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Thus the only vi-rsioii I liave seen (^f tlie (irif^iiial tyrant lias Richard Denys ; 

 both St. Valier and Le Clercq tell us that Kichanl Denys lived at Miramichi, 

 and they speak of him as proprietor ; an early document (Archives, 1884, 18) 

 on Seigniories spt'aks of Richard Denys de Fronsac as first grantee of 

 ^liramiclii. 



I have not been able to locate this Seigniory. The identity of the 

 Riviere des Truites (Trout River) is unkncjwn ; there mu.«t be some error 

 about the directions, for a line running (irst southeast, and then northwest 

 wouKl run back upon it^self. It must have been on the north side of Mira- 

 michi, partly because Denys residence (discussed earlier) Wiis almost cer- 

 tainly there, and partly because grants at Xepi.^iguit later to be mentioned^ 

 bordered upon it. 



Richard Denys afterwards aequiretl the extensive Seigniories of Nepisi- 

 guit and Restigouche.^ 



In 1(585, (Aug. 13), Richard Denys, as lieutenant for his father, granted 

 three leagues of land to the RecoUets for a mission on the river St. Croix 

 (Miraniichi) (Murdoch, I., 168). St. Valier says the missionaries chose 

 the land at SkinoubomHche, which it can scarcely be questioned was the 

 modern Burnt Church Point (see earlier) ; and thus originated the present 

 Burnt Church Indian Mission, which is thus by far the oldest now in exist- 

 once in New Brunswick. Tin's ^lission is marked on the " Carte généralle 

 de la Nouvelle France" of 1G92, on the north side of the Miramichi, near its 

 moutli, but not accurately enough to determine its exact site. 



6. The Nepisiguit District. 



No account of the Seigniories of this district lias 3-ct been published, 

 excepting only the scanty and erroneous references in Cooney. 



The original grant to Denys included all this district, and he had 

 establishments, as he tells us in his book, at Miscou and Nepisiguit. 

 His rights must have lapsed after 1G85, for after that date large portions 

 of that district were legranted. 



It is possible there was a grant of Migcou to a Company in 1668, but 

 evidently it was of little or no effect. (Archives, 1885, 33). 



1689.— Pocmouche. To Midul Ik (In-:, hiihitoul dc Focmonche. (Aug. 3). 



"1 lieue de front sur 1 lieui' profoutleur dans la Rivière de Pomouche." 

 (Leg. 112.) 



The site of this grant (not a Seigniory) may be fixed approximately, as 

 on Map 30. This was afterwanls included in a Seigniory of Esnault (see 

 later), and it is said of DeCîrez (or Delgrais) that he has "retired with the 

 English of Boston, and married an Fjiglish woman, although lie was married 

 to an Indian woman, and his marriage had been solemnized in presence 

 of the church." 

 1690— Nepisiguit. To Sicnr Jcnv (iohiii, M(trrh(tii(l à Quclnr. (May 2(i, con- 

 lirincd March 16, 1(191). 



" Extent of twelve leagues in front by ten leagues in depth on the JJdif 

 des Chaleurs in Acadia, together with the rivers which may be found within 

 the limits of the said tract of land, tlie said twelve leagues of land to com- 



1 On their later history see Murdoch, II., 441 and Archive», 1884, U), 18. 



