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THE lOUKNAL 
 
 OF 
 
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 CAITAIN WILLIAM OWL.X, R. X., 
 
 DURING HIS RESIDENCE ON CAMPOBELLO IN 1770 1771. 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 
 OTHER nOCUMENTS AND NOTES ON THE Hl^^TORY OF THE ISLAND, 
 
 EDITED BY W. F. GANONG. 
 
 lill'ltlNTI l> KUttM CUI.I.Kl TIONS nK T||K >K\S liltL NSSVKK 
 
 III 
 
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 SAINT JOHN, N, i;. : 
 
 Tin, l»Aii.v ThLiaiHAi'ii Stka.m Houk and -lun I'uint, 
 
THE JOURNAL 
 
 OF 
 
 CAITAIX WILLIAM OWEN, R. N., 
 
 DlMUNCi HIS KKSIDENCK 0\ CAMPOHELLO IN 1770 71, 
 TOGKTHKK WITH 
 
 E ISLAM), 
 
 With the Compliments of 
 
 Smith College. 
 
 Norlhaiupton, Mass. U. S. A 
 
 THE AUTHOR ,„„,,,„„. „„.. 
 
 iiiil fo\iii(ler of 
 
 70-71 lit'|'< '«■ 
 ts (lescciiiliintM 
 'eail it, un<l a 
 )lisli('(l ill full, 
 rix years nj^d I 
 
 \\i<>i.< L.. . ,11,1,11,... >...^... ^. J, , ..... ilu'ii living ill 
 
 KiiL'laiiil. to iiiijiiiic about it, and she replied that it liml Iteen lost. A year later 
 filu' wrote tliiit it had been fniind. She viiliied the original too highly, however, 
 to allow it to <;<> out ot hti' jtosse.-s.sioii. but wishing t<i make it a<'eesbililo to lho.se 
 \\]\i> wonlil value it, shf eo]iied out toi nir. with full perniiBHion to use 
 aeioidin^' to niv judunient, the entire part relating to (iiptaiii Owen's rebideii'ji, in 
 ('(iiup<ibello. and also the aecount of his rxplo-iitituis in I TiiT along the route of 
 the present Shulu'iiaeadie Canal and .iiound Minas I'.aNiii. in Nova Seolia. The 
 forimr is piililished herewitli and the l.itter is still in MS. in my posaeHsioii. Tlu! 
 j(Uiin,d is descrilii'd is very bulkj. and as eontainiiiL; nuuh more than these jiarts, 
 in jtiirticiilar the nnrative of his travels in the I'nited States. I greatly regret 
 that I eaiinot havi the use of the original in printing the Journal in order to 
 BecuK' perfect ac<'uracy, the more espeeially sinee 1 am ooiivineoil that the only 
 fafe rule for ail editor is to publish his text n'rlm/liii if liiiritlini : but the eopy 
 was c learly written and will be closely followed. .Mrs. Iioliinson-Owen ilied in 
 iMigland last spring. To her every student of Cauipobello history, as w«'ll as 1 
 myself, must be indebted, not only for the labor she assumed in (.opying the 
 journal, but as wed for her geneiiuis perniission t<i mi' it in any way which would 
 
 1 
 
THE JOURNAL 
 
 OF 
 
 CAPTAIX WILLIAM OWEN, K. N., 
 
 DUIIINIJ HIS KKSIDENCK ON OAMPOIJKLLO IN 1770-71, 
 
 TOGRTHKR WITH 
 
 OTI'KR DOCUMENTS AND NOTES UPON THE HISTOUY OF THE ISLAM). 
 
 EDITED BY W. F. GANONG. 
 
 It is well known to fliose intert-steil in the history of (-'amijohelh), that 
 'Cajnain William Owen, I'. N., the piinoi])!il grantee of the island, and founder of 
 its liisl eonsidenible settlement, during his residence there in 1770-71 kept a 
 journal whicii has now liecome of nnuli histoiic value. While his dcsceuilants 
 liveti on the islaml, the journal was kept there inid sevjral persons read it, and a 
 few extracts were printed in a local newspaper, liul it was never puhlished in full, 
 and of late y'-ars its wheieahont has heen unknown. Some live or six years ago 1 
 wroti' to ('ai»tain Owen's grand-daughter, Mrs. Hol)iiison-( ■ en, then living in 
 I'iniiland. to in<piirc ahout it. and she rejilied that it Invd heen lost. A y*'ar later 
 slie wrote that it liad heen found. S)u' viilued tin- <iriginal too iiighly, however, 
 to allow it to go out of her jtossi'ssitui, hut wishing to make it aceesbihlu to those 
 who would value it, she copied out fo? me. with full permission to use 
 Hci-oriling to my judgment, theentire part relating to Cnptain Oweu's residence in 
 ('anipol)ellu. and also tiie account of his r\])l()riitions in I7(i7 along the route of 
 lite present Shuhenaeadie Canal and around Minas llasiu. in Nova Scotia. The 
 former is |)ul)lislie(l hcrewitii and the latter is still in MS. in my possession. 'I'he 
 journal is (h'scrihcd as very ladk,v, anil as containing mmh nu)re than these parts, 
 in (larticular the narrative of his travels in the nnited Stiites. I greatly regret 
 that I cannot have the usi' of the original in printing the journal in ordi'r to 
 secure perfeil aciuracy, the more especially since I am convinced that the only 
 Siifi rule for an editor is to puhlish his text ri'rlniHiii if litcriilini : hut the copy 
 Mas rlrarly written and will he olosely followed. Mrs. Hohinson-Owen died in 
 Knglnnd last spring. To her every student of ('ampohello history, as well as I 
 myself, nu\st lie indel>ted, not only for the lalM)r she assumed in copying the 
 journal, Imt as w»'ll for her geiseious permission to use it in any way which would 
 1 
 
2 NEW ItlUNSWICK HISTOUICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 make it of the greatest seivice. Her daiightei', Mrs. (.'ochrane, now liven at 
 llugHhot, Surrey, Kiigliuid. an<l is tlic posses-sor of the journal. ' 
 
 neliiiiging, as it docs, to tin- most valiialilf class of iiistorical rei'ords, thftsc 
 written on the spot with no motive for falsification, the journal gives us tru.st- 
 worthy evidence upon several Buhjects of consideralile local importance. It 
 pictures in simple outline the interesting events and customs nf the time ; lets n.s 
 breathe somctiiing "f the social atmosphere of the day and place, and recalls a 
 regime very different from that of the present. It fixes the exact date, place and 
 manner of the formal settlement of Campcdxillo, and gives by far the best descriji- 
 tion we have of the mo<U' in « hicli the great land grants of tliat time were sup- 
 posed to be settled. It fixes tlie advent to this country nf the ancestoi-s of 
 some American families, locates several of tlie pre loyalist settlers and shows 
 tiie preseni e of others, uses for the lir.st time many now -familiar place-names, 
 describes otlierwise-unknown Indian customs, and presents many other facts 
 more ur less new or usi'fnl. 
 
 Of ("aptain William Owen and his Campobello <;(lony .some account will Ixr 
 found in the seiond part of tliis paper. For the ])resent it is enough to say thai 
 he was a gallant otlicer in tiie Uritisli Naval Service, won renown inarms in India, 
 received the grant of I'.iiiipobello in 17t>7, spent but one winter tliere and died at 
 Madras in 177*^. As a lesuit of his conscientious and well planned etlort to settle 
 it, the island passed to his family and descendants, in whose possession it remained 
 fur more tiian a (-.riturv. 
 
 1 If is my |)liiisaiit "liity til iU'kiiiiwli'difu iK'refhukiiicI iiKKisUncc I liavo rcccivcl in the prcim- 
 ratMM nf tliis piiiior. In |>;iitiiiil!ir to .Mrs. Kiitc (Jiiinictt Wells, .,f Itosinn, and .Mr .Inlni I ariiier. 
 of ('iunp..l,fllM, I am imli'Lttil fui- niiinv Mnirs .Mrs. ( 'M.-hiMiir h;is L;i\fn lie')' in ciMltin fuinls 
 Mr. Arthur Hill, of si. StcpluMi, Iims laid npcn Id iiic his Mihnlilc lulliMtiuM uf liistuii.al pupiis, and 
 Im^ fiiUfU Ihimcah'st pains Icp siUlc ilnulitfid mallei-. Mr T (i, L(ii:-ie, nf I'lederietnii, has 
 
 tnriiished, Willi his usnid ev.ntness, datii fr the fniwii Lands nllice. Kev W. (I. Uaymmi'd, nt 
 
 (St. .John, lias ctt'ered Miluahle siu'^esticnis ; ami Mr (ienr^e lliitsdii, nf ('ainpohelln, has '.'i veil nni 
 Knnie faets nf iiiipnrlaiiee. T.i all nf these I i;ive the siheuiu thiiuks nf liix self and nf all tn wlnHli 
 tlieir aid has made this wnrl. nf •,'reater inleresl and \alue. 
 
X lives at 
 
 >vdn, those 
 I us tru8t- 
 ;aiice. It 
 le ; li'ta u.-. 
 <l recalls :i 
 
 pliice ami 
 it (Icsoriji- 
 
 weiv i>U|t- 
 icestors of 
 and siiows 
 ifi'-iiaines, 
 •tlier iiu-ia 
 
 nit will bo 
 ;o say that 
 iM in Iiidiu, 
 11(1 (lied at 
 It to settle 
 t reniaiiiecl 
 
 Ihc in'cpil- 
 liii I iiriimr, 
 I liii |Hiiiits. 
 I> i|H'rH, mill 
 
 ri'lMii, liiiH 
 
 ll\ IIIOllll, (if 
 
 IS Lrivfii me 
 ill tn wlimii 
 
 NEW BRUXSWIt'K HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 .1 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF CAPT. WM. OWEN, R, N., WHO SETTLED 
 
 CAMPGBELLO IN 1770, 
 
 The Tslaml of Carn])oli«'llo was granted to Capt AViJliani Owen, E. 
 N., in 17G7 by Lord William Campbell, the tlien (Governor of Nova 
 Scotia, wliioli province included New Brunswick,' and also presumably 
 part of Maine. < Mi the 7th April, 1770, Capt. Owen having purchased 
 a v^'ssel called a Snow, on account of its V>uild and rig,-' wliich he 
 named the Owen, started from Liverpool and arrived at Halifax on the 
 lilst May, and on the 27th of that month proceeded to Campol)ello 
 which he reached on the 4th June — the birthday ot King (ieoige 3rd. 
 Here the "Owen" unciioied and mooretl in the N. E. cove of Havre de 
 LX)iitre,' in the Island of I*a.-sama(iuoddy.' I soon after went on shore 
 and found three New England families settled liere without legal 
 authority, who cheerfully acquiesced in coming under my jurisdiction' 
 1 tlxt on a s[)ot for building a town, to he called New Warrington,' 
 and fornuUly named the Harbour Port Owen," and the Island Campo- 
 Bello ; the latter jtartly couiplimentary and punning on the napie of the 
 (lovernor of the Province, Lord William Campbell, and ])artly as api)li- 
 cable to the nature of the soil, and tine appearanct; of the island; Campo- 
 Hello in Spani.sh and Italian being, I presume, synonymous to the 
 French " lleauchamp.** 
 
 1 fntil 17X4. 
 
