- Queen's University Archives
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- A. Mercier, Lake of Two Mountains to Resident Agent
A. Mercier, Lake of Two Mountains to Resident Agent
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- Dates
- 21 Aug 1865 (indexed as 1865)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 item of textual record
- Scope & content
- Translation of letter: re his of the 19th wondering why there is so much difference in the number of the actual population of the Indians of the Lake of Two Mountains which is 549 and the figure of 730 in December 1864. States that the resident population on Dec. 20th was 589 not 730. States in his letter of Dec. 20, 1864, that he advised that there were 484 Iroquois and 105 Algonquins, Nipissingues for a total of 589. Advises that, in the summer, the Algonquin and Nipissing come to Lake of Two Mountains for two or three months with their numbers varying from 50 to 150. Advises that, this summer, only 25 have come to the Lake of Two Mountains. States that in the fuwre no more will come down because of the ceasing of the presents and also because they fmd missionaries elsewhere. In response to the question of whether Lake of Two Mountains Indians have settled elsewhere, advises that there are some but not many. States that the average yearly mortality figure is 15 but last year it increased to 40 and this year it has already reached 29. States that a great number of the victims of typhoid were heads of families, so there are many widows and orphans left.
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- Language
- English
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- 2026-10-18T11:46:29Z · source datestamp 2025-07-14T19:18:35Z · ead