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The quote in this image comes from one of British Columbia’s earliest newspapers, The British Colonist. Dating from February 19th, 1859, the phrases are taken from a discussion held in the House of Assembly several days earlier. Members of the Assembly were talking about what how they should go about getting their hands on a piece of reserve land. The land in question was on the outskirts of Victoria which, with the gold rush and ensuing economic boom, was now prime real estate. When one member suggested paying for the land, another said that the land was far too valuable and besides, if the Indigenous people in other parts of the colony found out, then the colony would be stuck paying for all their land too and would never be able to afford that.
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