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Unsigned memo regarding Mi'kmaq reserves in Cape Breton, Middle River, Whycocomagh and Margaree.
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Middle River Cont.
All the rest of the trespasser on this
reserve to be [?visited]. _

II Whycocomagh _ Inverness :
[illegible] for a plan _
It is proposed to [illegible] Mr. [illegible] a tract of [illegible] 70 [or]
100 acres to the North right [road] at
[illegible] [illegible] _ [The] [land] [illegible] the road & labor to be
subject to a valuation [according] to the [?conditions]
for a [illegible] plot _ The other [settlers] to be trusted
on the principle of holding land valuable for
a [village] [settlement] _ & lots to be [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

Regards the [settlers] on or near the [illegible]
plot there are other [settlers] , [liable] to be treated
as [?properly] land for farms _ on the road toward
[Park] [Head]
[?& other places - written above so insert here] [illegible] [illegible] Intruders _

To be [waited], [unless]
[?any of them should - written above so insert her]
[illegible] [special] [circumstances] from]
[settled] to [illegible] consideration.


Date: 1859

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 105

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