 2 A vc■s^'el like ii tiriir, Ixit liiixiiiir iimiicdiatfly lii'liind tlie iii;iin mast a sniallfr mast wliicli Imre 
 fill' fiirc and aft trysail or mainsail. Si'o ('i'iitin\v |)ictionan. 
 
 ;i First kiiiiNNii use ut tlic word; nnw Hartmur do Liito. It is said locally tn liavu been (irininall\ 
 Havre de l.diitre, otter Ilarlmr, Imt this is not icrtain. One of its liramlies is still ealleil Otter 
 Cove. Others say it was Havre de Loiip (shortened from l.oup-.Mnrin), Seal llarhor 
 
 4 The earlier name of t'iim|Miliello. In the MS. theie is no lireak here, Iml olivioiisly the pre- 
 ledimr portion, inchuliii',; the title, was written hy the transcrdier, Mrs, l{<diinson-Owen, and the 
 jonrnal proper lie;iins at this point. 
 
 ;■> These three families mnst have included tlia' of Hotiert Wilson, who had settled here in ITCP. 
 (See I'art II.) One of the others was pridiahly that of llilihard llMiit (Sec St. l'roi\ Courier Series, 
 to he explained later, No. .VXXVIII i, and the third may have tieen lliat of William ('lark, a friend 
 of Wilson, or of Klai;« (said hy tradition to hi\e lived on the Island) of Aikiii, or of Newton or of 
 Luke Kelley, known to have been a friend of Wilson's. (See later notes). Some \cars later, when 
 Kavid Owen was in chari;c, the Wilsons resisted the Owens (See Part II.) and sucieeded in lioldinii 
 the lands ihey occupied, and thc.v own them to this day. The explanation is, no donhv, this .• 
 When CuptaiM Owen arrived in 177", the \Vilsiins had lieeii in possession only live years, and haviii); 
 no yrant (none is recorded at Kredericton where all prcLov alist yriints had to Ik' rerecorded, in 
 order to he Ic^'al,) tliey had no alternative hut to " come under the jurisdiction ' of Captain Owen, 
 whose ni'ant included the entire island. They were douhtlcss left imdistiuhed hy him, and after 
 the lapse of tlicle;.jal term claimed their luml by right of poss*;8sioii, and sueeevded in making; ^uud 
 their claim bt fore the courts. 
 
 ti After Warriiiutirii on the Mersey, from which the "(»wen" had sailed. See next paragraph. 
 
 7 The lirst cox e east of Windmill I' lint in llarhor de Lute, now called Currj'sCove. On the 
 Campidiello Co. map of ISHll it is named " Port Owen" 
 
 s Captain Owen's grandson, .\dmiral Ouen, in bis hook " The (,in(Mld\ Hermit" (See Part II. 
 of this paper), calls it I'airlleld, an linulish translation of the word. I here is a Campidiello in 
 S\v it/el land, two in Sicilj , and one in South Carolina. 
 
4 NKW lUUNSWICK HISTOIUCAL SOCIETV. 
 
 Li.st of my fndcntured Servants at Cainpobello — ."{?< peopk- having 
 conio ont from Warrington in the Snow Owen : 
 
 No. 
 
 NAMI'.S. 
 
 (,)IAMTV VH TItADKS. 
 
 1 Win Islieiwood Es(|re. Clerk and Assistant. 
 
 7 
 
 s 
 
 ii 
 
 2 'John Montgomf-ry. 
 ;{ Sarah fLashxm . . . . 
 4 Jane Johnson .... 
 .") ' Kiclid Atwood . . . . 
 
 iWin Rylan " 
 
 Kvan Williams. . . . 
 
 \Vm Drink water. . 
 
 John l)rink water. . 
 
 10 Benjamin Mathei' , 
 
 11 iCharhs Whitnoll . 
 i 
 
 12 iLewis Jones 
 
 13 John llolliday . . . . 
 
 My Servant 
 
 Housekeeper 
 
 Housemaid 
 
 Armourer and JJlacksniith. 
 Fisherman and net weaver 
 
 II M II 
 
 Hnshandnian and labourer 
 
 14 'Joseph Caldwell 
 
 15 Ijohu Lawless 
 
 IG iCatherine l.awlcss.. j 
 
 17 !^iarv Lawless | 
 
 IS JElizaheth Whittal.. ;■ 
 
 ]\) Eleanor Newell. . . j 
 
 •_M) Alary Jones j 
 
 I'l James ( Jregson 
 
 -L' |John Chirk 
 
 •2:\ ;Kichd Clayton 
 
 L't ;John l7nswoith 
 
 IJutclier 
 
 Brickmaker, burner and la 
 
 hourer — our shoemaker. . 
 Mariiier and fisherman .... 
 Shipwright, caidker and st'a- 
 
 nian 
 
 Tailor 
 
 I'.arlier and gardener 
 
 Cooks, Housewives,Washer- 
 erwomen and spruce beer 
 brewers 
 
 Labourer. . . . 
 Husbandman 
 
 and laViourer 
 
 KATK 
 OF \VA(JK.S. 
 
 .£00 increased 
 to ,flOO per 
 ann. 
 
 Is Gd per week 
 
 I S M 
 
 Gs '1 
 
 6s 
 
 Gs 
 
 Gs M 
 
 Gs i> 
 
 Gs 
 Gs 
 
 £3 per month 
 Gs per week 
 Gs [)er week 
 
 At L's and Is 
 G each )»er 
 week 
 
 iT) jJohr Clotton . . 
 
 L'G jJohn Loekitt.. 
 
 '27 Wm MoUineux 
 
 '2H IWni Douglas. . 
 
 •JO iThomas (Jreen. 
 
 .Carpenter, Joiner and Boat 
 builder 
 
 .•;o 
 ;{i 
 :\2 
 
 Thos Cregory . . 
 John Hurst. . . . 
 James Bate . . . . 
 
 II II 'I 
 
 Ploughman and hibourer. 
 
 Potash burner 
 
 Miller and Husbamlman.. 
 
 Cooper and labourer |Gs 
 
 Carpr, Joiner, AVheelwright Ss 
 
 Gs a 
 
 Gs 
 
 is 
 
 Ss 
 Ss 
 Gs 
 lis 
 Gs 
 
 we( k 
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 M 
 
 II 
 •I 
 M 
 11 
 M 
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 Ploughman and gardener. 
 Cardeiier, clay caster and 
 ' delver 
 
 Gs 
 
 
 i»s 
 
NEW UKUNSWICK IIJSTORICAL SOCIKTY, 
 
 \v having 
 
 ATK 
 iVA(JK.S. 
 
 nClOMSf'll 
 :100 yuT 
 
 per woek 
 
 r month 
 
 week 
 
 w(i('k 
 
 -. and Is 
 ^iich jtor 
 
 •ck 
 
 No. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 OUALITY OK TUAUES. 
 
 33 Joseph Henshaw ..... Bricklayer, maker & burner 9s a week 
 
 RATE 
 OF WAiiES. 
 
 34 John Robotham Potter and labourer 
 
 3") Adam Ivingsley 
 36 Nicholas llollin 
 
 37 Edmund Mahar , . 
 3S .John (tender<.'rass' 
 
 Mason, slater and jtlasterer 
 F'ishernmn and laborer .... 
 
 Labourer 
 
 Fisherman 
 
 Gs 
 
 £'2r> per annum 
 
 13s Gd per 
 
 month 
 £1 lis Gd .. 
 ,£1 
 
 By the foregoing list it appears that I took ov? -vith me ].eople of 
 almost all trades and callings, and that I was thereby ! uabled to carry 
 on the business of my infant colony wirhout calling in any auxiliary, or 
 further mercenaiy aid ; but justice ol)liges m»' t' ' ly, that J iVv.iid upon 
 all occasions, cheerfid ami etlioacious assistance froi i aiiout tift<«u 
 goodmen that composed the crew of the •' Owen " di.iing their stay: 
 Lei. me also acknowledge the superior abilities I met with, in the New 
 Knglanders, when upon any ]>articidar emergency I tiiuught it ])roper 
 or necessary to employ tliem, especially in fellinu, sipiaring, ami pr-^- 
 viding the " ( )\ven's " lading of timber and !;iml)ei-, jtnd lastly lef me 
 not forget the friendly assistance of Sir Thomas Rich and the company 
 
 1 Of tliosi; ;il (nr i:xrhiilin'»' tlio-ic nf wniiicii alniie. .So) tiimilv iiiiiiii'S, iioitrly all li;ivi (lisa|i)iiMi'cil 
 fiiiiii CaniiiiilKjlln iiiiil till' iicii;liti(iiiiiy ii;irts lit N\'\v liruiiswirk anil Maiiu' It is knovvii that sunii 
 afirr 1771 iiiosl lit tliu suttk'is li'fl ('aiii|ii)ljtll'i, anil tlii'V nia> liavi' retiirnni in a luilv to Knulaml 
 (Sw I'ai't II.) 'I'liu names aru imt Wol-li, Imt as lifv. Mr. WiilianisMii, uf Milltoun, N. H , whu l;ni>\vs 
 Wflsli, tolls mo, tlK:v art tvpinil Waiuicl<s!iirr. IFuw ami wlicif tlic-SL' iHMipIc wvvr inlli itcil 
 to;rt'tliiv liy Captain ((wen we liavenn infurniatinn, Init tliu naniin;.;- nf the settlcnifnt for Waninj- 
 ton, may iiicni lliey were natives of that plaee. 
 
 Several of the names are everywhere so eomnion that it cannot lie Inft-rreil that those now 
 lieariny them in this re','ion are ileseemleil from these settlers. Mull ■•••■• ■ . .. , 
 
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 of H. M. Sloop Senegal, who, to a man. were ever ready and willing to 
 serve me without fee or reward ; or at least anything but a little grog.' 
 
 As I do not mean to enter into the niiuutia' of our proceedings, ] 
 shall only observe that my first object was to build a t 'Uiporary shed to 
 shelter my people ; to fell, burn up wood, and clear ground for planting 
 and sowing potatoes, turnips, and all sorts of grain, and garden seeds, 
 which had been ann.ly provided in England'- ; next to build a large and 
 .safe Magazine to deposit our stores and ))rovisions in; and lastly to effect 
 the building of wan.) and comfortable dwelling houses for my people, 
 ])c{'ovo. the winter s(>t in with its usual rigour and severity.''' 
 
