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method to bring these Indians to reason and restitution would be to send a Priest, which was the reason of proposing it to His Honour; a priest being also much wanted at their village to Baptize and administer the Sacrament.
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The Board having taken their behaviour and comportment into consideration, came unanimously to this resolution, that they should be dismissed, and ordered to retire to the Presbytere, and there to remain till an opportunity offered to send them out of the Province. Agreed that they the said two Priests should be again sent for, to hear the opinion and determination of the Board, that they may prepare to be gone whenever an opportunity offered.
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Whereupon the said two Priests appearing before the Board, and the sentence being read, they resumed their formor insolence, calling for chairs to sit down, saying that they did not appear as criminals, and that they had no business with things temporal, and further expressed themselves in these words — "Que nous n'avons point d'ordres a recevoir ici," and as their whole behaviour and discourse to the Governor was as above recited, and tending to a jurisdiction of their own, independant of His Majesty's authority, and the civil power of this His Government, they were ordered to depart immediately to the Presbytere, and there to remain as aforesaid; and also ordered that the 14th article of the treaty of Utrecht should be sent them.
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Governor Armstrong to Secretary of State.
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(Gov. Letter Book.)
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MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE, —
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I did myself the Honour to acquaint your Grace in my last with my Reasons for sending away the two Priests Monsr. de St. Poncy & Monsr. Chevereaux out of the Province, by and with advice of the Council: The Sequell shews how just my Remarks were of their Disregard to this Government, which I am no longer surprised at, since I find them so Vigorously Supported in that principle by Mons. St. Ovide de Bruillan the ffrench Governor of Cape Bretton. One of the Priests Monsr. Chevereaux stopt at Cape Sables to serve the Indian Tribes in these parts as their Missionary. Your Grace will perceive by the said Governors letters that he approves his Conduct. The other Priest Mr. de St. Poncy, he has sent back again to this place. The minutes of Council will shew
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