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Unsigned memo regarding Mi'kmaq reserves in Cape Breton, Middle River, Whycocomagh and Margaree.
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[Middle] River Contd.
2nd day [on] East side of river
Kenneth McLeod
Widow McKenzie & [son]
Widow Mclean & family
Duncan Campbell
To extend a line parallel [with]
the mouth line of the [river] [lines - written above so insert here] as far
South as to [clear] the [illegible] &
to [illegible] [until] from the river to the
[Eastern] line of the river _ This tract
to be divided among [those] [illegible] in
[part] from as may be [illegible] &
[equitable], for which they shall pay
5/0 per acre _ cultivated & wild.
& [illegible] to [until] the lines. [Eventually]
with the [illegible] [land] & add 10 [more]
as may be [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] price
The Indians to receive an addition
from the crop land [East] [illegible] to the
tracts thus taken from them . _
Date: 1859
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 105
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