 The diflerent wheels of this complicated machine were set a going, 
 but for what was done during tny stay I shall, in a great measure, con- 
 tent myself with inserting in its proper place, the rfi)ort of twelve 
 Jurors,' who viciwed my works at the year's end and made their returii 
 upon oalh, which was registered and entered in the proper oflices at 
 Halifax. On the 4lh July in the morning Capt Denny (who was master 
 of the Snow Owen) and 1 proceeded with one freshwater fisherman in 
 the whahiboat and punt for the falls of Scuudic ' to fish for Salision, 
 arrived there in the evening being 10 leagues. On the Gth we returned 
 with a few Salmon and much fatigued. 
 
 Sunday 8th jM'rl'oruied Divine Service and in the evening read a 
 sermon to a numerous audience in the new-lmilt store.'"' 11th Lieut, 
 -lohn Preble' of Point Pleasant lodsjfed a complaint against Pierre Paul 
 Nt^ptuiie, an Indian, and Irother to the Chief of the Tribe, for breaking 
 into his house, maltreating his mai'l, anil Cv)mpelling her to give him a 
 
 1 Tliis acUiinwlcdm'iiii'iit «if tlu'iissi<tiiiu'«' nf sii- 'I'liniimh llii'Ii, in aihaino uf tlio diiti' wIilmi il 
 vvnx ivinlfrt'd, slmws, iiluiiii with ntlitr lliiiiys in tlii^ .luuriKil, lli;it it uiis writton ii|>, iiitiilwavs 
 fi'nin day tii diiv, tint sunK'tiiUfs in rcinsidfiMldi' |ioitiiiiis at i ncc 
 
 •J 'I'nis toycllur uitli till' " iHjdpli' (if ainiiist all tradi's and (•allin^^s" slinws Imw iMi'i'tnliy tlic 
 sfUli'nu'nt had ln'i n |il innrd. 
 
 H Till apiEcarancf and Ini'atiiin iif tlii'sc Imildinns i-i I'lvsri'vcd fur lis, ni pait at luast, in Di's 
 I'.arri'M " \ii'M lif rani|Miln'llii ' in Ins Atlantli' Nciilnnr I'f 1777. Scu I'art II. It is uasy with a 
 (■n|iy (if this \icu ill hand In Iccale tliu si'ttUMiii'lit, It is talicn li'dni the hill Ndith (if tlu' iinad jnst 
 wi^t (if the hi'ad iif Cnrn's idvc II sIkivvs a windmill on \\'indiijill I'dint ; an nld :) ai'i lioil ruin 
 where the In ;se and hani half way nut tnthe pninl imw stand, a laii^e ciieldsiil Linden, \\\i> small 
 hdiises (in the liar at the lieiiil (if Curry's due, a wharf with a linildiii;; ii|i(in it in the Cnve, a 
 hnne frame fur a hmise nr harn near hy, tlie rnnf nf a cnnsiderahle hcnse ju>t .slidwinu uNer the 
 t'lliteiif the hill cm the left, and thechininex df andther dii the riyhl, with Iwn ethers still further In 
 the westward. .N i ddiiht diie nf the Iwd (iartiailx hidden li\ the hill «as taiitain Owen's, and it is 
 ititerestim; td iintiee that a Ideal ti-ad'lidii places just here tlii^ " Mall df War lldiise ' inwhieh 
 Captain Owi«n im ihiulil MmiI. and in which the K.nne traditidii says that |ia\ id oui'n lived hefcre hi; 
 rcni'ived Id T.Mi-y I'di d (see I'art II, ) h'Apressed w illi refereiii'e td niddern dlijeit^, Man df War 
 lidilse is said Id ha\e slnnd partly (Hi the hiyhua) I'lCid and partl> ill the Meld jil^t tn the .■aslward 
 d| the small hdiise which ilseh is eastward (if Mr (ienrye 'I'inki'r'K hdiise and luirn. I ha\e myself 
 e\aniilU(l the loc.illtv with a ((ip.\ (if lies liarrcs pietnie in hand The eiiehised uiirdeii is p|((liald> 
 the .Man df War yardeii uliicli traditinn speal-> nf hut Ideates vurldiisly. The tdpdulaphx slinwii iii 
 llie \ iew is accurate 
 
 4 A 1 iinilltinn (if the Liraiits of that lime was the perfdrmant'u df certain iinprdVcinentH Withiii a 
 year, td he xicwed and rcpdited npiiii li\ .luiiirs. 
 
 ."■i TiieSalnidn h'alls at Milltdwn, N,' If. 
 
 <l A Ddciimenl df 17'.i7 slates '• Mr, Owen kept a larifo stnre at Campdllelln" Kilhy, lOd. 
 
 7 Soil tif Oeiiural .lededlnh I'rehlu, jinimiiient in the KeNolutinii. Cmirier Series \x\viil. 
 
NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
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 gallon of rum ; Granted a warrant and sent a party to apprehend liini, 
 who returned with him handcuffed the next dny. After making due 
 concession and satisfaction to Mr. Preble, and swearing to demean him- 
 self in strict conformity and obedience to the wis(^ and benign laws 
 Avhich secured his tribe in lives and properties e<jual to Englishmen, I 
 tlismissed him, and all parted friends. On the 30th bought a Moose of 
 the Indians and served it to the people. 
 
 August 1st \ isited by ^I. Bailie,' the Missionary, coni])laining of 
 some grievances the Indians labouied under ; the next morning 1 went 
 up to Point Pleasant and settled all di.sputes between them and Lieut. 
 Preble, as well as between them and their Priest. 
 
 The 3rd a pair of stocks and whipping post was erected near v.hat 
 we called the Market-gate, to deter or punish tlic unruly, disorderly and 
 dishonest. This evening the 8hoal of Pollock came in. which (tho' 
 strange is true) they never fail doing annually between the 1st and 
 4th of this month,-' the fisherman caich them in. innnense (quantities, .salt 
 and cure them for the West India Market, 
 
 9th Aug. .Vt G in the morning, accompanied by Captain Denny and 
 the Pilot, I set off froui Port Owen in the Snow's Longboat properly 
 manned, called at Indian Island, took in James Poyd Es(pe' and with 
 a breeze at N. W. and jth^asant weather, wo ])roceeded along the 
 Northern"' coast of the Island Campobello. through the West passage and 
 from thence stood over for the N. E. head of the Island Urand Manan. 
 where the tide of ebb met tis, and the wind dit^l away. Piowed and 
 sailed along the coast of the island till five o'clock in the afternoon, 
 when we landed on a suit marsh on the Western shore of N. E. harljour ; 
 called by the tisherman (lull Cove ;'' encamped for the night, and shot 
 SOUK! bh'.ck ducks for supper. This is a very inditlerent harbour, but 
 may occasionally serve as a tolerable Asylum foi lishermeu and small 
 craft, being shelt(;red from the S. E. by an island, under which is tlu! 
 anchoring phve, and is almost surrounded «ith leilges. 
 
 The lOth having fair weather, we stiuck the tent, and embarked at 
 .") o'clock in the nu)rning, with a light breeze northerly, we sailed 
 through, betw'en the small islands and ledges, and ranged alongshon; 
 
 1 M. Miiillii!, a i>rio«t iiinun;! llic Imliiiiis ofti'ii iiU'iitinMiMl in (lorutiu'iits ■ i tliut lu'iinil He wuo 
 :i l''i'('iii'linr,iii, li\it iiu^imkI HritiMli siilijoct ami in^'tniliieiitiil in i|iiictilig' the InilitiiiH Sco es«n>iiliaii 
 Amliivc.H, iHSM, [1. '.'.s-s. 
 
 2 Vtt l;itt'r ill tlic .lci\iiiiiil nnilor .luiic -Jinl, l"'. lio stiitL^s that the I'l'llm'k flHlii'f.v \\n» thou 
 eoiniiK'iu'ol Ml'. .I.ihii Kni'iiici', of ('aiii|i<ihellii, tollH inu tliev Not in now l)utwt>L'n July 1st luiil iritli, 
 
 ;l Kii'Mt liiKPwn ii.'<(' <il the wmil. 
 
 4 A ivsiiloiit (if l'ii»Hiiiimi|niMl(ly Nincti ITtiJl. Sco Killiy's Kii.'<t|iiirl iiml l'asKiiiiiui|niHlily, jip. 
 ami 10(1; alsn Cnuricr Series CM.' I'lipers leliitiiitj to liiiii are unuini; tlio ChalineiM MSS. in tli 
 i.eiiiix l.iliriir.N in New York, lie v is nuii!e Justiw nf the I'cMee in 17ti7. Coiiriur Merles XM. 
 
 a Apiiareiilly lie nieiiiiH the Western, 
 
 tl Now FlaifgN tuve, iiiicluuljt. 
 
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 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIKTY. 
 
 to the S. W. wand with the el)h. At G o'clock we ran aground in tlie 
 inner' passage of the two, which at high water separated a hirge tract" 
 of the south east part of (rjand jNlanan fioni the main body of tlio 
 island, where tlie 'ong boat became high and dry ; and in fact tlie wliohj 
 ])assage was dry soon afttsr. Here we met with Jolin ^\'ood Denny, an 
 Indian and liis S(piaw, wlio, to jirevent our waiting the tide's ebbing 
 hmdt'd lis in his Canoe on the nortli shore, where we made a iire, boiled 
 tlie teakettle, breakfasted, and shot sonu^ birds. At 9, the long lioat 
 being alloat and sufKcient water in the passage, and the wind Iteing at 
 S. W., it v/as with great diHiculty we got through with our sails and 
 oars: for the first ijuarter flood runs here with great rapidity : but it 
 afterwards slackened, and at length sets to the westward. At 10 we 
 landed on the point of the marsh on the south shore, where we ])itched 
 the tent, made a fire i'nd boiled the iiot. We caught some young gulls, 
 sheldrakes and dip}HMs ; and found here Captain Nicliolls ' with a party 
 of 3[r. Lane's men from (Joiildsboiougli, cutting and making hay. We 
 embarked at noon and lan up south-east or (as it is commonly called) 
 (xrand J[Mr!)our.' We called alongside the Hay Slooj), wlierc; the poor 
 fellow that guarded lier, gave us some tine lobsters ; thence ])roceeded 
 up to the head of the liarbour, where finding the tide had ebbed, we 
 only tilled a keg of fresh water, at a siuall rivulet and turned down 
 again. This 1 larbour is ])retty s]iacious, and ves.sels may ride in security, 
 with two fathom at low-water ; but I would not recommend it to 
 vess( Ih of burthen, unless in stress of weather, or nsal business. xVt o 
 o'clock we landed on ihe inuiT ( !reen Island ;' where Hndinu' no vouii"' 
 birds or any dixrrsion, we rt>-iinbarked : l-'roui hence the middle of S. 
 K. or (;iaud liarbour liears M. \. K 1 or T) miles juul Whitehead 
 EbtS Ji S 1 mile; ran into a deep passage between (Jrand iManau and 
 two islands." proceeded some miles up it, when we laid the long boat, on 
 a tint! smooth sandy lieacli,' landlocked ; landed and jtitched our tent for 
 the night. The lltli morning foggy, and lilowing fresh westerly, wii 
 dared not venture out; Messrs. iloyd (So I'dack" went on a shootini' 
 
 1 Dctwi'rii ('lu'iK'.v mill Hiisx Isliinds. 
 
 ■J While lltail iiiiil Clitiii'N ImIiiiiiIm. 
 
