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Historic Sites. 



An Indian camping place on the Petitcodiac about at the head of 

 tide is mentioned in 1771 in the Calhoun diary, published in 1876 in 

 the Sackville Post. Apparently it was on the north side of the river. 

 It must have been near the present Salisbury, but inquiries I have 

 made on the ground have failed to discover its site. 



230. The Indian camp-sites, said to be three in number, at Dorchester, are 

 described in newspaper article (St John Sun, Aug. 3, 1904) thus — 

 one at Brownell Brook or New France, a second back of Palmer's 

 pond, or back of the John Chapman farm, and a third below what 

 is now called the Johnson mills. " 



230E. I have been told by residents in the vicinity that Indians camped on 

 this Island to within a few years. It is of upland surrounded by 

 marsh, and it would appear to form a very favourable stopping-place 

 for those travelling in canoes along the coast, although my personal 

 search failed to reveal any spring on it. It is now being washed 

 away by the sea. Mr. R. P. Steeves tells me he believes there was 

 formerly an Indian camping-ground below St Mary's Point in Harvey 

 on the place formerly known as the " Two-Island Farm. " 



Just east of the Owl's Head near Alma is a place called Indian 

 Beach, no doubt an old camping place. 



At Germantown Lake, on the north side near the middle of its 

 length, is a knoll with a spring and a good beach, known to have been 

 an old Indian camping ground of some importance, and used by the 

 Indians within the memory of persons now living. This lake is very 

 rich in fish, and the neighbourhood formerly abounded in game, 

 including beaver. 



The point at the mouth of the Shediac River, south side, is 

 called locally Pointe des Sauvages and is said to have been the site 

 of an important Indian settlement. The Chart of Shediac also marks 

 near by an " Indian Cemetery." 



A. The Indian settlement at Buctouche is now at Noel Creek, two miles west 

 of the village of Buctouche; but Mr. H. A. O'Leary, who knows the 

 region well tells me that formerly (up to about 1840) the main Indian 

 settlement w^as on the bluff at the northern end of the present high- 

 way bridge, where now is the oldest part of the village. Indians 

 lived at Indian Point until about 18 years ago when they moved to 

 î'Toel Creek. An old Indian burial ground is also known above the old 

 bridge on the north side of Black River. 



230. Richibucto. For additional information about the Indian settlements 

 at Richibucto I am indebted to Dr. J. W. Doherty of Rexton, and 

 others. The principal Indian settlement of Richibucto in early times 

 is said by both Indians and whites to have been on Indian Island, 

 on elevated ground toward the eastern end, and it is no doubt here 

 that the fortified village stood of which Denys speaks. Another 

 old Indian settlement site was at Platts, or Shipyard, Point just 

 below the present Marine hospital, while between the point and the 

 hospital is the rock still visible, mentioned by Cooney, on which a 

 traitor of the tribe was once stoned to death. Another village was 



