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synopsis on the accompanying map (Map No. 5), while the factors 

 determining that distribution are as follows : 



A. Historical Factors. 



a. Aboriginal immigration. Nothing is known positively as to the 

 time and circums.tances of the migrations which brought the Indian tribes 

 first into New Brunswick; nor is it clear wliether the Micmacs and 

 i\raliseets were absolutely the first immigrants, or whether one tribe 



Map No. 5. The size of the black sjjots show approximately the importance 



of the place. 



partly displaced the other, or whether one or both displaced some earlier 

 occupants). Both are Algonquins, but of different branches, the Maliseets 

 being related through the Penobscots with the Atlantic Coast tribes, 

 while the Micmacs appear to be connected with the tribes of the St. 

 Lawrence. It seems probable, therefore, that the Micmacs moved into 



