In connection to purchasing more timber land for reserve at Pictou Landing, a settler named William Scott offered land of approx. 36 acres for $400. Land was adapted for crops. Sproull was selling land for 50 acres at $20 per. Both tracts adjoined the reserve.

1903-03-17
1903-03-17

J.D. Mcleod (Indian Agent) (correspondent)

Personal correspondence

RG10, Vol. 7761, File 27058 http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12050/1757?r=0&s=5

"The Indians at Fisher's Grant are asking urgently for more land. They want more land for cultivating and more wooded land for fuel."

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