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[Proclamation protects areas of Nova Scotia described as the 'possessions of the said Indians, for the more special purpose of hunting, fowling and fishing']
1762
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Transcription of proclamation issued by Jonathan Belcher, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of Nova Scotia 'or Acadia']
1762
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch suggests looking into the 'nature of the pretentions of the Indians for any part of the lands within this province' and explains the rationale for the May 4, 1762 Proclamation 'injoining all persons against any molestation of the Indians in their claims']
1762
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
Remarks on the Indian Commerce carried on by the Government of Nova Scotia in the year 1760, 1761 & part of 1762 [enclosed with Belcher's July 8, 1763 dispatch]
1763
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Author encloses accounts related to expenditures from the provincial treasury (see Belcher's July 1763 brief entitled 'Remarks on the Indian Commerce')]
1763
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Author blamed a French priest named Manach for impeding peacemaking with the Mi'kmaq and had him arrested]
1761
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch suggests that a few French missionaries be employed to influence the Indigenous population 'for public good']
1761
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch discusses Nova Scotia's statutory measure for 'carrying on the Indian trade']
1761
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch provides text and account of peace and friendship treaties signed with chiefs of Mi'kmaq tribes from Shediac, Miramichi, Pokemouche and Cape Breton]
1761
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive