents pfore them. Thanks, however, to the lurtesy of Mr. It. E. Gosnell, the Pro- Incial Archivist, The Week is able to Ive to the public for the first time a copy a letter from Sir James Douglas to the lolonial Office, which was not included in lie published papers, having been dis- pvered quite recently among a lot of old ocuments in the possession of the Ilud- bn's Bay Compauy. This letter clears up lie question of title, and although it does lot form an integral part of the agree- - [lent which was executed it is valuable as browing a light upon the state of Sir lames Douglas' mind, and upon the views Ihich he entertained of the whole transac- ton vvith the Indians. It has been claimed liat in making the arrangements with the Indians in the early days that there were lo possessory rights in the lands on the lart of the various tribes treated with, liat the payments made by Douglas (re- _ Iresenting the Hudson's Bay Company) |id not constitute an extinguishment of ay real claim, but were rather intended be in the nature of presents to gain be g…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344404
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text