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Memo – No gold mine can be
worked to profit buy a Company
Gold is not found in veins like
other metals, it is abundant
but made scarce by distribution
over a wide surface
[loss]
for Paper
April 25th Settled with Dewdney balance
due him $295- [illegible] acct -
“ Moberly to be charged in next payment
$542- Viz More $12-
Moberly 175-
Do 35
Dewdney 200
Do 120
$642
[overwritten text]
12 June
Paid to
Moberly -
8th May bought fr Skyugh -
9 Bear skins $21-
7 Lynx 8 // 50
1 Land otter 1 // 50
1 Wolverien 1 // 50
3 Racoons 75
21 $33 - 25
18 skins bought before at different
times
Bridge carried avg at
3rd mile
601 - 76
300 - 88
300 88
601 76
Heart rebelled, conscience defended
follow the river & that no hill should beassended that will be carried at an easy grade
over the river levels that has to be gone down again
Corporal
Please to shew this communication to Col
Moody should he pass Pringle at through Lytton
and forwarded to the Commission of L & W
Corporal H having been over the ground
& prepared a sketch last summer will
probably have less difficult in preparing
the surveys than any other person
& for that reason has been selected
H E trusts that the line [deletion]
Sir
I am directed by H E the G. to inform
you that Corporal Howell is now sent on to
Lytton for the purpose of surveying fixing the line of
Carriage road fr. Lytton to the Ferry on over the
Thompsons river about one mile below
the Nicola & to request that the plans
may be completed as soon as convenient
1861
Nov 23rd Nind & self settled
our acct as under
Total amt paid by me on acct
of his share in Silver Lode
[deletion] $161-63
Lot 9, B2 - 72-00
Total amt paid for
Clearing of land fr July 60-
to 1st Decr 1861 $601-76-
his share 300-88
Total due me $534 51-
N. B. one assessment
paid on Silver lode may
have been omitted
The Information of W T Ballow
taken before me this 30th day of
November 1861 at Harrison river
in the district of Hope BC
who stated about a month
since I was informed by an
Indian [woman] whom I
can identify that a man
whose [illegible] work on the
Dutchman (named Jerick)
that he went to [the] ranch
drunk, & was fooling with the
women, the Indians were
mad, they took him in a
canoe to bring him back
in the boat & when they
got to the rapids they
tied a [arch] round his
neck & threw him
over board. She further
stated that all
river Indians [thru] the
[Chelilia] [tribe] also
know about it.
Since then the man has
not been heard of & I
[veryly] believe he has
[been] made any [bother]
W. T. Ballow
Chas Allen – Engineer of the
Dutchman
Stated that about 2
months since Wm Garrick
Fireman of the Dutchman
left the boat in a canoe with
2 squaws, since which he
has not been heard of. Enquiries
were made the Indian Village
the a few days after. The Indian
[illegible words], about
a month afterwards I heard from
a squaw in Victoria, who
is a native of H River, & was
there at the time of Garricks
disappearance, that he went to the
Indian Village at the head
of the rapids that the Indians
gave him liquor, & afterwards
put a rope round his neck, tied
a stone to it & threw him
into the [river], she also stated
that all the Indians know
about it. The Indian woman
refered to is known by the name
of [May], she lives in Johnston
street. I cannot describe it
but could point it out
J. F. Glennin
Wm Garrick, formerly in the
employ of the H. B. C. a carpenter
by trade & supposed to have been
employed on the Otter –
supposed to be a Canadian
French man or of Irish
descent
26th Nov From Hume $133-00
“ Popper per Craigie 25-00
2- prs of shoes for Craigie No 9-
Back to Peter O’Reilly’s 1861 Diary
Peter O’Reilly’s 1861 diary has been transcribed by volunteers and staff of the Vancouver Island Local History Society and is for informational purposes only. Researchers interested in this diary are advised to consult the original document housed at the Royal British Columbia Museum & Archives, found in MS-2894, the O’Reilly family fonds.