Sinnet appears to be a private in the June
1861 Pay List, though as a Second
Corporal, his Regimental
Pay per Diem would have been 1s. 10 3/4d. plus Working Pay per Diem
of 1s. to 4s.
Tuesday 3rd May 1859 – Received orders to hold myself in readiness
to proceed to Langley. From there to Fort Hope and then report
where a proposed trail to Boston Bar making a reconnaissance of the
same: I was then to go on the Lytton and from there to the mountains returning by Fort Yale
and making a reconnaissance of the trails on both sides of the river to
Fort Hope. Palmer started with 2 men on an expedition up the
country –
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From Lempriere's Journal
Sinnett's sketch of the Fort Hope to
Boston Bar Trail, that accompanied Captain Lempriere's
report of
24th May 1859
