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Historic Sites. 



reprinted in Acadiensis (V, 291). Burrell was stationed at Fort Fred- 

 erick, and his diary reads thus. 



Wednesday 5th [Sept. 1759] — 

 our Cornel with two Captens and three Lewts and two Ensn. about 

 85 men went bye ye River this night. Tuesday 11th ye Cornel 

 Returned with ye party of ye Scots up the River brought but a little 

 Plunder for they were beat by ye enemy firing upon ye party as they 

 were in a small creek and kield Ensn. Tirrell and Corporall Shelden, 

 John Ells, Eleser Paks, and Elishu Randell, total 5, and wounded at 

 ye same time Lewt Foster, Leonard, Commins, Isaac Palmer, Vine 

 Turner, Ebenezer Kers, Solomon Maker and Isaac Torrey Total 7 — all 

 of Capt. Parker's company and one man of Capt. Garrashs. 



It is not, of course, certain that this encounter occurred at this 

 place on the Oromocto, but considering the local importance of the 



Map No. 18. From Survey by the Author. 



event and that this is the only place to which such a tradition now 

 attaches it seems highly probable, in which case it was probably the 

 residents of French Lake who thus attacked the English in defence 

 of their homes. 



The Oromocto is navigable for large boats to above the Forks on 

 both branches. Hence it is very likely the French settled in the 

 retired position near the Forks, but I have no evidence of it. 



271. French i-ake, (next Maquapit). The sites of the French settlements here 

 have been studied by Mr. Duncan London, of Lakeville Corner, and 

 he has had the kindness to send me sketch-maps, from which the 

 i^ccompanying map (Map No. 19) has been compiled, showing their 

 approximate locations, and some information about them. He says 

 there were two French settlements on this lake. One was half a 



