THE ‘VICTORIA COLLEGE OF ART e Exploring with Pastels - with Nancy Slaght . ~~. Mondays 6:30.- 9:30 pm © Drawing © - _.- with Wendy Welch a Fridays 10:00-1:00 pm . ° Materoolour ée Collage - - with Wendy Welch : Ernidays 2: 00- 5: 00 pm - “Classes start week of January 25 © 10 Weeks/30 Hours. of Instruction” See hear yi es Pee’ $225. "4 : at the Nell. Horth Room - Sidney Public Library To Register. or for more infoi nation, ‘please. contact. REGISTRAR — 598-542 625 Bank Street, Victoria, "B.C., V8R 4V5 (250) 598- 5452 email: vea@islandnet. com. SEN igo iar = aaa ali ponds aly wi "ST, see Roman Catholic Church # ea ee wy pales christened at Peckham Hanover Independent Chapel, Cumberwell, London on Nov. 9, of that year. There is nothing else known concerning Mark previous to his arrival to Vancouver Is- land in February 1857, aboard the Hudson’s Bay Company's steamer Otter from San Francisco. Exactly what Mark Coles did after he arrived is not clear, as he appears to have traveled north to Nanaimo shortly after. Corre- spondence written at the time seems to indicate that he was em- ployed by the Hudson’s Bay Company, but there has been no con- firming documentation in the Company’s account books found at this time to verify. By Jan. 21, 1858, Douglas, writing to Messrs. Allan & Lowe, states that “Mr. Mark Coles... lives a distance of 20 miles from this place and we have not lately seen him here.” This would place him in the Deep Cove area with his brother John, who had ° a cabin/store from where he was apparently trading with the lo- cal Indians. The presumption forwarded by most historians is that the HBC did not allow private or independent trading with the Indi. ans on the Island, as they held the exclusive right of trade with them: But was this so, or were historians blind-sided by the mas- sive amount of ‘spoon fed’ negative propaganda written concern- ing the subject? the exclusive rights charter awarded to the Company? If so, why ~ did they allow a substantial number of independent traders to op- erate on the West Coast of the Island, and of whom the HBC, seeins to have had interactively dealt with on friendly terms and of which John and Mark Coles were a part: On the mainland, . and only historians open-minded on this subject’ will successfully -evaluate the question. Returning to the subject at hand, Mark Coles is noted next ac- . quiring 20 acres of land in Esquimalt District on Feb. 8, 1858. ~ What plans he had with this purchase is not recorded... Four. ~ months later, on July.7, Coles purchased 520 acres of land in’ “North Saanich [Sections 6 & 7, Ranges 1-3 West],.in the area .. now known as the Ardmore Subdivision, and bordering on the © “Cole Bay. Indian Reserve. « The small bay bordering the jand was, in 1860; named Cole » rothers,’ as John: purchased his land in the area two years after: ‘Tt was in this locality on May 16, 1859 that Sheriff Heaton and a search of two Indians who. had killed some of Mark Coles’ cattle’ "3 -and threatened amongst others, his brother’s life. Capturing the two suspected Indians, they returned to Victoria. On the following day they were arraigned before Magistrate Pemberton, “and the offence of shooting the cattle clearly proved . -against them,” the British Colonist reported, “they were sen- tenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor.” Apparently this was not considered to be an adequate punish- ‘ ment, as there were a number of correspondents writing to the fs newspapers complaining that “hada iad, man committed an of- ST. MARY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH f oT ST PAUL'S ny ~ SAANICHTON Mark Coles — hard li life ir in the Colonies ark Coles, brother of J ohn, was born in 1835, the sec- ond son of Charles Coles and Anne Fetherston and was Was trade with the Indians of Vancouver Island actually part of ; Fi HEC forcibly imposed its rights. This position holds a valid point, » Seavey poe) Fee Bay by Captain George H. Richards. Most authorities state it waS ‘named after John Coles. 