Letter from the Church Missionary House to an MP

Letter from the Church Missionary House to an MP

Missionaries
Indigenous Peoples
Trade
Indigenous Relations

This handwritten letter is written by the Church Missionary House to an MP regarding recent missionary work in Vancouver Island. It discusses the good work of missionaries in the area and suggests that missionaries could use this place as a base for future work on Vancouver Island. It also suggests setting up schools in the area as H. Straith argues that the indigenous peoples could be used in an “auxiliary force” in wars against foreign powers. This source offers a lot of evidence for the arguments regarding colonials treating native Americans as ‘uncivilized’. This source fits in with the theme of indigenous peoples, missionaries and settler views on indigenous peoples.

H. Straith of the Church Missionary House

Colonial Despatches

http://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/getDoc.htm?id=V525MI01.scx&search=missionary#searchHit1

28 February 1852

Stephanie Ternier

The National Archives, London

English

Textual - handwritten letter

19th century British Columbia