Terry Glavin on British Columbia history
PM Trudeau and Tsilhqot'in representatives Writer Terry Glavin, always an interesting -- and unpredictable -- writer on British Columbia and much else, has a recent couple of notable pieces of historical journalism in Maclean's, where he is a contributor. One is a solid backgrounder on the Chilcotin/Tsilhqot�in war of 1864, which led to the hanging of six First Nations leaders Lhats�as?in, Biyil, Tilaghed, Taqed, Chayses, and Ahan. This was the event for which the government of Canada formally apologized in the Canadian Parliament. The shame and disgrace at the heart of the Chilcotin War�s legacy occurred shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 15, 1864, when the war leader Lhats�as?in and several of his comrades agreed to enter the encampment of William Cox, the leader of an expeditionary force of several dozen armed men dispatched by the just-appointed Governor Frederick Seymour, to talk truce. Instead, Lhats�as?in and his warriors were arrested and put in chains. Seeking ...