Chapter 9

Philip A. Bell, a Veteran Editor of the "Negro Press"--British Columbia, Its Early History, Efforts for Annexation to the United States--Meeting with Lady Franklin, Widow of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic Explorer, in 1859--Union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada in 1868, the Political Issue--Queen Charlotte Island--Anthracite Coal Company--Director, Contractor and Shipper of First Cargo of Anthracite Coal on the Pacific Coast--Indians and Their Peculiarities.