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Concerning the passing of a smallpox epidemic in a Mi'kmaq community near Musquodoboit.
Lists names and ages of Mi'kmaq who escaped the epidemic, those who had the disease and recovered, and those who died.
Date: 1861
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 63
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