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Oct. 24, 1884. Had a lon{j talK uo-uay v/itli Jose-pli Stone brother of 

 Gicleon and Levi Stone. -vvas oorn at lJiiiba{iO(^ and lived Tor thirty .4...*^^^ 



yoars or liioro on Ivfetalluc Point near the l^arrows, luoose, Boars, and 

 Deer were abundant then. He used to hunt -lOosci ?/ith i.ietalluc a i-ure 

 blooded liidian or the 3t.rrancia trioe, and the only Indian hno7m to 

 have actually settl(;d on the Lahe which, hov/evor, v;as frequently resort- 

 ed to by others of the ,t,ribe for Ir^rit in^ and fishinij. A few Oldtown ^ 

 Indians also used to visit its waters, walhinj., the entire distance fron 

 01dto':;n, buildiutj canoes of s-^^ruce bark, siiendint, a season in then on ^ 

 the La;,:e and the ;.Ie<_,alloway and then turnin{:j the^u adrift. Caribou vyere 

 found by the hunters as early as 1835. They vxere not abuiidant. The 

 chief huntiiib ground for theu: was on -the :,.t . Observatory near CyUJ^cx^iust. hu 



IVild Geese cauie in spring and fall iii iimaense nuiiioers spending, 

 s<ivoral weehs but never rijnaininf^ to breed. They used re^^ularly to 



sr.end the day "bedded" in the iiorth Arm, visiting the south part of the y 



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Lahe at twllit^ht to feed throui:ih the niyht and flyin^^ bach before sun- 

 rise nex t J .lorn iny . 



3heldra].:e, ■Jjiistlt^rs , ..ierGansers and other D-uchs caine in thousands. 

 He has soon ten acres of solid iaass<;s of DucIls . Blaclv Duchs were l^ss 

 nuiaerous. lie rarely used to see over 300 to 400 at a tiue. A favorite 

 feediuii ti^ound of both Geese and Duchs was about Great Island. 



i-.r.3ineon Frost tells ne^ that he caiae to Upton in IS — . There 



was then only a s"'<otted trail throu.-i,h tlie woods froi;i Brown's in Grafton. 



Therti werii two or thr(ie houses on Jpton hill thi; lowest near v^'here Steve 

 ilorse now lives, lie caiae to assist in Aojojt's nill and luarry ixi£j Enoch. 



