Report on Indian Affairs in Nova Scotia from a series of Commissioners. Letter reports on various Counties and Mi'kmaq lands. Commissioners emphasized that although Pictou County had one of the largest Mi'kmaq populations, they had no lands reserved for their use.
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"In the report of last year, the Committee on Indian Affairs noticed the fact that although Pictou contained the largest Indian population of any county in the province, there was no Indian reserves in the county. In order to provide a home, and encourage the settlement of the Indians, we recommend the purchase of a lot of land for their exclusive benefit, to be vested in the Commissioners as in other counties, the payment to be made from the general Indians fund, at their credit with the province. The appointment of a suitable person in the county to conduct the purchase, your committee think desirable, provided it can be done without expense."
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William Ross, et. al, Indian Commissioners, April 1 1863, in Journal and Votes of the House of Assembly for the Province of Nova Scotia, 1863 Session, Appendix No. 37, pg. 1-2.