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chased for them, and they removed to it. (Its history is given fully in 

 Raymond's monographic " Old Meductic Fort," in Coll. N.B. Hist. Soc, 

 I, 221; Hist. Sites, 225; Perley, Ind.. XCHI. The invaluable narrative 

 by Gyles is announced, in an exhaustive edition by Victor H. Paltsits, 

 to be published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York). 



Meductic, — Y. Name applied formerly to the locality now occupied by the 

 town of Woodsfocl- and applied in recent years to the village at the 

 mouth of Eel river. 



Memel, — A. Settled about 1830 by expansion from Shepody. (Loc. inf.). 



Memramcook, — W. Also Memeramcouke. Early important Acadian village, 

 formed probably near the present St. Joseph's College early in the 

 18th century by expansion from Beauséjour, and destroyed by the Eng- 

 lish in 1755. In 1760 some Acadians were in the vicinity, and in 

 1767 they were permitted to settle and ultimately were given grants 

 of their lands there. With rich marshes the settlement grew and 

 expanded, occupying lands which in 1805 came into possession of J. 

 F. "W. Des Barres ; the Acadians became his tenants, but later, after 

 extensive legal troubles, in 1842 bought their lands and have since 

 prospered. The settlement is one of the two or three Acadian settle- 

 ments in the province occupied by them before the Expulsion. (Hist. 

 Sites, 281; Gaudet, Le Moniteur Acadien, September 21, 1886 ct seq., also 

 August 30, October 7, 1887; December 3, 1897; Plessis, 257; Poirier, 

 "Le Père Lefèvre et L'Acadie," Montreal, 1898; Rameau, Colonie 

 Féodale). 



Menagoueche, — J. Name used by the French in 1680 and later for the settle- 

 ments at the mouth of the St. John, and for the fort on the site of 

 Old Fort, Carleton, occupied by them about 1750-53. (Hist. Sites, 271). 



Meringuin, — W. Settled chiefly by native expansion from Westcook and Dor- 

 chester Cape from about 1820 to 1850. (Loc. inf.). 



Michaud, — M. Acadian, est. 1879-80 under the Free Grants Act. (Loc. inf.; 

 C. L. R.). 



Midjic, — W. Traditional Indian (Micmac) village, probably pre-historic, 

 in a rich game region, and very likely the council-place of this region. 

 (Hist. Sites, 230). 



The present farming village was first settled prior to 1812 by 

 expansion from Sackville. (Loc. inf.). 



Midland, — K. Loyalist expansion farming settlement, formed about 1800, on 

 the old Fredericton-St. John road. 



Midland, — A. Native farming settlement, formed about 1830 by expansion 

 from the Petitcodiac settlements. (Loc. inf.). 



Military Settlements, — Cn. and V. Settlements formed in 1817 and later, 

 (1) along the St. John river from Presquile to the Aroostook, (2) on 

 the Nashii-aak Portage, and (3) on the Fredericton-St. Andrews road east 

 of Pisl'ahegan, by disbanded soldiers of the New Brunswick Fencibles, 

 104th Regiment, 98th and 8th Regiments. They largely abandoned the 

 two latter localities, but founded the present settlement of the former. 

 (C. L. R. Sketches of N.B., 41; Raymond, Carleton County, 83-85). 