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Mark Davison 652-9860 : Zz ‘ “TheWbont: Row, Stove OVAL OAK CHRISTIAN] wearer contra too i ANGE CAsigate ch ig Herchoy_ Spiritualist | “Alanon ann AM BIOBM nge re Euoatae) A Muses Martin James Church if © for me Mee INMOrMALy CONANT... f LOCATION |: 6071 Pat Gay tH: “AA PASTOR SPENCER - PASTOR GEORGE ue sane Filth & Malaviow, Sica EVEINY BUNDY ie 852-2723 HE 6.3229 I 656-3213 | | worth serie ! » Finanbxown (Youth Srl Wovkhnp) _ Wednesday, January 13, 1999 ~ fice of this kind, he would have been committed to trial, and if guilty, a severe sentence would have been passed on him. But the Indians, who are well aware of the offence they have committed, are let off, almost scot free, with good living.” Pemberton responded that “the evidence produced did not in the slightest sustain the charge. There being evidence however, of their dissolute and mischiefous [sic] conduct, [he] Sentenced them to imprisonment as vagabonds.” Pemberton’s statement just inflamed the situation, and re- sulted with a lengthy letter from John Coles, who wrote: The sen- tence awarded was “so far from having a salutary effect on the In- dians, they laugh at the punishment, as indeed almost any one would when they come to consider that the punishment for cattle shooting is to be well housed and fed on beef for a month, with other luxuries that are beyond the means of most Indians. The locking up of an Indian for being a vagabond is also absurd. They are all vagabonds with very, very few exceptions.’ Mark Coles is next noted as ac- quiring another 200 acres of land, on Aug. 1, 1859. This land was in the Deep Cove area, and touching his brother’s property. He added another 150 acres to his holding in the area in June 1862. A distressing incident oc- curred in the beginning of Janu- ary 1862 which caused quite a commotion in the newspapers. The Daily Press accused David Green, another North Saanich resident; of “Gross Inhumanity” for his disregard for the health of Mark Coles. The newspaper re- arm at Saanich !| The Vroperty of MARK COLES, ESQ., oat BSO Acres OF FINE OPEN AND WOODED LAND, With upwarde of 15 actes securely fenced, one holfof which has beer, under cultivation. . ver 10,000 Rails © Ase cut atd eady for being put up: Thero is also a eubsstential lated incidents which painted Green in a deplorable manner. As the details of the incident are too detailed to give at this time, the gist of them was that Coles temporarily lost the use of his limbs, and ability to care for himself while at the residence of Green: =~ Apparently, the alleged account of the incident was almost en- tirely incorrect and Green was exonerated. Coles wrote thathe ~~ may “have much to complain of Mr. Green’s conduct towards me - during my stay in his house at North Saanich, I'am still willing to “y believe.that it arose more from his i inexperience and incapacity mat than from’ any worse motives, as the incorrect statement in your oe aper .:. would lead the public to. suppose as «Although Mark Coles never completely’ pea fr ‘om the 01 deal, he is next recorded as ‘purchasing 150 acres of land [Section 20 and the west 1/2 of 21, Range 21 West] in the Deep Cove area, » eee f oe - onJune 24, 1962. In June 1863, he was appointed as one of the : ‘well-armed ‘ posse comitatus’ of 22 men ‘went to North Saanich in gentlemen to be Revisors under the ‘Real Estate Tax Amendment ' » Act, 1862’ for the districts of North and South Saanich.: “In February 1864 Mark Coles sold all of his land holdings i in “ the district by auction for $1,200 to Kenneth McKenzie, formerly of Craigflower Farm, then joined his brother, moving to “the City,” to reside at the St. George Hotel on View Street. The move ~ was probably caused by a relapse of his health, as he died only a: year later, on March 13, 1865, at the age of 29. His death was de-_ ~ scribed by the newspapers as being caused “of disease of the heart.” He was interred the next day at the old burial grounds on - Quadra Street, which is also known as ‘Pioneer Square.’ - ST.JOHN'S l@al Sv ANDREW'S i cr UNITED CHURCH Mil ANGLICAN CHURCH 10990 W, Saanich Rd, (oppoaite Daop Cove Schaal) 10:00 a.m. Family Worship Sarvice un School Classes “ Oftles 65-3043 fev. Beverley Tre 9686-314 Steet, Sidney WORSHIPAT © voobtoly Cucharist andy Eucluaiast 206 E.Sannich Rd, 0:00 Bt innie Worehilp : MI Wewtin XA St Sloption’s Kd SAANICHTON/BRENTWOQK) Want AloMan,. yeseon on AMaly Faxchatest WOOaMm, Sod a Sunday Stool & Nuusety znye & igunhp Mat arikay nt the moth ot TAR) pm Rev. (01. G. Waytie Short # David Caatinie, sith este Attend the church 1 service fof yo your choice this Sunday i Mei ee ul it Fa ay lat dhe ives peal yh th taal’ oe PA ea a He "i