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He thinks it best to use gentle treatment in dealing with the Indians, and mentions the fact of their having lately burned their church by command of their priest detained at Quebec, as a proof of their zealous devotion to their missionaries. This statement is corroborated by Charles Morris, who writes in 1765, "Aughpack is about seven miles above St.
The chiefs accepted this offer and the Indians remained tranquil until the American Revolution some twelve years later. One of the results of the conference seems to have been the reservation to the Indians in the grant of the Township of Sunbury of "500 acres, including a church and burying ground at Aughpack, and four acres for a burying ground at St.
Charles Morris, surveyor general of Nova Scotia, as early as the year 1761. A little later he wrote an interesting description of the river. He describes "Aughpack" as about seven miles from St. Anne's, and says the Acadians had settlements upon the uplands between the two places but drew their subsistence from the cultivation of the intervals and islands.
We may add that the claim of the Indians to the lands in the vicinity of their village was early recognized by the Government of Nova Scotia, and when the first grant of a large tract of the surrounding country was made in 1765 to Thomas Falconer and sixty-six other land speculators, there was expressly reserved for the Indians "500 acres, including a church and burying ground at Aughpack, and four acres for a burying ground at St.
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