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or St. Anthony (1790), Aldouane (1790), Pokemouche (1793) , Kouchi- 

 louguacsis (1795), Shippegan, Miscou, Barachois (1800), Tedish (1800), 

 Ahoushagan (1802), Shemogue (1800), Ckochpish (1802), Shediac Village 

 (1805), Cape Sapin (1810), Tahusintac, Cap Pelée, or Cape Bald (1813), 

 Oak Point, Jacquet River and Eel River. At least one expansion 

 eettlenient from Nepisiguit, namely, Petit Rocher (1793), was also 

 formed in this period.^ A number of these settlements were not 

 strictly Acadian. Thus Caraqvet is locally, and no doubt correctly, 

 said to have been founded by the sailors of a French war vessel after 

 1760, while L'Amec was settled in part in this period by Canadian 

 French fishermen, settled here by Jersey fishing firms, while others 

 of the northern French settlements were founded by, or contained, 

 many Canadian French. During this period, also, the Madawaska 

 settlements grew and expanded, extending both up and down the St. 

 John, and even, at the close of the period (1814), sent an offshoot 

 below the mouth of the Aroostook, forming an Acadian settlement 

 there which, however, was soon abaadoned. Some of the smaller of 

 these settlements, notably that at Oak Point, and that at Jacquet 

 Eiver, were also later abandoned by the Acadians, who doubtless soon 

 joined their fellow-countrymen in the nearest large settlements. 



A special phase of settleanent in this period was the establishment 

 of post-houses along the upper St. John to facilitate travel along this 

 important winter route to Quebec. As ncted in the earlier Mono'graph 

 on Historic Sites, 348, some thirteen of these were planned, but 

 apiparently not many of them were established. I have been able to 

 learn positively of the existenice of but three, outside of those at 

 Presquisle and Grand Falls in connection with the military establish- 

 ments there, one two or three miles below Andover, kept by a French- 

 man, L'Arlois (whose descendants, the Larlees, are numerous in the 

 vicinity), one at Salmon Eiver kept by Whitehead, and another seven 

 miles below Grand Falls kept by John Street. 



^ Valuable information about the Acadian settlements in New Brunswick in 

 1796 is contained in a report of that year, made to the Bishop of Quebec, by Abbé 

 Desjardins. It was printed in Le Moniteur Acadien for .Tune 14, 1887. It gives 

 Memramcook and Petitcodiac, over 100 families; 8hediac. 15 families: Cocagne, 

 14 families; Buctouchc, 11 families; RichUnicto, .S3 families; lini/ du Vin. 11 fam- 

 ilies; Neguac. 10 families; Tracadie, 23 families; Sliippegan, ~> families; Miscou. 

 S families ; Caraquet not stated. These numbers are probably only approximate, 

 and they seem rather small. Another estimate, showing a slight increiise over 

 this, is given in 1803 by Ab.xander Taylor (Winslow I'apers, 41)9). 



Another very valuable document relates to the Acadian settlements in 1811, 

 1812 ; it is the Report of his Missions to these settlements in 1811, 1812 by Bishop 

 I'lessis (see Bibliography). He mentions all of the settlements in the above 

 list excepting Cap Pelée and Chockpish. 



