Binder 10

Title

Binder 10

Description

The correspondence in this binder continues with O'Reilly's work on the west coast of Vancouver Island and into parts of the north. If any one theme becomes evident during these years, it is the ongoing attempts by the provincial government to alienate lands set aside as reserves. At Port Simpson, Kincolith, Vancouver Island, Vancouver at Capilano and in the Similkameen, settlers made claims which encroached either upon lands set aside as reserves, or upon lands used and occupied by the Indians which had not yet been dealt with by the Indian Reserve Commissioner. In each instance, O'Reilly writes to the CCLW advising him of the inappropriate action of the provincial officials in allowing pre-emptions and/or Crown Grants. Because the collection contains only O'Reilly's letters and not the responses from the CCLW, those responses can only be inferred based upon O'Reilly's letters

Creator

Joint Reserve Commission

Peter O'Reilly

Date

February 1890 to December 1891

pages

299 pgs