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We whose names are here under writin
have Been Residents
of this Miramichie
River Since the last peace and some
of us a long time before + do now
meet at the lot Known by the name
between
Redbank now in Contention ^ Duffie
Gillis & Francis Julian to pass our
Opinion of the Situation which is as
followes We are perfectly acquainted
on
with this said lot since we been ^ the
River and Know it to be very good lan[d]
and fit for Cultivation, likewise that we
Never Knew it to be [...] by us or
any of our neighbours a Burying place
Neither is the cross [nett] that they speak
of by no means within the River they
Call theirs, but on the Contrary, we find it
To be the mean Branch and no way Detri
mental to the Indians or any way contrary
To the law their Settlement
is about a mile & half
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Up the River from this aforesaid lot
way
and no ^ Infringed upon by this Settlement
of Gilliss, Said Gillis has other [titles] such
as a house built on the lot a [minnit] of
Council [etc] Such a good piece of land
Cleared on it To what we have said
upon this Subject we are able to prove
upon oath before any court of justice
The truth of this our Opinion as witness
our hand this 11th day of Aug. 1801
James Walsh Farmers
and Inhabitant of the
John Fenover
North West Branch
William Martin
John Beckwith
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[Who]
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Report respecting
the lot in dispute
between Duffy Gillis
and the Indians
Augt.
1801
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