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- 1899-05-04
- Bray explains that Agent Macdonald requests purchase of more land at Pictou landing and then placing all the Indians in Pictou County at this large reserve. States that there are no funds available for this purchase. Bray also states that the only Indian land that the department knows about in Pictou County is the land already reserved for the Pictou landing band, hints that there could be some that they are not aware of.
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- 1899-05-05
- Mclean reports to Agent Macdonald that there is no funds, and also seeks to understand where the other Indian land in Pictou County is as the department is not aware of other lands. Mentions Pine Tree and Indian Cove as places where Indians reside but are not reserved.
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- 1899-05-17
- Agent Mcdonald explains that there are no other Indian Reserves in Pictou County other than the ones that are known. Indian Cove is Fishers Grant, and Pine Tree is a village of Indian squatters who seek government approval for ownership of that land. Mcdonald states he thinks that all reserves should be one block, not scattered. Pine Tree is good for fishing and it is near the market at New Glasgow. Says that those at Fisher's Grant are making better use of land for farming. Gives a list of names of people who do not have any cleared land. Most of them are men who married women in Pictou Landing and moved there but do not have land.
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- 1899-05-17
- Indian Agent concerned that settlers on lands bordering reserves are illegally cutting timber, but the land hadn't been surveyed yet so agent was not sure how to proceed.
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- 1899-05-22
- Mclean responded to Mcdonald's concerns about white men cutting timber on the reserve at Pictou Landing by requesting that the land be surveyed and asked for expected costs. He also notes that is is the responsibility of those cutting timber to understand the boundaries.
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- 1899-05-23
- Mclean states that the department has no means of purchasing more land, and that the Indians should focus on clearing all the lands they already have.
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- 1899-06-08
- McLean responds with costs of survey ($3 a day for three days). The land, where white men were suspected of cutting timber on Pictou Landing reserves, was between the Fishers Grant Reserve and the land of G. Sproul (sp). Gives geographic info about what land is disputed.
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- 1899-06-22
- S. Bray (likely from government accounting office) says that survey of land between Sproull and Pictou Landing should be done. Notes in the ledger say that the survey will take place as soon as "supplies" for 1899-1900 are available.
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- 1899-07-14
- Mr. Albert McKean is appointed to survey land in and around Pictou Landing (Fishers Grant) Indian Reserves after complaint that white men were cutting timber on the reserve.
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- 1899-07-18
- Letter confirming that McKean has been appointed to resurvey Pictou Landing.
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- 1899-07-18
- Letter to Anderson explaining the surveying needs for Fishers Grant Indian Reserve, and that he should report to Rev. R. McDonald.