An Agent of Change: William Drewry and Land Surveying in British Columbia, 1887-1929
Theses
Author/Creator
Darby James Cameron
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2009.
Includes annotated bibliography of fifteen hundred primary and secondary sources and spread sheets of interactions with information about date, place, participants, numbers injured, type of encounter, significance and source.
Chapters one and two from the book. Note: Many tables are missing.
Argues that the fort is a significant mythic symbol that reinforces colonial divides that continue to affect Aboriginal-Canada relations.
Relays the true story of Pocahontas who saved the life of John Smith, leader of the first American settlement in Jamestown, but unlike the Disney version, she did not fall in love with him or marry him.