. Shadow and light; an autobiography with reminiscences of the last and present century. n of debauchery by un-scrupulous traders, they inspired respec-tfor the laws and the love of their and massacres among Indians inher iMajestys dominions are seldom, ifever, to be chronicled. Many of our Indianwars will remain a blot on the page of im-partial history, superinduced, as they were,by wanton murder or tlie covet of landsheld by them by sacred treaties, Avhiclishould have been as sacredly by decimation of tribes by tolerationof the whisky trade and the conveyanc
. Shadow and light; an autobiography with reminiscences of the last and present century. n of debauchery by un-scrupulous traders, they inspired respec-tfor the laws and the love of their and massacres among Indians inher iMajestys dominions are seldom, ifever, to be chronicled. Many of our Indianwars will remain a blot on the page of im-partial history, superinduced, as they were,by wanton murder or tlie covet of landsheld by them by sacred treaties, Avhiclishould have been as sacredly by decimation of tribes by tolerationof the whisky trade and the conveyance ofloathsome disease. Tliecliniateof the islandwas much more pleasant than warm ocean currents on the Pacifictemper the atmosphere, rendering it moregenial than the same degree of latitude onthe Atlantic. A feAV inches of snow, a thincoat of ice on the river, were the usualattendants of winter. But more frequentlyour camp was overhung by heavy clouds,broken by Mt. Seymour, precipitating muchrain. After being domiciled we proceededvith the resident superintendent to view. SHADOW AND LIGHT. 105 the companys property, comprising sev-eral thousand acres. liising in altitude,and on different levels, as we approachedMt. Seymour, croppings of coal were quitefrequent, the broken and scattered veinsevidencing volcanic disturbance. The veinmost promising was several hundred feetabove the level of the sea, and our intendedwharf survey was made, Avhich showedheavj^ cuttings and blasting to obtaingrade for the road. The work was pusliedwith all the vigor the isolated localitj^ andclimatic conditions allowed. Eain almostincessant was a great impediment, as wellas were the occasional strikes of the In-dian labor, which was never for morewages, but for more time. The coal fromthe croppings which had been at first obtalned for testing, had been carried bythem in bags, giving them in the coin ofthe realm so many pieces of tobacco foreach bag delivered on the ship. There Avasplenty
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