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A list of the head of the families belonging to the Mi'kmaq tribe of Amquaret which is hunting between Cornwallis on the Annapolis Road and the tribe of Nocout which is hunting on the Kennetcook River in Newport Township

20 December 1763. — 2 pages : 30 x 46 cm.

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Indian Tribe of Amquaret now hunting between Cornwallis and the River between the two plains on the Annapolis Road. Summer residence on the River Piziquid & Gaspero.

Captain Joseph Bernard - 1 Boy 1 Girl
Pierre Bernard -
Barth Amquaret - 2 Boys
Pierre Amquaret
Paul Amquaret
Philippe Amquaret - 2 Boys 1 girl
Joseph Dugas
Francois Michel - 1 girl
[illegible] Amquaret
Blaize Amquaret
Jean Argoumatine - 1 Boy 2 girls
Joseph Argoumatine
Jos: Denis

14 men
6 married women
2 aged women
8 Boys 6 girls

Tribe of Nocout now hunting on Kenecoot River in the Township of Newport, summer residence there also.

Captain Joseph Nocout - - 1 boy 1 girl
Bartholomew Nocout - 2B. 3G.
Thomas Nocout - 1 Boy
Paul Legoua - 2 Boys 1 Girl
Paul Biskerone - 1 Boy 2 Girls
Francois Legoua
Janvier Nocout

14 men
9 married women
3 aged women
9 boys
7 girls

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Reference: Isaac Deschamps Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 258 item 8 – pages 20-21

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