 :', rrnli;ilil> .\l<>\uiiilfr .Nitlicls, an fail\ llslicr and tradii' at l'asHaniai|nndi|y. Cniiriiil' Sorius 
 X.\.\\ M 111 llif MS. I'liMMa'diiijiS nt till' limiiidai'y l"iiniiiiissinii in 1M7, ikiu in piisM'sHinn nf 1U'\, 
 W. (I l(ii\ niiiiid, tcstiniHiiy is yi\fii timi "(Jrand .Manaii wax (Iihi incuiiiud li\ Aliiorlrans fium 
 I'orllaiid, wlio ui'iit diiwii tliiTi! to iiil ifi'iids, uli'. Hut It wan ilili'Hi wild iiinil itiid iiiun'fH|ilu(l, 
 H(!i'\inu rliictlv a>< II liiii'liiinr tur Hlii|i|iin^." 
 
 ■I I'iist l<iinun nsr. 
 
 h .\ifniiiii of wry Hinall islands, nmrki'd mi tlu' charts, hnl mnittcd fruiii most nm|is. 'I'licv a.i'c 
 linith of 'I'hri'c IslaniU anil West nf Whltcluad Island. 
 
 ti Kviilinth Wciiid IslandH ; il is |>laiii hf iniindt'd Ihiilr .suutlioni end and ran In Iho liiMd of 
 Hi'iil e.iviv 
 
 7 Aii|iarcntl.v t'ait lit Ui'U|i Ci.vi', S.W. of tliu Villajfo. 
 
 h I '.an find no ullicr inunliiin iif thin niiimi. 
 
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 party, discovered a pretty considerable river' running from the N. W. 
 into tlie bight of the passage, and returned with a few wiUi ducks. At 
 4 o'clock in the afternoon, being moderate, struck the tent, embarked, 
 :uid worked down almost as far as the South head- of Grand ^lanan, 
 from which a ledge stretches half a mile to the Eastward, covered at 
 high water, but finding no convenient place to land, or to secure the long 
 boat, v>e were obliged to return back to our former encampment. The 
 I'Jth fresh gales at S. W. and very foggy all the morning. Struck the 
 tent at 5 o'clock, embarked, and turned down along shore ; doubled tlu- 
 S. and S. W. heads of Cirand Manan about the beginning of the tide oi 
 tlood, and stood over for the main, which we fell in witli, about midway 
 between Bailey's mistak(! and the West passage ;' We ranged close by 
 the Seal rocks ' across the West passage, along the S. E. side of Campo- 
 Mello, and running through Conway or head harbour' hauled up round 
 the N. E. head of Campo-lJello" and turning to windward between it 
 and Casco-Jjiiy Island,** arrived at '.\ o'clock in Port Owen, where we 
 found just arrived His Miijesty's Sloop. Senegal, Sir Thomas llich, 
 IJaronet, Commander, with his Excellency Lord William Campbell the 
 (lovernor, and Arthur Goold Esipeliis Secretary' on board, accompanietl 
 by their satellites, the Slipper Cuttei','" a tender of the Senegal's ; tlin 
 Province Schooner immediately under his Lordships Onlci's ; and the 
 Pilot's (xiggei'." The Senegal's barge came for me, and 1 went on Ijoaid 
 there to dinner. 
 
 Tlif^ IGth about 10 o'clock the Priest and almost tin' whole tribe df 
 Indians canie over to jiay their compliments to Lord Wm Campbell, the 
 Senegal soon after saluted with l.'i guns and his Excellency came on siiore 
 accompanied by his Secretary, Sir Thomas iiich, and his Otlicers. T waited 
 on the beach with the other ^lagistrates and principal people of the dis- 
 trict, with all my nnni drawn u») undei- arms, and received them with 
 three voUies. A Congress was held at my house, the Covernor settUd 
 
 1 A siiiftll strt'iini lliiwiny fi'ciin N. W., ('iMi«iicM iiiln tlii' licail nf Sciil <'n\c. 
 
 'Ji 'I'liis ikist'i'iplinn luiH iiiiw lu'cniiR' II iirniur iiiiiiii' in tlu' tiniii Sii\itlu'ni llciiil. 
 
 :t On lliu cliiu-tft " iliu'k's i Us " 
 
 4 /. ('. that Uilwt'i'M Ciiini - iln aiic! I.uln'c. 
 
 5 No iliiiilil wliiit is Miiw c'nlk'il Snil IJiirk ; (mIIimI Sciil Ifock un \hv Ailiiiiially iliiil't Of lS-.>4. 
 
 tl KIrst kuiiwn nsu nt Ilciul lliiitpur : |inili:ilil\ so lallcil lutiiiisc iit tlu' lii'ii I of tlii' isliiml ; tlio 
 only usi.' known to nu> of ilu' nanii! (.'onwa.N for tlic lliirlmr. tiiiifrul I'oinvuy was at that tiniu 
 liniinincnt in the Knuiisli I'arliainunt. 
 
 7 Tlicy ran inside nf Uv:u\ Ilarlior IhIiiuiI, wliiili is possililu at all linius of tiilc. 
 
 8 First known iiso. 
 
 !t All wi'ro men of iini>ortanio in Nova Scotia. Soc for i'\ani|iUi Mnnl"rli's Nova Scotia iinil < 'an- 
 ailian Ari'liic\ts, IM)4 
 
 1(1 Till! uiost luri'ftil si'iinli kindly niaiU- for iiic 1p.\ Mr. T. .1. Kioriiaii, of llarvaril CoUcav 
 Mli'Miry, in (llctionarii's, onliiiain ami iiantiial, lias failcil to show any icfcrriur to this kiinl of i raft. 
 Slit' wa.s ahout Is tons hnnlcn. See iinik'r l.'lth Sept I'cjMsihly her nanii' «as ''SliiiiH'r " 
 
 11 Till; Stiindarcl l»i(tioiiar>KiMM this wind " .linnvr ;" ami iimlir .iijfui'r the Ciiitury I)iilioiiar> 
 hax ; "A Hloop-riKifi'il hoat lit one tinii- nsi'd verv evtonsivi'lv hy tlii' lishiiiiuin alioiit Capo (.'oil. 
 lint HiipiTsi'iliil aliiiiit IM-Jll hv the ilorv, A .liuiji'r nsiinHy earriiil four pcrMins. Thi' nanii; hi'loiiijN 
 to the Ray of Fnmly ami vielnity, ami Is sonietiincs usuil on the t'lniNt of New Enu'liiml." 
 
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 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETV. 
 
 some complaints relative to encroachments on their hunting ground, the 
 iishermen destroying the Seafowl's eggs, and some English people' taking 
 possession of a tract of land at St. Andrew's' which had ever been the 
 burial ])lace of their ancestors, lie lecomniemled agriculture and parti- 
 cularly the planting of potatoes to them, a civil dei)ortuient towards 
 their l)rethern the Knglish, and a due obedience of the law.s ; he then 
 presented them with an English l^nion Jack, and they promised to give 
 up their French Comniissions. ' The Congress over, the Indians returned 
 to their camp ; his Excellency the Governor and his whole sui*e dined 
 at my house. The ])rovince Schooner was hauled ashory on the 
 beach, and .some of my people employed caulking and repairing lier 
 wood and iron work for nine days successively. The 17th I accompanied 
 Lord William C.unpbell and Sir Tlios l\ich in the Slip])er Cutter to 
 Point Pleasant, visited the Indians in their cani[» and did not return 
 till late at night. The 18th Mr. JJovd and 1 went with Sir Thos 
 liich in his barge u[) Copscook river, to forbid, in the Governor's name, 
 two Casco-Bay sloops cutting and carrying away hay, to the prejudice 
 of the inhabitants of our own precinct. 
 
 Sunday the IDtli ix-ifoiined ilivine service morning and evening, and 
 l)aptix.ed a daughter of Wm Xewton'.s' by the name of IJetsey She))herd. 
 
 The l''Jnd at eleven o'clock in the forenoon endiarked with Sir Thos 
 Ivich on board the Slijjpfsr Cutter weighed and with a fresh breeze S'ly 
 mil by Indian Island and up the great Day,'' At 'l past 1 o'clock we 
 iiiicliorcd in 10 tatliDUi wjitt r in the wesslern Ijay of Chamcook,'' and 
 soon after went on slmrc on the wcstei'ii side, and found twelve of the prin- 
 cipal families of our Indians gum ding the mouth of Conascpiamcook jiond' 
 At this .season tin; Sea fowl cast their pinion feathers and cannot lly ; the 
 Inilians had, agreeal)le to annual custom assembled all their Canops and 
 "drove" (as they call it) the great bay, closing in by degrees and at length 
 towards high water had forced them all into this large pond, or lugoon, 
 which has but a ^el•y narrow entrance, and at low water the greatest 
 part of it is left dry. .Vbout J, past .'} most of the water being ebbed out 
 of tile pond, the Indians drove the liirds by degrees into a Creek of it 
 to the Northwd where I. with a party of men, woman, and children lay in 
 ambush, and sallied out with paddles and libidgeons ; a general massacie 
 
 1 Tlu'Hf \M're .Iiiincs IIi-dwh iukI .li'iviiiiali VnM. t'lmriiT Si'iics .W.WIII. 
 '_' KirsI known use. 
 
 I! AnutluT accoiiiit, nf lliis cuiifcri'iu'c is pxtiiiU, liy .Inlm Ciiriv «li<i viis |pri'i(uiit. CoiiriiT 
 SirieH .\.\l. 
 
 4 I can IIikI ni> ntlicr nioiitioti of tliis nainu. 
 ,^ l'iiswiinai|ii<iilil.v. 
 
 () Eviilrntlv Ixaweeii Miiiistt.r's Island an<l St. AnilrewM. 
 
 7 No i'..mlil iho jilaoc now callivl Kitty's Vnw ConaMiiuaiiK.'ook was t.ho rnssainaiminlily naino 
 fill' lliu |ioint wliore St. Amlrcws sUtids. 
 
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NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'. 
 
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 ensued, and what escaped us aflbided ahout two hours excellent diver- 
 sion to tlie Gunmen and Indian S(|uaws, who seemed to excel their 
 husbands in dexterity and certainty of hitting their object. About h 
 past 5 the action ceased, and the dead being numbered amounted to 
 7U0 in (hicks, murrs, coots &c. whicli after we had taken a few of the 
 (hicks, were divided out by the Chief in e(.jual piojjortions to the twelve 
 families.' We embarked at 7 weighed, and turned down the Bay, but 
 finding we did not gain much, and the night being obscure, at 10 o'clock 
 we anchored in 15 fathoms otf the N. E. part of Deer Island, 
 
 i3id light airs and variable, intermixed with calms; at .\ [last 3 in tlu^ 
 morning, weighed and camn to sail, at al)Out 8 o'clock being low water, ran 
 the Cutter in to Point Pleasant, went ashore at Lieut. Preble's and des- 
 patched an Indian canoe with a note to Lord Wm Campbell at Campo 
 Bello, not to expect us to dinner — with the next ebb we worked down 
 and got inUi Port Owen in the evening. 
 
