There appears to be some doubt whether this murder was committed by
Indians inhabiting Her Majesty's Territories, or those belonging to
Russia, [Marginal note: The
Gov stated this.
VJ] but I may remark
that a copy of
M Elliots letter of the
9 November was
immediately forwarded to
M Douglas, and the Governor & Committee
then expressed their deep regret at this unfortunate occurrence, and
directed![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_08/co_305_08_00348v.jpg)
directed
M Douglas's particular attention to the wish of Her Majesty's Government that he should use
every effort to discover and punish the offenders.