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Map of trespassers on the Malagawatch reserve
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little Harbour of Malagawaatchkt ....Portage ....Great Harbor of Malagawaatchkt occupied by Alex McIntosh who settled here at his own wish without the intervention of a Surveyor Hugh McLellan in 1820, now sold Neil McLellan laid out in 1820 for Don McRae, who sold the lot in 1821 to one [McCalisman?] now occupied by Chris? McRae This part full of ponds and inlets. Reverences~ A. an old settlement entirely grown up into wood, not claimed by Indians~
B.C.D.E.Line of separation between the Indians and Scotch settlers~ F. a cemetery of great antiquity, belonging to the Indians where the McLellans pastured their cattle, which provoked the Indians and was the cause of their complaint-
G. Improvements belonging to the Indians~ H.I. apple trees belonging to the Indians ~
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 190
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