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life and the pleasure be took in their company; his earnest desire 

 to promote tiieir y)est interests, and save them frf>m the rum 

 curse socm won the confidence and love of the simple children of 

 the forest. Ti) he chosen for guide and canoeman l»y the young 

 trader was regarded a^ a mark of honour, and wherever he went 

 a warm welcome awaited him. Thus was laid the foundation of 

 that extensive knowledge of the natural history and undeveloped 

 resources of New Brunswick which in after years he elaborated 

 and gave to the public with .such good results. 



Mainly togiatify the wishes of family and friends, he enter- 

 ed upon the study of the law and, in 1828, .was ad nutted an 

 attorney of the supreme court, and called to the bar in 1830. In 

 1829 he married Jane, daughterof Isaac Ketchum. a loyalist who 

 had settled at Hami.tcin Feriy. King's County, in 1783. The 

 fruits of this union was a family of eight, the eldest and last sur- 

 vivor, Henrv F., civil engineer, dying at Ottawa a few years ago. 

 Though he had adopted the legal profession and l)econie en- 

 gaged in mercantile affairs, his love of nature continued to grow. 

 p]very summer found him passing his holidays in company 

 with an Indian, exploring the inland waters of the province, col- 

 lecting information alxtut its mines, minerals, forest wealth, 

 fisheries, and the fertility of its lands. He was. without doubt, 

 the best informed man on these subjects the province ever saw, 

 and when later he became chief immigration commissioner i'or 

 New Brunswick, his booklets and articles in the press populariz- 

 ed his native land, and promoted immigration from Great 

 liritain. His ]»opularity among the natives grew from year to 

 vearas their knowledge of the man increased, until about 1889 

 he was formally elected a chief by the Maiicites of the St. John 

 River and a Srici<iinoir,[>y the Micmacs of Northern Now Bruns- 

 wick. Whatever value peoi)le might attach to such honours, 

 they were the greatest the native could confer, and mark a 

 deptn of respect, admiration, and confidence, seldom enjoyed by 

 a white man. A priceless heirloom, commemorative of the 

 event, is preserved by the family in the form »)f a silver medal, 

 dated 1840. on which is engraved "'From Her Most (iracious 



