Cowichan's Hanging Tree (Part 3)

Throughout the 1850’s, Iroquois guide and interpreter Tomo Antoine was in the thick of every major exploration and naval police action that occurred on Vancouver Island.

He was, in fact, Chief Factor/Governor James Douglas’s right-hand man in the field.

For all that, he’s been all but forgotten.

It’s Tomo Antoine’s pivotal role in what became known as Cowichan’s ‘Hanging Tree’ that we’re following in this latest edition of the Cowichan Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Qumutsun Village, 1912—Wikipedia (Edward Curtis)