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taken by the parties accused. There is no
difficulty, however, in substantiating the
act of trespass committed by the parties
in that prosecution, as the [witness?], Mc.
Intyre, has full knowledge of the facts
and is ready to attest to them. I should
nevertheless anticipate a failure if the [cause?]
were to be tried in the county where the facts
took place, because the practice of despoiling
the crown lands has become so universal,
that I do not think a jury could be found
to convict the offenders. It will require
vigorous measures to arrest the evil.

With respect to the encroachers and
plunderers on the Indian reserves, the
last measure taken, that I know of, was
the issuing of a notice, of which a copy
is now enclosed. According to the terms
of that notice, a surveyor was sent
to survey the clearings made by the
trespassers. As far as I can learn, however,
those persons continue in the reserve, but