 13th Sepr Sir Thomas Rich was so obliging as to sell me the Slipjter 
 Cutter of about 18 tons burthen, with her masts, sails and furnitun^ for 
 52 (Juineas— I called her the Campo-Bello Packet. Mounted my Swivels 
 and Co-horns- on llagstalf mount' and next morning 14th Sepr. the Sene- 
 gal sailed hence for Halifax; 1 saluted with 11 guns, the Senegal 
 returned efpial. 
 
 L'Uth I?oiight of Pierre Denny an Indian, 400 lbs. of Moose meat 
 tor the people, which was in high season and better than beef. 
 
 ( >n October 1st leaving John Clai-k, as overseer of the work on the 
 Island, I took ^Ir. Isherwood and four men with me on board tlu^ 
 Cam])ol)eilo, and at 8 a. m. weighed, with the whale boat in tow, and 
 rowed and sailed over for Indian Island, having but light and varialilc 
 breezes with calms. J* t }, past U tired a Swivel as a signal for dames 
 i'.oyd Es(|. but the tide of Kbl) Iteing made. I rowed in and came to with 
 the small anchor in the ('ove at Indian Island, and Boyd came on 
 board. At noon Aikin and Piagg.' two English ' hunters cume on board 
 in a biii'h canoe and brought me 55 lbs. of excellent young moose and a 
 line (pnirter of Beaver.' ^Vt 3 P. M. weighed and came to sail with a 
 fine breeze southerly. At 5 tired a Swivel as a Signal and soon atter 
 
 I A rusliiui nf meat nitt'i'cst, imt clscwlu'ii' rt't'ciTi'd tu so fn' us I kiinw in mir liislnririil litor- 
 iit\irc. 
 
 •1 I'lilmrn or ('(ii-licmi ; ;i siiiiill iiioitui'. Si'c Cciitdn- |)iciiiiii;irv. 
 
 ;i riio hill now ciilli'il KliiHsiatV liiil is III U ('lsli|iiii)l liul llii iiiu' liorc rcfi'i'i'i'ii to must liii\(i 
 liiiii lit I'nri Owi'ii, lis slmwii li\ ;i ii'tVit'iiii' iimler .May •Jdtli of iliis tliiiry. 11 wis, no dcniht, on tliu 
 liill 111 till' Kiistwaril (if tlu' pi't'sciil McL'tiiii; Iluiisi'. 
 
 4 Aikiii I liuu nut soi'ii elHi'wIion' iiunitiiiiicil, Itiit I'liiKvf is siiiil t>,V Iriiilitiim In liiivc li\oil on 
 
 lln' isllllHJ. 
 
 ,'> Kiiulisli til ilislnu'uisliud tliuiii frniii liitliaii, iiu ilmiltt. 
 
 II I't'i'liikps 11 i|iiiirtor ('. e.: 'iS II)h. of Skiii^. 
 
12 
 
 NKW BKUXSWICK lIlSTOHlf'AL 80CIETV. 
 
 Mr. Preble and Louis le Blanc, an Indian, came on board in a Canoe 
 from Point Pleasant : — th(^ wind shifted now to N. E., with wliich we 
 turned uj) the Grand Bay : at 7 there was very little wind and the 
 night liaving a very bad aspect, we rowed in under the pilotage of 
 Preble and anchored with the small bower in Ah fms water in a siviall 
 Jiarbour on the North side of Deer Island, the extienie points of the 
 entrance N. N. W. and N. N. E., and a rock l)etween the two points, in 
 one with Scoodic or the Devil's head' N. a little Westerly."-' After bad 
 weather on the '2\u\ and 3rd < )ct. which detained them in Deer Island"' 
 " on the 4th still hard gales from the N.W. quarter. At 8 A. M weighed 
 both anchors carried out the grapnel to the Westward, warped over and 
 came to sail, and at .', past 10 we entered the mouth of the Magegadewy 
 (Magaguadavic)' Biver, the lirst reach of which runs in S. E., at 11, 
 being the jiitch of high water, anchored in thi^ second cove on the lar- 
 board si'le in ') fathoms water. At 1 P. 31. all hands went ashore on 
 tlie Marsh, made a tire to cook -— and Itegaii to cut and nial e hay. 
 
 5th At '.) A. i\r. took the 81ater w;th us, and in tl; Whalelioat 
 proceeded up to the falls' which are about 3 miles farther uj) the river. 
 It was here in the lattc:- part of the late war, a French frigate landed a 
 great i|Uantity of warlike stores for the Canadian aiiny, after (.^uel«ec 
 was in our hands. Here wt> found an inexhaustible ([uairy of tin(^ blue 
 slate" for covering houses, of which my Slater put into the boat a sam- 
 ]ile. ^\'e walked across the Portate," or carrying place about I a mile 
 to the still water aljove the falls, found it a tine large river, on each side 
 
 larjro tind»er. 
 
 plenty 
 
 .', past 
 
 return and at 1 o'clock landed on the inar;:h, wdiere hands had been left 
 to make liny and cook the dinner. At 5 o'clock I went down in tlur 
 whale boat with the ebb to reconnoitre the river's mouth, and returne'l 
 
 with the tii'st of the Hood ; the rest of the 
 
 peo] 
 
 >lel 
 
 laviiig, in the interim 
 
 been enijiloyed in packing, carrying on board, and stowing away the hay. 
 •]th We rowed down with tiie elib and turned down for Havre le 
 tete' 
 bore 
 
 passag 
 awav 
 
 'e, but com ill'' on to blow very fresh, with a v 
 
 oui i sea, we 
 
 for Chamcook harbour where \\v anchored. Chamcook 
 
 ] First known iisc. 
 
 l! Ncirthcni lliuliniir. Cliiirfs hIkiw the mrk. 
 
 '! 'Iliis soiitfiiif lIHl^t liiui; lit'i'li writti'ii li,\ tlic triiiisi'vilior, iiiiil iiuist iimik lui uiiiisHiiiii ii) the 
 
 .Inlll'iial. 
 
 4 'I'liiH \v(ii-(l iiililoil, 111) (loiilit, b.\ tJie tniuHLi'llifi'. Tliu B|tullinK' cinliiiK in wy (iilso \vuo)ih'(;iiih in 
 uliiiT fiirlv riMonis. 
 
 ■> A Hiili'iiclid Hcrlt'8 iif flits Hciini' 80 feet liitfli. 
 
 Ci N'cn well known iit the iirixont ilii.v lint nut iirnlltiililt'. It in on tlic " Wctnioic Kaini." 
 7 'i'lif |initiiy:c was to till' isiHtwanl of the falls. It is very inneh shoitfr tliun lialf ii mile 
 K 'I'lie Kiench form xiwii this niimi' is uf inteiost ; its oriifiii imkiiowii. 
 
 Was I 
 
 the 
 
 nari'l 
 
 miaI 
 
^ 
 
 NEW UUUXSWICK HISTOKK'AL SOCIETV. 
 
 i:t 
 
 a Canoe 
 k'hich we 
 
 and the 
 lota^'e of 
 
 II a SI i I all 
 ,ts of the 
 points, in 
 After I'atl 
 or I si am V' 
 il weiglied 
 I over and 
 igegadewy 
 
 K, at 11, 
 
 on the lar- 
 
 ashore on 
 
 hay. 
 
 Whalelioat 
 I the river. 
 be landed a 
 :'ter Quel'cc 
 of finc^ Vtlue 
 lioat a sain- 
 
 II I .1 a mile 
 Dii each side 
 t off on our 
 ail been left 
 lown in the 
 mil retm-ned 
 
 the interim 
 way the hay. 
 for Havre le 
 ou; sea, we, 
 Chameook 
 
 111 (iiiiii^sii'ii '» ''"' 
 
 'ctinorr Kiin" " 
 II liiilf 11 iiiilf 
 
 Jiarhour' is a vei'y extensive hasin and its entrance, which is round the 
 east part of the Island is not aljove half a cable's length wide at low 
 water. Chameook Island or Peninsula- — call it which you will, joins 
 the main land of Conasciuaincook to the S.W., by a high beach or bai', 
 which on spring tides is only sufficiently covered for a whale boat to 
 jiass over it. In the ui)per part of tlie harbour, where we tilled our 
 water, there is a good stream for a Haw Mill, and plenty of timber near it. 
 
 ^unday 7th the weather Ixsing very cleai-, and a fresh gale at N. we 
 wcigh'd about 3 A. ]\I. and ran out of the harbour and steering S. E. by 
 S. entered the passage of Havre le t«''te about G A. M.,, in running 
 through which with an accelerated celerity from the strength of the ebb- 
 tide and force of the wind, not less than at tlie rate of twelve knots, ,we 
 were in the most imminent danger of being dashed to pieces against the 
 Egg-rock, at a time when our pilot my brother-justice, 'Boyd, ])ronoi!nced 
 ns far past it. From Havre le tete to the White horse the course in 
 S l)y E ; we jtast to the Northward of that rock at 5 o'clock, and in 
 about an hour and a half after anchored in Warrington Cove,^ Campo- 
 IJello. 
 
 1 Ith Bought of the Hunters 444 lbs of >Moose for the; people. 
 
 14th Sent JMr. Jsherwood and live men in the Cutter with n fair 
 bifcze at S. to Chameook, from whence they rt'turne<l in two days with 
 a (juantity of flagstones and slate. ' 
 
 IGtli Came into the Harbour tlie Virginia packet a sloop from 
 Halifax, liouiul to Fort Cumberland. Bonglit a barrel of l-'Iour, sonn; 
 rum, onions and other articles out of hei. Kvan Williams stole rum 
 out of the store, which ho for some time obstinately denied, although he 
 was exceedingly drunk, and ))roof positive of his guilt. 1 ordered him to 
 be put in the stocks for the s[)ace dt' one hour, with a label pinned on 
 his liack "a thief, a liar and a drunkard.' 
 
 liL'nd I'pon taking a survey of the ([uanlity of s])irits. ])rovisions 
 and warm clothing remaining in store, I found ! was not sutlicicntly 
 ]tro\ided for a long, tedious and peiliaps severe winter, not even for the 
 necessary supply of my o^ ii numerous taniily : ir.dependent of the 
 lieo]»le of Indian Island, the young .settlei's on the Seoodic, a great pai1 
 of the improvident tribe of Indians, many of whom I was certain if not 
 
 1 still tiilk'il Clialiicook Ilarlicinr. 'I'lic " Wcxtcni Hn\ n|' Cliiinui'i.k " nuiitioiuil fiulicr 
 was I'vicluiillv till' pint sdiiUi lit' the liiii'. 'riii'ic is rcanoii to tliiiil< that this llailMHii' wiii 
 the nriuiiial placi' to which tlio liiiliaii iiaiiic aiiplii'd, ami that t'haiiiciMiU moans a llai'hniii' with a 
 iian'nu- I'litraiiii'. 
 
