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Pictou 27th. June 1846.
The Honble. Sir. Rupert D George Bart.
Provincial Secretary &c &c

Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Health of this place, to report to you for the information of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, the lamentable condition of the Indians in this Neighbourhood; during the past week a letter was received in Pictou, from the Revd. Mr. OReilly, Roman Catholic Priest of the district, detailing the sickness and distress that prevailed, in consequence of this, several of the magistrates met together in the courthouse, and after consultation requested the The Health Officers, to visit the encampment, & ascertain by personal inspection the actual condition of the Indians _ The Health Officers accordingly proceeded to the Camp, and on their return reported, that they had visited upwards of twenty Wigwams, & that in these they found Ten individuals affected with a very severe form of Fever, which the Indians informed them had devastated the encampment at Big Island Merigomish; the other Indians were under great apprehensions of
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