They were also for the most part Catholic farmers, as early as 1863, and lived alongside non-aboriginal people on the understanding and in the faith that both the aboriginal and the non-aboriginal people had: that treaties would be concluded, as they were on southern Vancouver Island.
Ils comptaient également des agriculteurs catholiques, dès le début en 1863, et côtoyaient les non-Autochtones en sachant comme eux que des traités seraient conclus, comme c'était le cas dans la région sud de l'île de Vancouver.