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for years by their owners, and being the chief nature of the
land.
Resolved, That a Committee of three persons
be appointed, to wait on the Hon. Joseph Howe,
the Commissioner for Indian Affairs, to communicate
with him upon the subject, and to prepare a Petition
to the Executive, if necessary, humbly and respectfully
requesting the adoption of some measures to
prevent the same.
Passed unanimously
Signed A. Jarvis, Sec.
On enquiry I found that two Indians had been arrested,
and tried before a Magistrate, for cutting wood
and hauling it away. I would have relieved [them?] from the
[threatened?] fine and imprisonment, but thought it unfair
to the people of Dartmouth, who had been a good deal
annoyed by their depredations, and hoped that the scarcity
of wood would induce many to remain in the interior
where their morals are more secure, and their chances of a livelihood