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Mr. le Chevalier de Niverville, Indian Department, to Lt Colonel Napier, Right Arm and Secretary of Indian Affairs

item19 Aug 1829F2165-f24-140

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Dates
19 Aug 1829 (indexed as 1829)
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Extent
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Scope & content
Letter: (French. English transcript appended) reporting on lands claimed by the Algonquins of Three Rivers and Abenaki. Describes the lands reported to be their hunting grom1ds. Indians stated that the lands upstream from Masquinouge belong to the Indians of the Lake of Two Mountains. Describes the division of lands between the Algonquins of Three Rivers and the Abenaki of St Francis from the Tetes de Boules. States that the Abenakis always hunted to the south of the St Lawrence River and the Algonquins to the north. Adds that the Algonquins have, in the past 20 to 30 years, hired Abenaki Indians.
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Language
English
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