MICMACS OF PICTOU COUNTY, NEW GLASGOW, April 25, 1912. FRANK PEDLEY, Esq. Deputy Supt. General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa. SIR, - I have the honour to submit my annual report and statistical statement for the year ended March 31, 1912. Tribe or Nation. - All the Indians of this agency are Micmacs. Reserve. - The Indians of this agency have two reserves. The larger reserve is at Fisher Grant, near the entrance of Pictou harbour. It has an area of 200 acres. About one-fifth of it has been cultivated. It is stony and requires much fertilizing. The other reserve is near Merigomish harbour, and consists of two islands - Island A, or Chapel island, and Island B, or Morley's island. The land here is not cultivated now and a few families live on Chapel island during the summer months only. Population. - The present population of this agency is 156. Health and Sanitation. - The health of the Indians in general was good. The deaths during the year in the case of adults were caused by consumption. Occupations. - The Indians of this agency are engaged in making pit-timber, baskets, butter-tubs, pick-handles and moccasins, in farming, fishing, and occasionally, as opportunity offers, hiring as labourers. Buildings. - The Indians have a neat church on Chapel island, and a school at Fisher Grant reserve. Most of the dwellings are frame buildings, but of small proportions. Stock. - A few horses only are owned on the reserve. Farm Implements. - A few ploughs, barrows, sleighs and wagons are owned by the Indians. Characteristics and Progress. - The Indians are, as a rule, industrious and law-abiding. Temperance and Morality. - The Indians of the county, with few exceptions, are temperate, and are of good moral character. Your obedient servant, J.D. MACLEOD, Indian Agent
