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YARMOUTH,
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SCOTIA:
A SEQUEL TO CAMPBELL'S HISTORY.
BY GEORGE BROWN.
S.
'Ficum voco ticiim; et ligonem ligonem."—Ckto.
BOSTON
RAND AVERY COMPANY, PRINTERS.
1888.
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Copyright, 1888,
By GEORGE S. BROWN, Boston, Mass.
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TO
• Efje ©escentiants
OF
THE EARLY SETTLERS OF YARMOUTH COUNTY
AND THEIR FRIENDS,
SCfjfs Book
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
THERE is extant a copy'of "A History of the County of
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,bythe Rev.J. R. Campbell," pub-
lished in 1876,where, beneath the printed testimonial preceding
its titlepage, occur these words over the date of Sept. 2, 1885 :
"When this book was first offered to the public, I somewhat
hastilypassedoveritspages; and then, and at other times since,
it seemed to me strange that so many inaccuracies should have
escaped the critical notice of the gentlemen whose names are
attached to the above testimonial. But having more carefully
examined the book within the past week, I have taken the
liberty of making some marginal notes where it seemed to be
of some importance that the errors in the text should be
corrected."
A
few months afterward, a second examination of the book
led to additional notes, which at length extendedso far beyond
the capacity of the margins of its pages and other blank spaces
as to reach a volume nearly as large as the contents of the book
they were reviewing; and toward the end of December, 1885,
the Author concluded that it was his duty in some measure to
repair the errors of omission and commission to which his
notes referred, by the publication of this book.
6 PREFACE.
Upon reviewing his own pages, the Author is fully conscious,
that, where the material is so ample, a satisfactory history of
Yarmouth County has yet to be- written but he hopes that
;
here may be found some contributions to that completer work
which there have been lately some pleasing indications the
future has in store. - , s
GEORGE BROWN.
S.
Nov.20, 1886.
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AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Rafn . . DiscoveryofAmericabytheNorthmen.
Davis. . DiscoveryofNewEnglandbythe Northmen
Brown . Icelandic Discoveriesof America.
Various . The NorthmeninAmerica. . /
AmericanAntiquities.
Gallatin IndianTribesofNorth America.
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Trumbull IndianTribesofNorthAmerica.
Vetromile HistoryofAboriginesofAcadia.
Priest . Customsand MannersoftheMicmacs.
Eliot IndianPrimerandCatechism.
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Rasles . Indian Dictionary.
horsford Indian Dictionary. ., ^
Lescarbot Histoirede Nouvelle France. , .. _
Champlain'sVoyages.
Raynal . HistoryofEuropean SettlementsinEastandWestIndies.
Rameau . UneColonie Feodaleen Amerique.
Rameau La France aux Colonies.
.
MOREAU . Histoire deL'AcadieFran9aise. ' ^
Garneau HistoryofCanada.
Scott HistoryofScotland.
Stirling RegisterScotlandand NovaScotia,1615-1635.
Robertson ScotlandunderherEarly Kings.
Logan . ScottishGael andClans.
Keltie . Historyofthe Scottish.Clans.
Forbes • EarlyRacesof Scotland.
Johnson Tourtothe Hebrides.
Pennant Tourtothe Hebrides.
FloraMacDonald'sAutobiography.
Nova-Scotia LegislativeDocuments,1758-1776.
Haliburton Historyof NovaScotia.
Martin
. .
8 AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.
Murdoch . Historyof Nova Scotia.
Hannay " Acadia.
Harvey . . " Newfoundland.
Williamson " Maine.
Freeman . " Cape-CodSettlements.
Hatfield . " Elizabethtown, NewJersey.
Sabine . . " the Loyalists.
Massachusetts HistoricalSociety'sCollection.
Connecticut Historical Society's Collection.
Pinkerton'sVoyages.
Lieut.James Moody'sNarrative.
Forbes . . . . Shippingofthe Past.
Savage . . . , Genealogical DictionaryofNewEngland.
Lawson . . . . Recordofthe ShippingofYarmouth,N.S.
Akins . . . , Nova-ScotiaArchives.
Brooks& Usher. HistoryofMedford,Mass.
Davis AncientLandmarksofPlymouth,Mass.
Surette . . . HistoryofCorinthian Lodge, Concord,Mass.
Temple . . . . " Framingham, Mass.
" Taunton, "
" Beverly, "
" Marblehead, "
« Salem, "
Swift " Yarmouth, "
Lawson "Yarmouth Herald"newspaper, 1833-1888.
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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
PAGE
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EarlyVoyages—toAmerica. PhoenicianVoyages—500 B.C. ChineseVoyagesinFifth
Century. Their.\ccountof the Country. Northmen's.Accounts of Voyages in
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Tenth and E—leventh Centuries. They—visitYarmouth—Harborin 1007,and lea—ve
Inscription. —Christoplier Columbus. The Cabots. Americus Vespucius.
TheGilberts. FrenchVoyagestoAcadiainSixteenthCentury . . . . 15
CHAPTER
II.'
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WildGame—. John MacMunndiscoversWoodcock. Acadia:—OriginandMeaning
oMfud-Nfalmaet.s asCha"mMpelaaidno'wss.V"is—itEteol-Ygararsmso,utahSHuabrmbaorrinien 1P6l0a4n.t. —DiOdldnotLidmeistcsriboef
Acadia 28
CHAPTER IIL
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The Micmac—s. Acadian Settlement—at Chegoggin. Traditional Conf—lict at Tusket
Lakes.—Haliburton's Version. Gran—t of Yarmouth Townshi—p. Origin of the
Name. Privat—ions of Early Settlers. Efficacyof "Oiling." Sha—res of Lands
variedinArea. —AlwaysexceededSix HundredandSixty-sixAcres. Divisionof
—Bunker'sIsland. RanaldMacKinnonnotconcerned inExpulsionof Acadians.
TheHersey Family • • • 37
CHAPTER IV.
EarlyRoads between Chebogue andYarmouth.—Why—Cheboguewas first settled.—
—PuritanObservancesandIndus—tryofthePreachers. WhyAcadiansweree—xpelled.
Samuel S. Poole, M.P.—P. Survey and Plan—of Townshipin 1736. Trade
PracticesinE—arlyTimes. FreeTradetheRule. J—ohn MacKinnon'sAdvice to
taines.In—foArlmeexra.i.deHrenBariyn.AU—i'iHei,saRNeelwa-tLioinghtt—oPareDaicshteirn.guisHhiesdViHiegwhslaanndd.FEaccme.inltyr..ici-
Heroismof GilliesMacBaneatCuUoden. Originof theCampbells 47
' ChaptersII.toVI.inclusiveareareviewofCampbell'sHistory,withaddednotes.
