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Authorization for Captain William Chearnley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to prosecute against incursions on Indian Reservations
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Department of Crown Lands
Halifax - May 24. 1854
Sir
I beg to inform you, for the action of the Executive Government, that Captain Chearnley, the Indian Commissioner, has applied to one to authorize prosecutions against Messrs Webber, for intrusion on the reserve at Ingraham's river, and obstructing and diverting the river for lumbering purposes-
It appears that half of the river is reserved for the benefit of the Indians -
There is also intrusion on the Indian Reserve at Gould river by Mill owners , who claim by possession, and dispute the right of Government in consequence of a Grant to [Abthorp?] to interfere -
The Honble
Lewis M. Wilkins
Provincial Secretary
Date: 1854
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 82
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