Volume 2

Report from the Select Committee on Aborigines (British Settlements) with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes.
Date:
1966
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Credit: Report from the Select Committee on Aborigines (British Settlements) with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report, 1837—continued. Proclamations. See Boundaries. Cattle. Cole, Sir L. Commando System. Macartney, Earl. Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Society for. Efforts of this society to civilize the North American Indian were not productive of any lasting benefit, Bamnister, Ev. p- 6. 7 Protectors of Indians. Have been appointed in the colony of Demerara and Essequibo; their duties, Rep. g. Protector of Natives. Duties of protector of natives io cultivate a knowledge of the natives by personal intercourse and acquiring the native language, Rep. 83——They should render every assistance in their power to forward the education of the children of the natives, Rep. 83——Should claim for the maintenance of the aborigines such lands as may be necessary for their support, Rep. 83 Should be furnished with some means of making to the tribes occasional presents of articles, either of use or ornament, always abstaining from the gift of liquors, Rep. 83——Should make periodical reports to the Jocal government of all their proceedings in the execution of the duties of their office Rep. 84——-They should be invested with the character of a magistrate, and required to promote the prosecution of all crimes committed against the native tribes, Rep. 84 Should be appointed on the principle of those appointed in the South Australian charter ; nature of their duties, Bamnister, Ev. p. 15. Protestant Episcopal Church. Number of teachers and scholars in the school established by members of the Protestant Episcopal Church among the Menomonies at Michigan, and amount ailowed towards its support by the American Congress, Bammnister, Ev. p. 10. Provincial Legislatures. Have no power to make enactments for the guidance of that portion of the aborigines who inhabit the country beyond the colonial frontiers, Rep. 77. Provisions. The means of subsistence of the natives of the Red River settlement have not diminished in consequence of their contact with Europeans, Pelly 340. Punishments. Capital and corpora] punishments should be abolished in Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, and replaced by penitentiaries and mild discipline, Bamnister, Ev. p. 21.——See also Hudson’s Bay Company. Judges’ Opinions. Q. Quarrels. Are less frequent since the introduction of missionaries among the Chippeway Indians, Wundais 176, Kay 458. Quebec, Bishop of, Extract of a letter from him, as to the success of the Methodist Society in converting a great portion of the Mississagua tribe, Rep. 47. R. Rainmakers. A class of impostors and the ringleaders in all kinds of cruelty practised among the native tribes of the Cape, have been abolished through the instrumentality of the missionaries, Rep. 72, Kay 458. Read, Rev. J. Extract from his evidence respecting the improvement of the character? &c. of the Hottentots, Rep. 61 Of those located at the Kat River, Rep. 63. Red Indians. Many of the evils caused by the rivalry of the Hudson’s Bay and North- West Companies have been removed by their junction, Rep. 8, Pelly 346, 347 Encouragement given to their improvident habits from the present system of carrying on trade with them, Rep. 8. Red River Settlement. Means provided by the Hudson’s Bay Company for affording religious instruction and introducing civilization at the Red River settlement Rep. 8, Pelly, 333-335 Great many of the settlers at this place are Canadians, and profess the Roman-catholic religion, Pelly 334——-Very great disposition on the part of the natives to receive moral and religious instruction, Pelly 335—-—-Amount of its population, Pelly 351——The population has increased tenfold since the settlement was etablished and the union of the companies, Pelly 356 The country around it is not adapted for any other purpose but hunting, Pelly 403. See also Agriculture. Beavers. Children. Corn. Deer. Hudson’s Bay Company. Measles. Population Schools. Spirits. Religious Instruction. The revenue of each colony should be considered as subject to a charge for providing religious instruction toNhe survivors of the tribes to which the land originally belonged, Rep. 79 The population of Sierra Leone requires more than ordinary attention to its moral and religious instruction, owing to the introduction of crowds of pagan savages from the slave vessels, Macauley 208, Ev. p.35—— Measures taken to impart religious instruction to the liberated Africans of Sierra Leone, Macauley 208-220——The religious instruction generally supplied to the people in Freetown is not of the best description, Macauley 230. See also Church Missionary Society. Edycation. Red River Settlement. Sierra Leone. Wesleyan Missionary Soceety. DD3 Rewards.