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NEWFOUNDLAND 



The following is an accurate list of the Indian trappers, 

 and their respective hunting-grounds in Newfoundland: — 



Frank Joe . 



Little Frank Benoit 



Paul Benoit 



Frank Benoit 



Ned Pullet 



Noel Louis 



John Benoit 



Frank MacDonald 



Ben Benoit 



Noel Matthews ) 



Martin and Michael i 



Noel Jeddore > 



John Denny Jeddore ( 



Stephen Joe (stepbrother of Joe J.) 



Joe Jeddore 



Nicholas Jeddore 



John Bernard 



John Stride 



Reuben Lewis . 



Stephen Bernard 



Peter John . 



Micky John 1 



Peter John ) 



John Hinx » 



Paddy Hinx V 



Johnny Hinx ) 



Mathew Burke ( 



Johnny Benoit i 



John Barrington 



Lewis John 



Len Joe .... 



Ben, Abraham, and Noel Paul 



Matty Michel and son 



Hunts Burgeo country and Western Maelpeg. 



„ Spruce Pond, N\V. of Maelpeg. 



,, Crooked Lake. 



„ Crooked Lake. 



,, Long Pond, between two W. Maelpegs. 



„ Western Maelpeg. 



„ Nimooch-wee-godie. 



„ Godoleik (W. of Conn). 



„ Island Pond, NW. of W. Maelpeg. 



,, Crooked Lake. 



Sandy Pond. 



Burnt Hill and Podopekgutch. 

 Burnt Hill and Upper Gander. 

 Burnt Hill and Upper Gander. 

 Middle Ridge and Glenwood. 

 Northern side of Sylvester. 

 Kagudeck. 



Sandy Pond and Shoe Hill Ridge. 

 Eastern Maelpeg. 



St. John's Pond. 



Wiskomonagodie, Eastern Partridge- 

 berry Hills, S. of Maelpeg. 



Tolt and Piper's Hill Brook. 



Eastern side of Tolt. 

 Eastern side of Tolt. 

 Grand Lake. 

 Exploits River. 

 Bonne Bay. 



The Micmacs now acknowledge a local chief, although 

 they always refer all matters of extreme importance to the 

 head chief, John Dennis, who lives near Sydney, Nova 

 Scotia. In 1900, at the death of old Joe Bernard, Reuben 

 Lewis was elected as a probationary chief of the Newfound- 



