1912- Annual Report from Indian Agent J.D. McLeod

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1912- Annual Report from Indian Agent J.D. McLeod

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Titles	1912- Annual Report from Indian Agent J.D. McLeod:
Name	John D. McLeod (Indian Agent)
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Type of Resource	text
Genre	Annual Report
URL	http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/first-nations/indian-affairs-annual-reports/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2
Abstract	Annual Report from Indian Agent Rev. John McLeod. General information about farming, working, health, education, and reserve boundaries are included in this report.
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Note	MICMACS OF PICTOU COUNTY, NEW GLASGOW, April 25, 1912. FRANK PEDLEY, Esq. Deputy Supt. General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa. SIR, - I have the honour to submit my annual report and statistical statement for the year ended March 31, 1912. Tribe or Nation. - All the Indians of this agency are Micmacs. Reserve. - The Indians of this agency have two reserves. The larger reserve is at Fisher Grant, near the entrance of Pictou harbour. It has an area of 200 acres. About one-fifth of it has been cultivated. It is stony and requires much fertilizing. The other reserve is near Merigomish harbour, and consists of two islands - Island A, or Chapel island, and Island B, or Morley's island. The land here is not cultivated now and a few families live on Chapel island during the summer months only. Population. - The present population of this agency is 156. Health and Sanitation. - The health of the Indians in general was good. The deaths during the year in the case of adults were caused by consumption. Occupations. - The Indians of this agency are engaged in making pit-timber, baskets, butter-tubs, pick-handles and moccasins, in farming, fishing, and occasionally, as opportunity offers, hiring as labourers. Buildings. - The Indians have a neat church on Chapel island, and a school at Fisher Grant reserve. Most of the dwellings are frame buildings, but of small proportions. Stock. - A few horses only are owned on the reserve. Farm Implements. - A few ploughs, barrows, sleighs and wagons are owned by the Indians. Characteristics and Progress. - The Indians are, as a rule, industrious and law-abiding. Temperance and Morality. - The Indians of the county, with few exceptions, are temperate, and are of good moral character. Your obedient servant, J.D. MACLEOD, Indian Agent
Note	Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended March 31 1912 (Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1912), 74.
Note	J.D. MacLeod, Indian Agent, to Robert Rogers, Superintendent of Indian Affairds, April 25th 1912, Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended March 31 1912 (Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1912), 74.