Death of a Road Crew

The first and deadliest event was the attack on a crew building a road up the Homathco River towards the Chilcotin Plateau to connect the coast to the goldfields of the Cariboo. The first reports come from the newspapers, and there were several at the time: the Daily British Colonist and the Daily Chronicle in Victoria, and the Columbian in New Westminster. At times the biggest war seemed to be between the papers! The official orders and reports can be found in the Colonial Correspondence.

Colonial Correspondence

• Arthur N. Birch, Letter to Cox, May 14, 1864
• Chartres Brew, Letter to the Colonial Secretary of British Columbia, May 23, 1864
• William George Cox, Letter to the Colonial Secretary of British Columbia, May 29, 1864
• Frederick Seymour, Letter to Kennedy, June 4, 1864
• William George Cox, Letter to the Colonial Secretary of British Columbia, June 19, 1864

Colonial Dispatches

• Arthur E. Kennedy, Letter to Newcastle, Separate, May 13, 1864
• Frederick Seymour, Letter to Newcastle, No. 8 , May 20, 1864
• Frederick Seymour, Letter to Newcastle, No. 7, May 20, 1864
• Edward Cardwell, Letter to Seymour, No. 23, July 16, 1864
• Edward Cardwell, Letter to Seymour, No. 30, August 1, 1864

Inquests

• C. Brew and T. Elwyn, Inquest of William Brewster, John Clark and Jim Gawley, May 23, 1864

Newspaper or Magazine Articles

• Edwin Mosely, A Survivor's Account, Daily Chronicle, May 12, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, The Chilcoaten Indians - The Murderers of Mr. Waddington's Party, Daily British Colonist, May 12, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, Dreadful Massacre! , Daily British Colonist, May 12, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, Mr. Waddington's Deposition, Daily British Colonist, May 12, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, The Last Indian Atrocity, Daily British Colonist, May 12, 1864
• Daily Chronicle, Additional Particulars, Daily Chronicle, May 12, 1864
• Daily Chronicle, Letter from Bute Inlet, Daily Chronicle, May 12, 1864
• The British Columbian, The Bute Massacre, The British Columbian, May 18, 1864
• The British Columbian, An Indian Policy, The British Columbian, May 21, 1864
• The British Columbian, News from the Bute Expedition, The British Columbian, May 28, 1864
• Daily Chronicle, Thrilling Details by Mr. Waddington, Daily Chronicle, May 29, 1864
• Daily Chronicle, Origin of the Massacre, Daily Chronicle, May 29, 1864
• Victoria Daily Colonist, The Indian Murders, Victoria Daily Colonist, June 1, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, Emergency Meeting, Daily British Colonist, June 2, 1864
• The British Columbian, Sir James Douglas and the Indians, The British Columbian, June 8, 1864
• The British Columbian, Our Indian Difficulties, The British Columbian, June 11, 1864
• Alfred Waddington, The Bute Inlet Massacre and Its Causes, The Victoria Colonist, June 13, 1864
• The British Columbian, Waddington and Bute Inlet, The British Columbian, June 18, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, The Alexandria Indian Expedition, Daily British Colonist, June 27, 1864
• Daily British Colonist, The Causes of the Bute Massacre, Daily British Colonist, June 28, 1864