CHAPTER II. 



INDIANS. BELLEISLE STRAITS. MI RAM ICH I DESTROYED 



BY FIRE, BAY OF ANNAPOLIS NOVA SCOTIA. INDIANS. 



FUR TRADE. ADELAH. --MISSIONARIES. NEGRO VIL- 

 LAGE. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. RETURN 



TO NEW BRUNSWICK. F REDERICSTO W N . POPULATION 



OF NEW BRUNSWICK. CLIMATE. THE SOCIETY FOR THE 



PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. BAPTISM. — ITINERANT 



PREACHING. 



After a short residence at Sussex Vale, I set 

 off in the discharge of my mission, on a visit 

 to the Indians along the eastern shore of the 

 Province; and travelled in a light waggon, 

 drawn by one horse, though they are sometimes 

 drawn by two horses abreast, as the usual 

 mode of travelling in the country. I found a 

 few Indian families in the neighbourhood of 

 Shediac, and these of the Micmac tribe. Some 

 of this nation are to be met with in the whole 

 line of coast, lying between Bay Verte, and 

 Chaleur Bay, on the gulf of Saint Lawrence. 

 A few who have intermarried with the French, 

 are become stationary with them in villages 



