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Historic Sites. 



Buctouche of 1781 (Map No. 2Sa, E), which places here three houses, 

 with none elsewhere about the harbour. Mr. O'Leary tells me, from 

 his knowledge of the locality. — " They seem to have occupied a small 

 tract of level ground towards which the land falls sharply just south 

 of the present road from the village. They were undoubtedly between 

 the graveyard which occupies a fairly high bluff and the Chapel Point 

 shoals at the land end of which is a small tract of swamp. " Father 

 Michaud also described the old burial ground on Black River (see 

 earlier, under Indian Period) as French, though Mr. O'Leary thinks 

 it Indian. 



291. Richibucto. Additional information as to localities of the Acadian period 



upon Richibucto is as follows. I am told by Mr. H. A. Powell of 

 Sackville that a French vessel with cannon on board is said by tradi- 

 tion to be sunk somewhere about the mouth of the Aldouane, from 

 which it is possible that river takes its name. Again, just within 

 the mouth of the Aldouane on the north side is an old burial ground, 

 locally said to be either Indian or French. It is no doubt this which 

 is mentioned by Cooney, 134, and as an Acadian village was said to 

 have stood near, the burial-ground also would seem to have been 

 French. Further, in documents of the year 1760, loaned me by 

 M. Gaudet, I find it stated that in that year 11 Acadian families, 

 68 individuals, formerly resident at Bay du Vin removed to Richi- 

 bucto. It is altogether likely their settlement was on the present 

 site of Richibucto, for Cooney, 134, states, " It is said, however, 

 that before these events occurred, there was a French village, 

 containing upwards of forty houses, situated a short distance above 

 or in the immediate vicinity of the present Court House of Liver- 

 pool " [Richibucto]. An early French settlement is also reported 

 on Indian Island (earlier also called French Island), but this pro- 

 bably refers to the ancestors of the settlers of the present Richibucto 

 Village, who came here in 1790. 



The sites of the two principal Acadian settlements are shown 

 upon DesBarres Map of 1781 (Map No. 28a, D). 



292. In the Settlements Monograph, 37, 127, I have mentioned, on the author- 



ity of a resident, a supposed Acadian settlement above Doaktown. 

 On further inquiry I find that the cellars etc. mentioned by him are 

 identical with the hollows at the mouth of Clearwater, described in 

 Historic Sites, 231. Others like them are said to occur also at the 

 mouth of Rocky Brook. I think the tradition that these are French 

 is probably in error and that they are of Indian origin. 



292A. Settlement of Richard Denys de Fronsac. The importance of this 

 settlement, by far the most extensive on the Miramichi in early times, 

 has led me to give much effort towards the determination of its site. 

 And although I have not been able to settle the matter definitely, I 

 have obtained some new data as follows. Most important of all is 

 a document entitled " Vente de L'habitation du Sr. de fronsac Riuiere 

 Ste Croix à Mrs. du Séminaire de Quebec, " preserved among the 