 ■J Now Miiiistci's iHlaiicl. 
 
 :; Set' earlier, iiiiiler Au'u. nth note. 
 
 I /. I'. I'ort Owe'i. 
 
 .■' Well l(iio\Mi to-ilay iihoiit the entrance to ChaiiicooU llarlior ; cMtllent In cleiuau!.' hut 
 \cr> Soft. 
 
 <i I lia\e not seen iiii\ other reference to the use of the stocks in New I'.riinswick. 
 
 m 
 
'"'^ 
 
 u 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTOKICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 occasionally relieved l)y me, must be inevitably starved : I therefore 
 determined, though the season was lather too far advanced for so small 
 a vessel, to proceed in the Campo- Hello as soon as possible to Boston, or 
 some other Port of New England, where I could be supi)lied. I 
 immediately ordered the Vessel to be stored and victualled, tixt on her 
 little crow, and changed a man with AVilson, my tenant, for his servant 
 Aaron Bunker, a very clever fellow, who was to be my })ilot, and like 
 most other New Englandmen was Carpenter, farmer, fisheinian and sea- 
 man : and without a moment's loss of time made every necessary 
 prejiaration.for my Voyage. 
 
 VOYAGK OF J'KUDEN'CE MOHDEKIXt; OX NECESSITY. 
 
 23rd Aft<'r dinner T went on board the Camito-IIello packet, 
 ■weighed and turned down the West passage — but at I i)ast 6 o'clock. 
 b(nng calm, rowed in and anchored in Friar's head l)ay.' About mid- 
 night there came on a fresh gale from the Northward. Jt was not until 
 the 25th we were able to start again and th'n we ))assed through tht- 
 narrows of West Passamacjuoddy and coasting along did not- Penoljscot 
 Fort till thn 3rd Novr. 
 
 Penobscot Fort stands on a i»eninsulaof land, on the western side of 
 the Penobscot river where 1200 acres of land was Iionght out of 
 Brigadier Waldo's Grant by th(! Province of Massachusettes Bay. The 
 fort is laige, strong, and commodious, built of logs, garrisoned by the 
 Provincial troops, whose commandant is also appointed Truck-master, to 
 trade with the Indians. He was at this time gone to Boston, but his 
 wife and family loaded me with kindness and civility ; it wa'^- with 
 dililculty I cd. ])revail on them to sell me the few necessaries I 
 wanted, and had I accepted all the presents they intended me in articles 
 of provisions, roots and vegetables, my Cutter wouhl have been loaded. 
 
 On the 5th the Campo-Bello anchonsd in Falmouth Harbour Casco 
 Bay, found riding hero a snow, two briggs an<l 15 sail of small craft and 
 most of the coasters anchored hero and in Ho<r Island road. The oth, 
 having agreed with Urigadier (ieneral .fedidiah Pieltle'' for my supjily ot 
 stores and provisions, nearly as eheap as I could buy them in Boston, in 
 the evening we hauled the Cutter alongside the wharf; and the next day 
 I ordered the foremost tire place to be taken down to make more; room 
 for stowage, got all the ballast out ai\d washed the hold. The fullowing 
 days we took on board as much rum, molasses, Hour and Indian corn as 
 we could possibly stow in the hold and battened down the hatclu.'S, 
 
 stowed in my cabin and lockers a (pumtily of fearnaught, milled caps 
 
 _ I ^ 
 
 1 Kii'si liiicuMi use. 
 
 •2 Wniil wy.iAi, II" iloiilit (iinitti'd liy traiisi'rilK'r. 
 
 ;i l';itliir (i| l.icMt. I'lul.lr of I'dim'l'k'iisiiiit. Si'f iicilc illidor 8tli -hllv. 
 
 dJ 
 
 ail 
 oil 
 
 Wi 
 DiJ 
 
 'I'll 
 
NKW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 U 
 
 therefore 
 • so small 
 Boston, or 
 pplied. 1 
 ixt on her 
 lis servant 
 t, and like 
 m and sea- 
 necessary 
 
 Uo \)ackot, 
 it G o'clock. 
 Aliout niid- 
 [js not until 
 through the 
 - Penobscot 
 
 5torn side of 
 ight out of 
 plJay. TIk 
 ioned l>y the 
 k-niaster, to 
 ton, l>ut hiis 
 t wa^- witli 
 ecessaries I 
 ,ie in articles 
 been loaded, 
 arbour Casco 
 lall craft and 
 I. The t^th, 
 my su|)i)ly of 
 ill Vioston, in 
 
 the next day 
 ,<e more room 
 The following 
 mliun corn as 
 
 the hatches, 
 t, nulled caps 
 
 niitt.s, hose, shoes and blanketting : and on the deck I took two carcasses 
 of beef and lashed some casks of cyder aiul other articles. 
 
 The 14th, altho' my vessel was under tonnage and only laden with 
 stores, I made a jtoint of clearing out in foim at the Custom-house, as 
 an example to others, for the late repeal of the stamp act had not made 
 the people here more honest or less refractory. 
 
 The IGth I got on board some wood, water and vegetables for the 
 peoi)le, and at 7 a. m. on the 18th we weighed for Campo-Rello." 
 
 Here there is a short hiatus, — a leaf being lost and the next entry 
 is:—' 
 
 "April 23id 1771 Began gardening the frost being pretty well out of 
 the ground. ]\Iounted the Co-horns and Swivels on Flagstaff Mount 
 and scaled'-' them. A fishing schooner, the first of the sea.son, from 
 Newbury bound to St. John's anchored at Indian Island. 
 
 24th Launched a fine large Gondola,' built by my people. 
 
 27tli Came into tlie Cove from Boston, ~Mr. Curry's' Schooner and 
 brought me from John Howe Ksqre Molasses, Rum, Bread, ludian meal, 
 and sundry other stores. 
 
 29tli Arrived from ]Mount Desert a sloojt Beale Master, from whom 
 1 bought ()044 ft. of Boards. Began to set Potatoes. 
 
 ^lay 15tli Came in a sloop from (,'obiquid and St. John's bound to 
 Newburyport, in whom came passenger my old friend and host S(i[uire 
 L'pham Justice of the peace at Cobiquid."' 
 
 19th Whitsunday — Divine Service as usual. Came into Indian 
 and Casco Bay Islands, eh'ven fishing .schooners from difi'eient parts of 
 New England to begin the Cod fishery. 
 
 20th At 2 P. M. Isaac Bunker in a small schooner came through 
 the West passage, anchored in the Cove, and informed me that the Snow 
 " Owen " from England was working uj» at the back of the Island. I 
 immediately sent a party in AN'ilson's whaleboat round by the N. E. 
 head to meet her, and at G o'clock I took some peo])le in our own 
 whaleboat also to assist her in : tlie night proved .somewhat scjually and 
 dark, and it was 2 in the morning before we brought her safely to an 
 anchor in Port Owen. At suiuise slu; saluted with 7 guns, and I 
 ordered an etjual number to be returned, from ilagstalf Mount. 
 
 list leaf in'i'liiiiis rui'iiriltd tlic liirlli nf his sun, Ivlwiiril 
 ini on Ciiiiiiuibello Kcli. l!i, 1771. Si'u I'liit il. at tljis 
 
 1 Tliu words of tilt! triinsii'iluT : Tlic 
 Williiiiii Ciiuiplicll Hiili ()ui!ii, ulio \Mis 
 ipapcr. 
 
 ■J Si'iile, 'I'll ik'iiii (till' iiisiili' of ;i iiiiuioii) liy llriiii; otT ii siiiiill c|U;intity of powilfr. Cuiitui'y 
 Dictioiiiin. 
 
 ii 1. i\ a scow. 
 
 ■1 I>inil)tli'ss .loliii Ctirry who Inter bocanu' iiroiiiincnt in this rei,'iiiii, Uf iniiic to riissjuiia- 
 ijiioildy ill 177(1, was made a .1. I'. 1771, li\cil at I 'aiu|ioln'llo (for liiiii Curry's Covu in said to lio 
 iianii'il) and I'arritd on an L'\ti'iisi\c hiisiiiiss Si'c Coiiritr Siiic^ XI.III. 
 
 Ti Wjiilf i'X|iliiriiiH; alimit Minas Dasiii in Sept. 1707, lie and hir Tlioiiias llicli reeeived !,'reat mid 
 repuited liindiieHH froiii Sciuiro r|iliiini, tis deseribed in tlie Jnuniul of tlial date. 
 
■'^ 
 
 16 
 
 M;W BRUNSWICK HISTOUICAL SOCIICTV. 
 
 % 
 
 2r)th hauled tlic Cutter ashore, cleaned and paid' her liottoni, fitted 
 licr out, put sundry stores on lioard. and next morning dispatdied her 
 for Fienclinian's ])uy to purchase a cargo of Staves. 
 
 .June 2nd The Cod and Haddock tisheiy is now commenced and 
 t'arried on successfully.'-' 
 
 4th being the anniversary of H. M's birthday and of my arrival at 
 Camj)0-15ello at noon tired 21 guns on Hagstatt" Mount and at one o'clock 
 the 8now Owen tired 7 guns on the same occasion. A Jury was suni- 
 nioned to view and lejtort the state of the work and improvements done 
 on the Island to the bench in a special .sessions of the Peace holden this 
 day for that puii)0se.- The Campo-Uello returned this day from Frencli- 
 )iian's ])ay. 
 
 11th The .Snow Owen having completed her Tindjer lading, in the 
 evening she tired a Gun to announce the same ; ne.\t morning slu^ l»ent 
 sails, and the foreto]>sail was left loose as a signal for sailing ; having 
 aiothing more to take on l>oard excejtt 2000 lbs weight of Beaver, .sonu' 
 Otter and other skins ]5y the Snow Owen I was first informed for a 
 certainty of the jiroljability of a rupture with France and Spain, tho' 
 such a report had for some time prevailed among our Indians, who by 
 the bye, in their hearts still bore a stroiiger affection and warmer 
 attachment towards their old friends, the Fr(!Jich than the Fnglish. 1 
 deternuned therefore, to return to England and leaving Captain Plato 
 l)enny to direct, conduct, and sui)erintend the aH'aiis of the Island, I 
 took the command of the Snow Owen in his room — and on the morning 
 of the ritli dune I endiaiked my fanuly, servants and baggage and .soon 
 after went on board myself, accompanied, by all thv. principal peojile of 
 the district. About noon weighed and towed out of the harbor, 
 attended by the Campobello Packet ; anfl was .soon after saluted with 7 
 guns and three Cheeis from Flagstaff hill, to whicdi I returned f) Guns 
 and three cheers. As soon as out of the harliour, a fre.sh breeze sprung 
 up from the Southwanl w itli which we stood down the sound ; and at 
 'A o'clock being about 'A miles to the Westward of the \Volves, the 
 gentlemen of Caujjio- Hello having washed down their diiuiers, brought 
 to, sent them on board the Cutter, and she stood for the Island airain." 
 
