1874-Report of the Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs

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1874-Report of the Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs

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Titles	1874-Report of the Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs:
Name	Lawrence Vankoughnet
Type of Resource	text
URL	http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/first-nations/indian-affairs-annual-reports/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3
Abstract	Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) maintains the published annual reports from various Indian agencies in Canada from 1864 to 1990. Each report collected information from Department employees, such as Indian Agents, and compiled them into a comprehensive bound book. The reports contain census data, health and 'morality' reports, discussion of events and happenings in specific communities and districts, and financial information about the Department. Many of the letters printed in the reports may also appear in the correspondence files, which might result in duplication in this database.
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Note	NOVA SCOTIA Another Indian District has been added to the seven into which this Province had previously been divided. District No. 6 which formerly embraced the Counties of Richmond and Cape Breton, being found too extensive to be supervised by one agent, was divided; and the Rev. Mr. McIsaac appointed to the new district thus created. This district comprises the County of Cape Breton, but Mr. McIsaac having shortly after his appointment left that county, the Rev. Mr. McGillivray has been appointed to succeed him. Considerable trouble had been caused by the intrusion of squatters upon the reserves at Whycocomah, Middle River and Malagawatch, and so determined were they to hold on to the lands occupied by them that the Department was obliged to adopt the most stringent legal measures to effect their removal. Mr. J.B. Macdonald, the Indian agent for the locality, has displayed commendable zeal and energy in the successful performance of this unpleasant and somewhat dangerous duty. A school for the Indians has been established at Whycocomah, in a tenement vacated by one of the intruders. This is the only school for the benefit of the Indian youth in the Province of Nova Scotia. The importance of education has been frequently pressed by the Department upon the notice of the local agents, and it is hoped that they will be able at an early day to induce the Indians to take an interest in this important matter. As the land reserved for the Indians near the harbor of Pictou is devoid of timber, and the Indians were suffering from the want of fuel, measures were initiated for the purchase of a lot containing 89 acres of wood land at Fisher's Grant, in the county of Pictou. This purchase has recently been fully effected. The duties of the Indian agents of this Province consists, in distributing among the Indians the aid sent them every spring and autumn, in protecting their reserves from trespass and the timber from spoliation, in seeing that the sick receive proper medical attendance, and in looking generally after the affairs and wants of the Indians. A statement of the amounts sent to each agent for distribution will be found in tabular form attached to this report, as well as details of expenses paid on account of medical services & c., to Indians within the Province" (7).
Note	This is an excerpt from a longer letter discussing other parts of Canada.
Subject Hierarchical Geographic	North America--Canada----Pictou--Pictou Landing
Subject Local Name	--Annual Report--Resources--Boundaries--Survey--Reserves--Firewood--Expansion
Name	David Laird
Name