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little reputation would be able by the free use of intoxicants to de- 
moralize and defraud the Indians, as had frequently been the case in 
the past. The Indians, smarting under a sense of wrong, would be very 
apt to retaliate upon the white settlers, and consequently the province 
would be “embroiled in mischief.” All this could be prevented if the 
traffic were confined to truck-houses under government control. 
The Indians continued to be restless and at times showed a disposi- 
tion to be hostile. In July, 1765, for example, Henry Green, the Com- 
missary of the garrison at Fort Frederick, acquainted Governor Wilmot 
that they were assembled near the Fort in great numbers, and had given 
out that there were several French ships of war on the coast and that 
they should soon commence hostilities. Similar reports came from 
other parts of the province. Expresses were sent out to discover 
whether there was any truth in the reports. It was found that the 
Indians had been deceived and they soon afterwards dispersed.’ 
V.—First year in Nova Scotia. Progress of the New England 
Townships. 
With the opening of the year 1760, the colonization of Lawrence’s 
thirteen townships began in good earnest. The movement was so 
nearly simultaneous in several of the townships that no priority of 
settlement can be claimed. The Governor wrote the Lords of Trade 
on May 11th, that he had sent Mr. Morris in one of the Province vessels ? 
to lay out and adjust the limits of the townships along the Atlantic coast. 
These townships were laid out in accordance with the permission 
given by the Lords of Trade in their letter of the 14th December, 1759, 
in which they refer with satisfaction to the great extent to which the 
proposed settlements had already been carried, “greater indeed,” say 
they, “than we expected, but not greater than we wished, and we see 
no objection to accepting upon proper terms and conditions proposals 
for settling other townships.” 
Joseph Patton and Thomas Foster came to Halifax in 1759, as a 
committee for the proprietors of the township of Liverpool, at Port 
Seigneur. They stated that a great part of the proprietors were people 
1 See Dr. Geo. Patterson’s History of the County of Pictou, pp. 58, 59 (footnote) ; 
also Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society, No. 6, p. 389. 
2 The vessels in the service of the province at this time were:—Snow, Halifaz, 
Master, John Taggart, 2 mates, pilot, gunner and 18 men; Sloop, York, Captain Cobb, 
mate, pilot and 18 men; Brig, Montague, Captain Rogers, mate, pilot and 18 men; 
Schooner, Warren, manned and armed; Schooner, Monckton, manned and armed; 
Pilot Schooner, master and 4 men. 
Sec. IL, 1911. 5. 
