Songhees Pictorial: A History of the Songhees People as Seen by Outsiders, 1790-1912

In the mid 1840s, fifty years after first contact with Europeans, the Songhees people agreed to amalgamate on a reserve across the harbour from the newly built Fort Victoria. This title tells the story of the old Songhees Reserve through the eyes of outsiders, expressed in newspaper reports, and depicted in sketches and photographs.