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Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAA well-known Vancouver statue was vandalized Tuesday morning.The statue of John Deighton, more commonly known as Gassy Jack, stands at the edge of Gastown, the neighbourhood in Vancouver named after him.Red paint was thrown on the statue Tuesday, leaving many asking why it was a target of vandalism.An demanding the statue be removed has garnered more than 1,000 signatures.Those who oppose the statue of Gassy Jack say he is a symbol of oppression against Indigenous people, noting he was 40 years old when he married a 12-year-old girl from the Squamish First Nation.Story continues below advertisementDocuments in the City of Vancouver archive show interviews with local pioneers conducted by the city’s first archivist Major James Skitt Matthews.In volume five of his seven-volume books, Early Vancouver, Matthews interviewed two pioneers about Deighton’s Indigenous wife, Quahail-ya, and later interviewed Quahail-ya herself.On May 27, 1940, Matthews interviewed a Mrs. James Walker, who said Gassy Jack was first married to Quahail-ya’s aunt. When she died, Quahail-ya became his wife.Later, on June 13, 1940, Matthews visited Quahail-ya at her home in North Vancouver in the Ustlawn community.She told Matthews she was “about 12” when she married Gassy Jack.They had a son, but he died in 1876, one year after Gassy Jack died.According to the description of Matthew’s visit in 1940, Quahail-ya lived in poverty before passing away in 1948.The City of Vancouver said it notified police about the red paint and the statue has now been cleaned.Police confirmed to Global News they are investigating the incident. Advertisement© 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.AdvertisementStay in the loopGet a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Sign up for National newsletterSign UpStay in the loopGet a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Sign up for National newsletterSign UpAdvertisement

Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAA well-known Vancouver statue was vandalized Tuesday morning.The statue of John Deighton, more commonly known as Gassy Jack, stands at the edge of Gastown, the neighbourhood in Vancouver named after him.Red paint was thrown on the statue Tuesday, leaving many asking why it was a target of vandalism.An demanding the statue be removed has garnered more than 1,000 signatures.Those who...

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