Peter Brown was an HBC servant at the
Lake Hill sheep station.
1Several correspondence mention his murder in November 1852, apparently by two Indigenous
men, one from
Cowichan and one from
Nanaimo.
Douglas describes the discovery of Brown’s body in
this letter, where he also refers to Brown as
a remarkably well conducted and inoffensive young man.
The two men thought responsible for the murder were eventually caught and, after a
hurried trial, executed onboard the
Beaver.
2 Douglas details the affair in
this despatch to
Pakington.