Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Concerning a recent journey to St. Peters, Cape Breton, where W.A. Hendry attempted to explain to a group of priests and Mi'kmaq residents the policy of the government towards reserves, following the failure to receive a copy of the Legislature's Report o
Date: 1862
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 69
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