Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Pelly, Sir John Henry
to
Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George
2 February 1852, CO 305:3, no. 1039, 428.
Hudson's Bay House
February 2nd 1852
My Lord,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Under
Secretary Peel's letter of the 13th Ultimo transmitting a Copy of a
letter from Rear Admiral Moresby to the Secretary of the Admiralty dated
October 21st 1851 in which the Admiral refers to letters from Captain
Fanshawe of HMS Daphnae [Daphne] giving an account of the proceedings of
that Vessel against the Neweete's in Vancouver's Island.
As Copies of Captn Fanshawe's letters have not been transmitted
to me I have no observation to make on the Admiral's Communication, but
I am happy to inform your Lordship that the Directors of the Hudson's
Bay Company have learnt by letters from Mr Douglas that Captain
Fanshawe's vigorous measures had impressed the Natives with a salutary
terror, that the Murderers of
of the three Seamen had been executed by
their own tribe, and that there was every prospect of permanent peace
being established.
of the three Seamen had been executed by
their own tribe, and that there was every prospect of permanent peace
being established.
The Right Honble The Earl Grey
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