Lord Glenelg to Bond Head, London, 20 January 1837

Document Summary:
Lord Glenelg replies to Sir Francis Bond Head, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, that Britain is happy with the report he provided regarding negotiations with the Aboriginal peoples.

However, While Glenelg agrees that there should be a buffer space kept between Aboriginal and British peoples, he feels that the Aboriginals are not at fault for not embracing religion and for the social problems caused by this. He cites the swift movement of white settlers into Indian Territory as a main cause for any strife between the two races.

Glenelg calls on "teachers," or missionaries, to go forth into Aboriginal land and keep trying to persuade these nations of the virtues of Christianity "without interference of [the] ordinary life hitherto pursued by the Indians."