No. 66

I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two
plain Copies of an Ordinance of the late Session of the
Legislature of this Colony, entitled;

No. 19. An Ordinance to prevent violation of Indian Graves.

2. The Natives of British Columbia are in the habit
of depositing upon the Graves of their friends, articles of
considerable value such as, muskets, blankets, carefully
carved and well dressed effigies of the deceased. The
poorest Indian respects the native grave but White men have
occasionally stolen things deposited thereon. Nothing is
more exasperating to the Native than this want of respect
for the resting place of their dead, and with a view to the
preservation of the public peace, I caused the enclosed
Ordinance to be laid before the Council.