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may inù-r that the grant was tlicrc. In tlii.s ca.«e, the KiviOre Bnmillée 

 woiiKl bi' cithfi- an i-aiHtT name for the AiUac, or for one of the two or tliree 

 aboiileaued smaller streams in that vicinity. This ^Mission is marked i>n tlie 

 "Cart^ généralle de la Nouvelle France" of 1092, but not accurately enough 

 to determine its precise position. 



The settlements of Shepody and IVtitcodiac were founded, as fully 

 described by Rameau, in 1098, the former by Tliibaudeau and the latter by 

 Blanchard. In 1702 it was reeonuuended by DesGouttins that they ))c jjiven 

 grants of these places, of course in seigniory, but decisions of the Council of 

 State of 1793 and 170Ô show that wliile tlu-y wen- allowed to contiiuie to 

 occupy their lands they were witliiu the limits of tlie Seigniory of LaVallière. 

 (Rameau. IL, :W(i. .S.S7. ) 

 1700— Cape Near Shepody. To Sieur de Villieu. (Aug. 21.) 



''Two leagues of hind in front [and two in de^ith], to be taken from the 

 Cape nearest to the Bay of Chiepoudy, on the north-east side thereof, 

 de.scending to the south-west, together with the island called awx 3/*'»/<s." 

 (Leg. 189.) 



It is possible to locate this Seigniory only approximately, and its ])rob- 

 able situation is shown on map No. 39. There is no doubt about /. muv 

 Mettles — it is the name on all the old maps for the present Grindstone Island. 



4. The Bichibucto District. 



No account whatever of the seigniories in this district has yet been 

 published. 



The first great grant in this region was that of 1636, confirmed 

 in 1653 and 1667, to Nicolas Denj-s, which included all the coast from 

 Cape Breton to Gaspé. It was not revoked until after 1685, for in that 

 year Eichard Denys, as representative of his father, made grants to 

 Eecollet Missionaries at Miramichi and Restigouche. Yet in 1684 a portion 

 was regranted at Richibucto and other places. 



1684— Richibucto. To Louis d'Amours, Ecuyer, Sieur de Chauffours. (Sept. 20, 

 confirmed May 24, 1G89). 



" Ladite rivière Richibouctou, avec une lieue de terre de front du côté 

 du sud-ouest, & de l'autre côté jusques à trois Hei'iesau delà de ladite rivière 

 Chibouctouche, icelle comprise c^ les isles, isk'ts adjacentes, it de profondeur 

 ju,«(i'au pf)rtage qui se trouve dans ladite rivière Richibouctou, duquel port- 

 age sera tiré une ligne paralélie au front & bord de la mer, pour terminer 

 laditf! profondeur. . . lequel fief & seigneiu'ie portera le nom de 



Chauffours." (Mem. 748). 



This Seigniory can be located perfectly, an shown on the map No. 39. 



It is stated in the grant that the new Seignior had for two years been 

 cultivating a piece of land on the southwest side of the Richibucto, where 

 he had built a fort and two small houses, and wiis intending to bring si-ttlers 

 there — to enc<jurage all wliich, this grant was Tuade. But about 1(>90 lie had 

 removed to Jemseg, a« already shown, perhaps in order to be near liis two 

 brothers on the St. John. 



It appears that land in this region had been granted i>revious to l(j().5> 

 but not having been occupied, had reverted to the Crown. The grant is 

 printed in full in Mem., p. 7()1, 



