The Petition of the undersigned Indians of the MicMac
Tribe humbly sheweth
          That from Time immemorial your petitioners have
been living at or about the Aboushagan and that about
fourteen years ago the Reserved land and half the Marsh
thereto adjoining - Lying near the Aboushagan in the Parish of Shediac
was given or allotted to them by the Government, and also
from the same source they received a sufficient sum to
enable them to purchase Cattl Sheep and agricutural
implements, and from year to year a small sum to
enable them to purchase seed; Clothing [etc.] That since
they have been in the possession of the [Reserve] they have endea=
voured to gain a livelyhood by farming which with the
assistence they received they were enabled to do untill within
the last few years.  But from then having received nothing
from the Government the last seven years and from the
                                                                    partial

                      [...]        Zavier      his   X   mark
                      Joseph   Zavier      his   X   mark
                      Francis  Zavier      his    X   mark

I beg t state that the Aboushagan Indian consist of four or
five families about 20 number and that I [believe] the things
[...] in [the] [...] [petition] are true - Those Indians are now
in a distressing situation and a small sum would be of
                                                                    great

Shediac 23^d [April] 1840

A Warrant for £20 -
having been issued to
D. Harrington on the
2d April for the benefit
of the Indians - no
order made upon this
      2^d  May 1840