Chesson to Granville

I am desired by the Committee of the Aborigines Protection
Society to enclose for your Lordship's information a proof of a
letter giving a deplorable account of the condition and
treatment of the Indian tribes of Vancouver Island.

It is not in the powers of the Society to carry out the
suggestions of the writer that they should establish an agency
in the island, neither does the Society desire in any way to
encroach on the functions of the colonial government. But we
could respectfully submit to your Lordship that the facts
disclosed in Mr Sebright Green's letter tend to show that
humanity and good faith have not been observed towards the
Indians and that your generous interference is called for.