Annual Report from Indian Agent Rev. McLeod for the year 1914.
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REPORT OF REV. JOHN D. MACLEOD, INDIAN AGENT FOR PICTOU COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA. Tribe. - All the Indians in this agency are Micmacs.
Health and Sanitation. - During the past year, the health of the Indians in general has been good. There was no epidemic or contagious disease. The precautions to prevent infection in the case of consumptive patients have been to a large extent observed.
Occupations. - The Indians of this agency are engaged in various occupations, such as farming, fishing, making moccasins, baskets, butter-tubs, pick-handles, and hiring out as labourers.
Buildings. - Most of the houses are frame buildings of small size. A good schoolhouse was built during the past year, an improvement much appreciated.
Stock. - A few horses and some young cattle are owned on the reserve, they are well cared for. Farm Implements. - The farm implements are a few ploughs, harrows, wagons, and a cultivator.
Characteristics and Progress. - The Indians are as a rule industrious and law-abiding. They cannot be said to be advancing very rapidly; however, I think, there is some perceptible progress.
Temperance and Morality. - The Indians are, with few exceptions, temperate and of good moral character.
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Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended March 31 1914 (Ottawa: J. De L. Tache, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1914), 36-37.