 Ca])t. Owen called at Halifa.x on his way home, but there is no 
 further record of his doings after the 17th June: the remainder of the 
 'lournal is missiny. ' 
 
 1 " I'iiy, til I'livif witli tur (ir pitcli." etc CcMtuiy hictiniiarv 
 •J lint sfu iinlr tiiilici' iiiidir ilutf Aiiyiist :iril. 
 
 :t Tlio ifcoKls lit thix ('(uirt vvciu tiuiii'il nlf in 17■^ l)V mi AiiKTiciih I'rhiiti'iT. t'.iiiricr Surii'.s 
 -XLIII. 
 
 4 'J'liis sfiitt'iirt.' t'viili'iith li\ tlie Traiiscrilier. 
 
 SI III 
 
 tcsi 
 
 IK. 
 
 .MJ 
 
 i'(i(| 
 .M(i 
 l.ii[ 
 .\h 
 
 stil 
 
 St. 
 1>7| 
 
 lie 
 
 iiivl 
 
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 NKW ItKlNSWICK IIlStuliirAL SoriKTV. 
 
 17 
 
 n. titled 
 -bed lu'i' 
 
 need and 
 
 trrival at 
 le o'clock 
 was suui- 
 ents done 
 Lilden tliis 
 n Flench- 
 ing, in the 
 (T sh(^ l)ent 
 it ; having 
 iver, some 
 iinied for a 
 Sj)ain, tho' 
 ns, who by 
 id warmer 
 h'.nglish. I 
 ptain Phito 
 lie Island, I 
 he morning 
 <re and soon 
 )al peoi>le of 
 the harboi, 
 luted with 7 
 rned T) (inns 
 reeze sprung 
 ivuid ; and at 
 Wolves, the 
 lers, Inouglit 
 sland again." 
 it there is no 
 lainder of the 
 
 ^.^■. CiiiriiT Soriis 
 
 PART II. 
 
 1)0( I .MFNTS AND NOTES RF,LATIN(; TO THE HISTOKY OF CAMPOBELLO, WITH 
 A SIMMAHV OF ITS DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 
 
 Ainimgwt Now r>iunswi( U Islands, CainpoUello stands out before all others in 
 liist(iii<' intenst. 'i'lie incinorios of other <hij .: which linger about it liave a charm- 
 ing st'tling iu its riigged but kindly features an-.' its beautiful surroundings. It is 
 varied in surface, vvitli liigli bluH's and rountU'd 'nils, Hord valleys, cui-ving beaches 
 iuid fringing reefs. Over it all is the clean compact coast forest, onl}' broken by 
 jilcasing seltlenients or the ripe old roads. «!reat tides sweep about it, ever chang- 
 ing its outline, and at tunes it is veiled in soft clouds of white fog. In the wateis 
 around many kinds of craft aie fort^ver in motion, and prosperous towns and villages 
 lie within easy ilistanefe. About it cluster the traditions of the most picturos(]ue 
 jjoriodsof New Hruns\vii:k History, of a gentle Indian tribe, of French explorers and 
 Seigniors, of self-reliant New England Pioneers, of solid r*]nglish colonization and 
 rulture. I 'pon it an iMiglisli gentleman founded an I'Liglish settlement, andthere lie 
 and his kinsman and descendants, in turn a gallant sailor, a scholar of the Universi- 
 ti»;s, and an admiral, lulod in I'^nglish, half-feudal fashion f(n' more than a century, 
 imiiarting Knglish ways and Knglish virtues, the traces of which are plain at this 
 day and will long linger. Finally it has passed into the jmssession of a company 
 of Americans, who are making it their summer honu;, and bringing to it what is 
 best in Anu^rican taste and culture. By position a part of the United States, 
 and now largely owned by her citizens, it yet remains the territory of (ireat 
 Ibitain, and contains a more curious mingling of characteristics of the two countries 
 than can be found elsewheie. These things give to Campobello an interest, an 
 atmosphere, a charm all its own. 
 
 The l'hysiograi)hy and Natural History of Campobello have been but little 
 studied, and hardly at all with reference to their cH'ects upon its history. I'ro- 
 fc^ssor Shaler has given a \ery brief outline of its Physiography,^ all that we yet 
 jiossess. Its geological structure has been <lescribed by (iesner, * Bailey and 
 Matthew,'' and in a special |)amphlet, ^ all of which shew it to consist of very old 
 locks broken by later trajj-dykes, but it is still to be worked out in detail. 
 Meteorology has received no special attention, nor has its Botany nor land Zoohigy, 
 but in these features it cannot difl'er much from the neighboring mainland. The 
 .Marino Invei'tebrate animals, however, in the waters about it, have been (•arefully 
 studied l)y Stimpson.Verrill and others, including New Brunswick students ;•' 
 
 I SliuliT, N. S. 'I'liu Island of (,'ainiii)liolln, rivliiniiiiO'.v Report, Caniljriilye, |Ma.ss. | ISKl, 
 
 •J iic«mi', Aliniliaiij. First Report on llie Guolojfiful Survey of tlie Provinue of New Brunswick 
 St. .loiiii, i^;i'.i, pp. ;{(i :i;!. 
 
 :{ r.iiiicv, I.. \\ . ami Matthew, O. F, (icologieal Survey of Canada. Report of Progress for 
 l>i70 71, pp! i:il 1:1:;. 
 
 •1 :\ Description of till' [sland of rainpnl)ello : its Location, Resotnres, .\dvanUi}{es as a Sunnuer 
 llcsoit, utc , etc. Tlu! above l.slaiid Is for sale. Boston, Press of K(jckwoll & C'hnroliill, V>'2 Wasli- 
 iimtou St , 1S74, oet\, )ip. 4S. It contains nnicli oilier iiifonnatioii conceriiinir the Island. 
 
 ii 'I'lie papers hy \errill and Stiiniisoii, as well as others, relatinu' to the marine animals of this 
 rcuinii mav he found dcscrilicd in thi' I'.nllctins nf tlii' Natural llistorv .Society of .Now MruiiswicU, 
 particularly .No. IV., J.ssr,, (ip. s7 117 ; No. VI., 1.n.s7, pp. ir-'-':i No. Vli, Is.ss, jip. l->--l-. 
 
 
 
18 
 
 S\A\ lllil NSWICK lllSTollK'Ah hO( IK'IS. 
 
 indtjoil till' liarlumr Itot ween l';ini|i<>lHlli) and Kastiioit is so ricli in maiint! life, and 
 has been drudj^ed so often that it is well-known to American natnralists. Hnt 
 furtiier than tiiese, Cainiiohello does not tiyuie in sijentilic literatnie. 
 
 No conii)lete history of the l.-land has yel been atteni|)ted. Mrs Wells'/ 
 "Canipobello," relates ratiier to traditional and latei history, i»artieida,rly in its 
 more pieturesiiue aspects, l.y far tlte most important work njjon the early history 
 of the I'assamaiinoddy region, of which ( 'ani|Mil>ello is part, is the St. Croix Courier 
 Series of historieal articles, edited by .lames Vroom.' It embodies the valu- 
 able material in Kilbys'' and Lorimer.i' works, the Eastport Sentinel Series 
 by S. A. Wilder and some valuable unpublished records in possession of Hev. W. 
 (). Kaymond, of St. John. P'or the rest, there are several papers and unpub- 
 lished records relating to [larticular jieriods which will be referreil to further on 
 in their ])roper places. 
 
 Of the pre-hibtoric or Indian peiiod on I'ampobeHo, we jiossess no records. 
 No works by them are extant, few relies have been found, and not even is the site 
 of any large settlement, nor of any burial-ground of thwirs known. Yet, con- 
 sidering the position and resources of the Island, we cannot iloubt that they lived 
 tiiere. They have resorted much in later times to Indian Beach and Indian Point, 
 opposite IiUbe< . The l':'.ssama(|ii<)ddies to-day call tlie Island, A-l)itli-<jnt(i, mean- 
 ing lying iiloii'j or jinrclli/, i. <■. with the mainland. 
 
 In the period of ex|)loration, there is no record of any visit to this region 
 until DeMonts and Champlain < ame in l(!04, ' but the oidy notice of Campobello 
 in all Champlain's woiks is its presence upon his maps, particularly that dated 
 l(il'2, clearly outlined with a harbor at its northern end called Port aux (Jociuilles, 
 llarboi' of Shells, which was without doubt the present Head Harhor. A 
 line through this harbor became the southern boumlai-y of I)e llazilly's great 
 grant of S.unte Croix in Ki.'VJ. 
 
 lietween KiSn and 1700 there were French settlers about the I'.assamaquoddy 
 region, and there were several grants in seigniory made here as well as elsewheie 
 in Acadia by the <Jovernment at (^Mieliec, though none of the latter can be located 
 on Campobello. lUit tlieie were French settlements at Harboi' de I.,ute, between 
 ( "urry"s and Otter ( 'oves, as shown both by cellars still pointed out by the settlers, 
 by a MS. Map of the region jnadc in ITOli by David Owen," showing sites 
 of French settlements, which pluces one in that vicinity, and by Southack'a large 
 
 1 Wells, Kiitf (laiinclt. «':iimihiI)i.IIo, ^uj llistdrical .Slutrli. riiviiti'I.\ piiiiteil in liDstnii ii ia)3, 
 .. t7 HI). 
 
 null III iMU I I'liii. iiisicini';ii ;>ii('i(.'i\ , riMMii'ipiiia. 
 
 ;{ Killi.v, W. II Kast|i(iit iiiicl I'assaTMiKiMmldv. ICastimrt, Isss, dctv |>|i. fiO'i. 
 
 4 liorimi!!', .1. C. Ilistnry nf Islands ami Islets in tlie liay nl {'"nndy, Irliarlnttc ('diint.v, New 
 nisuick. St. Stc|ihcn, ISTC, nctN., Vi'.i ii|i. Contains litllf alimit ('ani|iiiln.'lli> ; incirc valiuilile 
 fur the iitliur islands. 
 
 .") l|"in 'ii' picture i>f Oiunixibulln in 1777 liy hcs Uarrus, tlii:iv is sliown wlial appeals 
 {•I lie a stnnc ruin, with three arches. It must then have heen wry old. We have no 
 • liie as til its iiiiyin, hnt claims fur the jiresiincc nf the Nnrthincn aliniit 10(i(t A. I». in certain 
 Incalities upnn mu' luast have heen made with nut much hetter e^idence than tliw presence of an 
 iild arched ruin 
 
 the 
 
 Na\ 
 belU 
 fanii 
 givci 
 
 .letfr. 
 4 
 <i«nei 
 This 
 til disi 
 appe.-i 
 
 old arched ruin. 
 
 t) i\(i\v ui pii8;eH»iiin lit' Itev. W. O. Uuyinunil, St. John. 
 
NEW nm'NSWirK HISTOnirAL SuriF.TY. 
 
