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Deadly neighbours : a tale of colonialism, cattle feuds, murder and vigilantes in the far west /

On a cold night in February, 1884, just meters north of the border on Sumas Prairie, British Columbia, an Indigenous boy named Louie Sam was lynched by a mob of mounted vigilantes. The vigilantes had ridden up from Nooksack Valley in Washington Territory, hell-bent on avenging the murder of one of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reimer, Chad (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Qualicum Beach, British Columbia : Caitlin Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Sam, Louie, > -1884. Lynching > British Columbia > History > 19th century. Sumas Prairie (B.C. and Wash.) > Social conditions > 19th century. Sumas Prairie (B.C. and Wash.) > Race relations > History > 19th century. Sumas Prairie (B.C. and Wash.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.

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