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Ilist. Soc, II., !»•">. Across tlie river from it is another at Indicm Pijint. 

 At lii}^ Hole, near the mouth of tlie Sevogle, is a reserve not occupied. 



There is also said to have been a campground on the land of Chas. 

 Sarjjrcant, above Douglastown. 



E.— Eel Ground, above Newcastle (in Micmac Nn-doo-aan). This is at present the 

 second lur<;e.st Micmac settlement on the Miramichi, on a large reservation. 

 Two miles above Strawberry Point on the north side of the river on the 

 shore are said to be the remains of an old Indian burial-ground. 



F.— Burnt Church. This is one of the most ancient and important Micmac set- 

 tlements in tliis district. In Micmac it is called Es-kun-oo-ob-a-ilidi, and 

 without doubt this i§ the place called SkinoiibomUche in St. Valier's narra- 

 tive of 1688. It was here, St. Valier says, the three leagues of land offered 

 to the Recollets for a mission by Sieur Kichard Denys de Fronsac were 

 chosen, and the mission was established in 16S5-S6, and probably from that 

 time to the present it has been occupied by the Indians, and a mission nearly 

 continuously maintained. In 1758 or 1759 the church was burnt by the 

 English, originating its present name. This mission is referred to by 

 LeClercq in his work of 1691 on Gaspé. There is a large Indian reserve 

 here and a considerable settlement, which is very old. Perley's account 

 of its favourable situation has been already (juoted. A brook on tliis reserve 

 is called "Reserve" or "Indian" Brook. 



There must have been many camp sites 'along the shores of IMiramiclii 

 Bay, of which I have no record. On the south side of IMiramichi Bay there 

 are said to have been camp sites of minor importance at the mouth of Bay 

 du Vin River, at Hardwicke, and on the eastern shore of Lower Bay du Vin 

 Bay. 



G. Indian Point, north side of the entrance to Taljusiiitac River. An account 

 witli map, of the locality and of Indian relics found there, is given in Bulletin 

 of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, No. V., and by Chalmers 

 in his Geological Report for 1887, N 31. 



There is a Reserve on the Tabusintac not now occupied. 



6. The Nepisiguit District. 



A. — Pokemouche. On this river is an Indian reservation not now occupied. 



rcrU}- refers to a former reserve in liis Report of 1841. 

 B.'Indian Point, south of Shippegan ^'illage. A favourable situation, probably 



much used. 

 C. — Indian Point, Misc(ju Harbor. So given on an old plan, and no doubt 



marking an old camp-8it«, (see Map No. 34). 

 D.— Money Island, Miscou Ilarlior. This is said to have been a favourite Indian 



camping ])lace in past times, and there is an Indian burial-ground there. 

 E.— Indian Island (or St. Pet^-rs Island) in Bathurst Harbor. Now an Indian 



Reserve, and occupied by a very small settlement. There is also a reserve 



on the river at Rough Wati-rs, which inchuU-s an island known as PrUka or 



Indian Inland. No doubt there was an important camp-site at Grand Falls, 



below which the salmon fishing is particularly good. 



Probably there was a camping-site at Indian Ftdix, as implied by its 



name. 



No doubt too there were sit<?s at the mouths of all of the rivers along 



the Bay Chaleur, and at Caraquette, but on these I have been able to obUiin 



no information. 



