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Meeting of chiefs at Horton on 5 January 1848 for purpose of petitioning legislature on important points in their interest. Fears the eventual destruction of Mi'kmaq tribe.
Date: 1847
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 4 number 42
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