Each volume of the annual Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia includes an index. The relevant index references to 'Indians' and 'Indian Affairs' for the years 1818 to 1852 have been extracted and are listed below. The references lead primarily to petitions directed to the Indian Commissioners and to annual reports of the Commissioners, plus related appendices.
The appropriate microfilm retrieval numbers for these annual JHA volumes are 3528 (1800-1818), 3529 (1819-1832), 3530 (1832-1838), 3531 (1838-1842), 3532 (1843-1846), 3533 (1847-1849) and 3534 (1849-1852).
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Settlements of Shubenacadie and Gold River, 92, 93
re: Improvements made to a settlement at Shubenacadie (twelve families)
and at Gold River near Chester. Request grant to "ameliorate the situation
of the Indians," especially in the aforementioned settlements.
and see Petitions No. 42
of Walter Bromley, for "aid for Indians," 31, 56, 92.
and see Reports no. 7
Grant sum expended in purchase of Seeds for, 232, 233
Re: Twenty -nine pounds, twelve shillings and nine pence granted to Walter Bromley to replace the sum he "expended in the purchase of seeds for the Indians settled on the Shubenacadie River."
and see Petitions no. 68
of Walter Bromely, for reimbursement of sum expended for
seeds, 160, 180, 228, 232, 233.
and see Reports no. 30
on Petition no. 68, 228.
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Petition no. 62
Inhabitants of Clements and Annapolis, praying for "law to prevent Indians from shooting porpoises in the Gut and Basin of Annapolis; the firing being prejudicial to the herring fishery," 145.
And see Bills no. 63
For the preservation of the herring fishery in the basin of Annapolis, 145, 149.
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