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known as the Upper French Village was about three miles farther up 

 the river. 



On June 27, 1788, the Governor in Council discussed the case 

 of Andrew Joslin who had taken up a lot in the block assigned the 

 2nd New Jersey Volunteers. Joslin stated that he had agreed to 

 satisfy Guimond, the French inhabitant, who was willing to quit 

 his claim to the land for the consideration of fifty dollars. Joslin 

 was informed that he would be permitted to have the lot on pro- 

 ducing Guimond's receipt which he did on November 8, 1788. 



As early as 1785 a number of the Acadians, living in the settle- 

 ments above Sainte Anne, submitted a memorial to the Governor in 

 which they desired compensation for the improvements they had 

 made and asked for lands at Miramichi. It was agreed in Council 

 to comply with their request and Colonel Allen and Colonel Winslow 

 were requested to value the improvements and in case of non-agree- 

 ment to appoint a third arbiter. 



So far as documentary evidence can show, Carleton and his 

 council were sincerely desirous of protecting the Acadians from 

 imposition. From the minutes of council for the year 1785 we take 

 for illustration three cases. 



Ensign Jonathan Brown, of the Royal Guides and Pioneers, 

 asked leave to exchange a part of the land he had drawn in the regi- 

 mental block for land in the possession of Jean Baptiste Cyr. He 

 received for answer, "The prayer of the memorial cannot be granted 

 as it would interfere with the rights of a French Inhabitant." 



The widow of Lieutenant De Beck, late of the New York Volun- 

 teers, submitted a memorial desiring a- grant of 200 acres adjoining 

 the lands of her father, Captain John Althause, near the Keswick 

 Stream. She received for answer that she could have the land pro- 

 vided that the grant would not interfere with Louis Mercure's im- 

 provements. 



Ensign Nicholas Humphrey, of the New York Volunteers, having 

 made application for 200 acres of land in the same neighbourhood 

 was informed that he could have the lands, if vacant, and the grant 

 did not interfere with Mercure's mill. 



The Acadians living on the east side of the River Saint John, 

 above and below the Keswick Stream, all abandoned their lots during 

 the seven or eight years subsequent to the arrival of the Loyalists. 

 Jean Baptiste Cyr, Joseph Cyr 1 and Jean Baptiste Cormier went to 



1 The wife of Joseph Cyr, Blanche Marguerite Thibodeau, was called the"Aunt 

 of Madawaska," or simply "Ma Tante le Blanche." She was aunt to most of the 

 Thibodeaus, Cyrs, Violettes and Theriaults who were amongst the prolific founders 

 of Madawaska. She was a woman of remarkable gifts and her name is proverbial 

 as synonymous with sweetness and goodness. 



