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J. G. BOUEINOT 



Syriac and otlier tongues, modern and ancient. He translated a uumljer of hymns into Latin — one of tliem, tlie 

 KockofAges, is especially meritorious. He was a native of Nova Scotia — of tlie beautiful country first inhabited by 

 the Acadians, and died at Hantsport, the entrance of the land of Evangeline, in lS8i). 



On the subject of the early liistory of the îlicmac Indians consult L'Escarbot, " La Conversion des Sauvages 

 qui ont été baptistes dans la Nouvelle France cette année, IGlU, avec un récit du Voyage du Sieur do Poutrincourt " 

 (see " Nar. and Crit. Hist, of America," iv. 150; Sabin, Harrisse, No. 21) ; "Cliamplain " (Laverdicro's éd.), 115, IHl, 

 728, 74o; Williamson, "History of Maine," p. 478; Denys, "Amérique Septentrionale," vol. ii; Le C'lerc(], 

 " Nouvelle Relation de la Gaspésie" (Paris, IG91) ; " Relations des Jésuites " (Quebec, 1858), i. 2-31 (index is inac- 

 curate under head of Souriquois, year 166G being given for 1611, Biard's Relation); ib. 42-44 (Cape Breton especially 

 referred to), iii. 7-10; I'ichon "Memoirs," Letters VII-X; Haunay, "History of Acadia," 13, 43-58, 00, etc. 

 Murdoch and Haliburton in their histories of Nova Scotia, and Garueau in his " History of Canada," have fre- 

 quent references to their habits and condition during the French régime. Brown, " History of Cape Breton," 

 Letter X, reviews their state very fully, and has besides numerous references throughout the work. Diéreville, 

 " Relation des Voyage du Port Royal, de I'Acadie, ou de la Nouvelle-France, etc." (in 1708), in prose and verse, 

 describes the manners, superstitions and pursuits of the Indians of Nova Scotia. 



The condition of the Indians in 1757-58 is described by a French missionary in a pamphlet published in Lon- 

 don in 1758 as "An Account of the Customs an,l Manners of the Micmacs and Maricheets, savage nations now- 

 dependent on the Government of Cape Breton" (Field, Ind. Bibliog., No. 10G3; Quaritch, No. 2!), 934 ; "Nar. and 

 Crit. Hist, of Am.," v. 452 ; J. G. Shea, in ' Hist. Mag.,' v. 2'JO; ' Nor. Am. Rev.,' cxii, Jan., 1871.) The first Micmac 

 grammar was that by the Abbé Maillard, a French missionary, for many years at Louisbourg and at St. Peter's, 

 and in eastern Nova Scotia until 1759, when he was induced to go to Halifax and use his influence to quiet the 

 Micmacs. He was in the pay of the British government from that time, and died in 17GS. (See Akins, " Nova 

 Scotia Documents," 1S4, n.) His grammar was arranged by J. M. Bellenger and published in New York in 1864 

 (Cramoisy), but only a hundred copies are reported to liave been printed (4to., lUl pp. ; Dufossé's Cat., No. 49,203). 

 In the " Nar. and Crit. Hist, of America " (iv. 268, 269) there is a brief summary of the work done in the Micniac 

 mission from 1031-1768. In the 'Trans. Roy. Soc. of Lit.,' xiv. 1887, C. Godfrey Leland has a paper on "The 

 Mythology, Legends and Folk-lore of the Algonquins," which subsequently appeared in a separate form. His 

 interesting work on " Tlie Algonquin Legends of New England ; or. Myths and ï"olk-lore of the Micmac, Passamu- 

 quoddy and Penobscot Tribes," was published in 1884 at Boston. He can trace in the legends and myths of the 

 Indians evidence of the old Norse voyages. The Micmacs are even believed by Professor Storm to be the Skrael- 

 lings of the Norsemen. (See ' Scottish Review ' for Octoljor, 1891, p. 361 ; Sir Dan. Wilton, in 'Trans. Roy. Soc. of 

 Can.,' viii. sec. 2, art. 3.) 



XIV. Tub Ac.\dian Fkbnuu in Capb Budton. 



" La France aux Colonies : Etudes sur le développement de la Race française hors de l'Europe, par E. Rameau " 

 (Paris, 1859), contains an interesting account of the Acadian French population in the island of Cape Breton 

 (pp. o, 71-79, 147-149), with the view of showing its development since tlie days of the French rule. From this 

 work we obtain the following estimates of tlie French population of Cape Breton, at dilTereat dates after the taking 

 of Louisbourg and the removal of its garrison and inhabitants to France : 



In 1758 1,000, two-thirds Acadian, settled on the 



coast and the Labrador (Bras d'Or). 

 This is obviously an overestimate. 



In 1827 6,000 



1838 9,500 



1859 — Richmond Cou.ntv. 



Ardoise 1,200 



Bourgeois 700 



Arichat and Descousso 5,700 



St. I'ierre, Riviere des Habitants, etc 1,500 



9,100 



Cape Breton Coumt. 



Little Bras d'Or GOO 



Inveunkss County. 

 Marguerite (Margaree), Cheticamp, etc 4,000 



Total in 1859 1.3,700 



