Gunboat Frontier: British Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846-1890
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Gunboat Frontier presents a different interpretation ofIndian-white relations in nineteenth-century British Columbia, focusingon the interaction of West Coast Indians with British law andauthority. This authority was exercised by officers, seamen, marines,and ships of the Royal Navy on behalf of the colonial governments ofVancouver Island and British Columbia and, after 1871, of Canada. Barry Gough presents new historical evidence provided by theAdmiralty Papers, an important source of information aboutnineteenth-century Northwest Coast Indian life. Drawing on these andother archival and governmental records, he chronicles encountersbetween the Royal Navy and the Indians over missions, piracies, Nativeslavery, liquor trafficking and crimes against persons and property,leading to the final cases of 'gunboat diplomacy' used againstlocal Indians in the late 1880s.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0774801751
ISBN13:9780774801751
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:UBC Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
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