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eide, "where he had a " habitation" and garden.^ In another place he speaks 

 of passing through the harbour of INIiscou from the eastern entrance and 

 coming to a long point of sand which makes a cove of considerable extent, 

 and there it is that vessels anchor. This must have been either Harper's or 

 Sandy Point (southwest of Harper's), and the inference is that his settle- 

 ment was near it. The site of Denys' settlement is well known locally, and 

 until a few years ago traces of it could be seen, including the remains of an 

 " old fort," which now are entirely washed away. It was at Pecten Point, 

 in the place marked on map No. 34.^ This site has been identified for me 

 by Rev. Father J. R. Doucet, to whom I am indebted for much information 

 upon the history of the island, and it is thus spoken of by Dionne (p. 518) : 

 "On voyait encore sur cette île, il n'y a pas plus de 5 ou 6 ans, les ruines 

 de l'habitation et des fortifications anciennes élevés par Denys. Le fort 

 était situé du côté sud du havre de Miscou, vis-à-vis le principal établissement 

 de l'île, occupé il y a plus de deux siècles par les Français, et habité aujour- 

 d'hui par un groupe Ecossais. L'on peut encore voir le vieux cimetière, sur 

 la propriété d'un nommé John Marks. Les protestants ont construit, a 

 proximité, une église de leur secte." 



Passing next to the settlements at Nepisiguit, we find them in the fol- 

 lowing order. 



T).— The Recollet Mission at Nepisiguit. LeClercq states of this place (p. 203) : 

 "Les Recollets de la Province d'Aquitaine y ont commencé la Mission 

 en 1620 & le Père Bernardin, un de ces illustres Missionaires mourut de 

 faim & de fatigues en traversant les bois pour aller de IMiscou & de Nipis- 

 guit à la riviere de Saint Jean, à la Cadie, ou ces Reverends Peres avoient 

 leur établissement principal." As to the site of this mission, we have no 

 hint whatever. 



E.— The Jesuit Mission at Nepisiguit. This was established in 1644 as a 

 branch of the mission of IMiscou. It is several times referred to in the 

 Relations, but never in a way to locate it. LeClercq states there was a 

 chapel here. Dionne states positively, though without giving any evidence, 

 that this chapel was at Point au Père, and that Denys settled near it. A slen- 

 der argument for this might be based upon the fact that old plans mark Fergu- 

 son's Point, where Denys' settlement later stood, " Point au Père, so called 

 because a French priest is buried there," (Map No. 35), and there is a local 

 tradition, given, however, without qualification by Dionne, that some years 

 ago the remains of priests were removed from this point to the cemetery at 

 Bathurst. Rev. Father Varrily, however, writes me there is no mention of 

 any such removal in the Church records, nor does he know of it. He says, 

 however, there is a tradition that the Jesuit Fathers had some kind of an 

 establishment there. He says further, " It is, however, certain that on the 

 south side of the harbour, at the mouth of the Nepisiguit, there was at the 

 first discovery of the country an Indian settlement, and that a French gentle- 

 men named Enaud, who married an Indian, owned property and lived 

 tliere. This place was visited regularly by the Jesuit fathers established at 



1 The date of tlie foundation of this Bettloment is probably fixed by a note in the Journal of the 

 Jesuits of 1052, — " Monsieur Denys goes to find Monsieur de la Tour, in order toestablisli himself again 

 towards Miscou." 



2 Many relics have been found on this site. Of these one is a pewter pitcher, having the date 

 IGOl, a photograph of which I possess through the kindness of Dr. Philip Cox, of Chatham. It is said 

 locally that the fort stood exactly where Mr. Pétrie formerly had his store. (See New Brunswick 

 Magazine, II., 293.) 



