Colonial Despatches

Despatch from London.

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Labouchere approves of Douglas’s actions in the capture and execution of an Indian found guilty of attempting the life of a British Settler in the Cowegin Country. He cautions, however, that the peculiar and aggravated circumstances warranted this action, but that the extreme measure of sending an Armed Force against the Indian Tribes should only be resorted to carefully and when urgency demands it.