Edward S. Hewlett’s academic thesis, The Chilcotin Uprising: A Study of Indian-White Relations in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia, provides an authoritative historical examination of the 1864 Chilcotin War (Tsilhqot'in War). Hewlett investigates the root causes of the conflict, demonstrating how Alfred Waddington’s attempt to construct an overland toll road from Bute Inlet to the Cariboo goldfields proceeded across sovereign Tsilhqot'in territory without tribal consent, threatening traditional food networks and spreading devastating smallpox epidemics. The text details the organized military defense led by Head War Chief Lhats'as?in, examining the engagements along the Homathko River and the central plateau near Tatlayoko Lake, Nemaiah Valley, Anahim Lake, and Alexis Creek. Hewlett analyzes the deceptive capture of the chiefs under a flag of truce, their subsequent trials and executions at Quesnelmouth, and the profound enduring implications of the conflict on provincial Indigenous policy.

Alexis Creek (B.C.), Anahim Lake (B.C.), British Columbia Chilcotin Region, Cariboo (B.C.), Chezacut (B.C.), Chilcotin Forest (B.C.), Chilcotin War, 1864, First Nations British Columbia History, History, Indigenous peoples British Columbia Government relations, Nemaiah Valley (B.C.), Redstone (B.C.), Tatlayoko Lake (B.C.), Tsilhqot'in Indians Histo

Master of Arts thesis, Department of History, University of British Columbia, 1972. Includes maps and bibliography.

Master of Arts thesis, Department of History, University of British Columbia, 1972. Includes maps and bibliography.