 19 
 
 I life, ami 
 ,ts. Hut 
 
 , Wells'/ 
 rly in its 
 •ly history 
 ix Cuurifi- 
 the valu- 
 iii-l Series 
 ; llev. NV. 
 u\ unpul)- 
 furlher <»n 
 
 10 recor«ls. 
 1 i8 the site 
 
 Yet, con- 
 , they liveil 
 (Han Toiut, 
 mict, iiiean- 
 
 this region 
 Campobello 
 
 tliat dated 
 X CoquiUes, 
 ITarDor. A 
 /.illy's gi«-'at 
 
 iania<iuo(l«ly 
 vs elsewheie 
 
 11 be located 
 itc, between 
 the settlers, 
 owing sites 
 thack's large 
 
 111 tlie lionkT 
 il St. Sti'i>lioii, 
 
 u, ;n»l liii»* '"■'■" 
 
 imitifvilarly t" 
 
 its oi\itiir ill II 
 
 MKik fDViii ; Imt 
 
 HiitK fip|ii|ik'ti'. 
 
 map of I73.S, which jilaces houses witli the words "French Inlialiitants," on 
 the X. K. side of wiiat is plainly Hnrbor de Liile. ( luirdrs record of his expedi- 
 tion seems also to jdace a French seltlenienl at or near Harbor de Lute. 'I"he 
 ruin shown in l)es j>an"es" picture of 1777 may date from this perioil. If a 
 seigniory was located on the island it was pnibalily tiiat of .lean Serreau, 
 Sieur do St. Aubin. the must iiilliiential man of tlic time at l*aHsama(|iioddy. ' In 
 17<>4, Colonel Church, from .Massachusetts, in reprisal for tiie massacres committed 
 in that state by Fieiioh and Indians, soelleitnally ravaged the region thattl.e French 
 appear to have left it never to rctiiiii. 'I'lic full arcoiiiit of this (i.xpedition 
 is given in several works. - 
 
 From the time c,f Ciiurehs ex|)edition up lo 17(>;{ tin: liistoiy of Canipobello is 
 a oom))lcte blank. Certain maps show it and call it I'assamaijuoddy Island,'' but 
 there is no otlier record of its existence. 
 
 The New Fiigland period in l'afcsan)a(|Uoddy history began about 17(13. 
 From 17<)0 there had been a general movement from tin; older iirovinces to Nova 
 Scotia, and many ' sands from New Kugiand settled in the I'eninsula, wliile a 
 few huntlreds came to what is now New Brunswick. In I70.'i various settlers, of 
 whom an account is given in tin; Coiiiier Series, licgan to settle about I'assama- 
 ([Uoddy, and in 17<i<i Itobeil Wilson settled at Wilsons Death, Caiiipobello, 
 buying out the impiovemcnts of an earlier settler named IJrown. A full ami 
 without doid)t authentic account of Idin is coiitaiui'd in a very rare pamplilct 
 issued by his descendants in lSvJ2. ' In 177" tliere were llircc families settled 
 there, as Captain Owen's .loiirnal .shows, and from various references in the 
 dournal and elsewhere, the othei- two may lie inferred with probability to have 
 been those of Hunt and Clai k. 
 
 I'^'om about the year 17(iO, the British (Jovcriunent liad been making very 
 large grants (if land to olliccrs of the British Army and Xavy. with the double 
 object, apparently, of recognizing their bcrvices and piomoting the settlement of 
 the colonies. • ~ 
 
 Among the officers thus favored was Captain William Dwen of the Boyal 
 Navy, who, along with three of his rchitives, was granted the Island of Canipo- 
 bello, He lielonged to an old \\'elsh family, the Owens of (Jlansevern, with the 
 family seat in .Montgomery sliiie in \\'ales. His desciiit and relati )nshi|is are 
 given in full in JUirkes (ieiiealogiral and Heraldic Dictionary of tlie Landed 
 
 1 St:i.' Ccmiier Svrifs, XXIX. ;iii<l .\.\.\. 
 
 ■> lic\tci-s Kilitiun (if nnircli, Isiir ; Oxiricr .'<(.nis .\.\.\l. tn XWIII. 
 
 ;> SniUlimk, iiliiillt ITMM. (ircilt Isliilid of l'aKsiiiii;ii|iin(l(l\ ; .Mitchell, 1 T.'i.'i I'ili-SiUlllUrailU' I. ; 
 .Ictfrt'.vs, IT.'i.'i, l':i>siiliii(illii(li I., etc., etc. 
 
 4 Tlip ('iim|pii-l!t.ll(i licML'wtrs, Is-J-.', oi t\ . Id |i|i <iiil,\ :i >iii.:lc cuiiy i> kiiowii to tiu'- it is 
 owiiod liy .Mr. Artliiir Hill of SI. Stephen. It >t;it(s that it is in rcjilv \'> n Imok h\ li^ivid (hveii. 
 This liiinii is iiiikiKiwii tome, uiid tlie iiicsl \ i;;M|-(iiis si^ireh on the l.-laiid and ilsew jiei'e has failed 
 to (liMeI(»ic It eopy. .\ st'cond imiiiher of the ('ainpiiliellH Keviewers i-i |ii-oniise(l, lait pndiahlv iie\er 
 «)i)it'ared. 
 
 ,e Coiiiity, Ni'« 
 111. .re \iiliiiili!e 
 
 1 what ii) (lieu IS 
 We liitvc IK' 
 .. |l. ill eerliiili 
 
 u pIVSflU'f of nil 
 
20 
 
 IKW lUUTNSUICK lllST(ililC\[, SoCIKTV. 
 
 Ccmry. 1M47. Trrun f'is work I iiavc conipik'd the followiiig table with the 
 exception of the last name in it, wlucli is not there montioniMl : 
 
 David Owkn, 
 Died 1777, li:id t'oiii' moiis, as follows. 
 
 /'Owcu Owen, had three sons 
 
 I (Sir) Arthur DaviesOwen 
 
 David Owen, l""ellow Trinity Culloge 
 ( William Uweu, Q. t). 
 
 Hiihanl Owen. 
 Ivlward Owen. 
 
 ( (Admiral, Sir) Hdward William Camp- 
 (t'aptain) William Owen, iuul two sons. hell Rich Owen. 
 
 ( (Admiral) William Fit/-William Owen 
 
 The s-ame work gives tiie fnlloning account of Captain William Owen : 
 
 AVilliani Owoii, a capt. 11. N. In the year 1700, tliis gallant otlicrr, 
 wlien a niidsliipniaii, lost iiis right arm at the taking of PondiclKMry 
 from tlu^ French, lie was also a second time at the taking of tliat 
 town, when lie commanded the Cormorant. He was bringing home the 
 despatches, when he lost his life hy an accident at INIadras, in tlie 
 year 17 78. 
 
 I have not been alile to learn tlie date '>f lii.s liirtli, and but iew other faets 
 about him. If il is true tluit lie was only a midshipman in I7()0, lie could iiardly have 
 been over .SO years old when at ( 'amjiobeilo. ' In 17(>1 he iietitioned the Admiralty 
 for recognition of his services, representing that he was broken in l>ealth tiirongh 
 his lOastern experiences. This petiiicm is given by Mis. ^^■eils in her "Campoliello," 
 p. S. A minute of Council, Nova Scutia, under dali' KUh March, 1707, has 
 
 " Head the Meuioiial of William Owen and others for 1,000 acri'S 
 of Land at Passamanuotldy. (Jranted." 
 
 Ill 17<)7 he was in Nova Scotia, as shown by his dournal. On Sept. 1 Mh <if 
 that year, he and Sir Thomas Rich explnrcd the lakes and strciims along the route 
 iif tlu' present Siuibenacadii' ca'i;d. .ind along the snutliern shore of Minas l>asin : 
 ho rctiii iicd by land to llalit'as on Sept. .'{nth, and cm Oct. 1st left for New York 
 with Sii' William Campbell ill the ship ( dasgiiw. It was on the .'{IMli, the day of 
 his arrival in Halifax, tiiat his grant of Campobello was issued. The copy of the 
 original document is on fylc in the Crown Lands Department at Halifax (Look 7. 
 p. 'J.'U), and at Fredericton. lio(.k I, \>. l.'is, mid is ])ractically the same in both. 
 It was registered in New Ihuiisw ick, .Ian. •"•, \ls~. \\ reads as follows: 
 
 yo Sept. 1707. 
 To William Owen, Arthur l>a\isOweii I >a,\ id Hweii, and William 
 Owen, diMiior, their heirs tuid assigns, a 'I'ract of Laml situate, lying 
 
 
 1 Tliid Is wmrtrmi'J liy Mn. ('Dchnuic wli" writes nic tint lin wuh uliuut 4ii ut tl e tinu' of )ii'^ 
 ilt'uU) 
 
NEW BUUNSWirii HJSTORrCAL SOflKTY. 
 
 21 
 
 w'lih the 
 
 lliam Cami)- 
 illiain Owt- ii 
 won : 
 
 hint oiliccr, 
 •omliclunry 
 ,ii<f ot" that 
 i"- lioiiit' the 
 ras, in the 
 
 !\v otliei facts 
 (I liardly liiivc 
 ho A.liuiialty 
 oaltli throujih 
 C{uni)ol)ullo," 
 (07, has 
 
 1,000 acres 
 
 S.pt. lUli <'f 
 ildiij^ the iDiilo 
 
 MiiHis r>a!siii ; 
 : fur Now York 
 »ih, tho (lay uf 
 I'lio oopy of the ^1 
 lalifax (I'xiuk 7, 
 
 saiuo ill hnlli. 
 Hows: 
 
 Sept. 1707. 
 , and William 
 Hituatt>, lyiniz 
 
 4(1 lit (I (• linu' I't )ii- 
 
 m 
 
 I 
 
 and lieing an Island at Passanuiqnoddy. called Passaniaciuoddy Outer 
 Island, and is bounded on the Southeast hy the Hay of Fundy, on tho 
 Noithwest by Passanuuiuoddy Harbour and the Southwest by Passania- 
 (juoddv western harl)Our, on tin; northeast by Passaniaquoddy i^ay, con- 
 taining by estimation Four Thonsand Acres, Sic, &c., i^'C. 
 
 A latec pencil note added to the copy in Fredericlon reads : -" Kscluiatod in 
 Xova Scotia, MS'.i or 17S4." But tliis must 1)C an error since it remained in 
 possession of the Omchs witliout a re-grant. 
 
 The fo'ir grantees of tlie Island wore Captain William Owen and his three 
 nephews. A captain was allowed only .S,0'IO acres in the Royal (Jiants, and it 
 was, no doubt, in order to keep the entire i.sland in tlie one family that the names 
 of the three others were included with his. Its extent was far underestiniatod ; 
 a recent survey' gives it as 1(», 180 acres. 
 
 ("aptain Owen and his co-grantees formed a company, said to have c(Ui- 
 sisted of sixteen persons, '■' mostly Liverjxiol merchants, with MJiose assistance 
 he made an efl'ort to settle the Island in conformity witii the grant. On April 14, 
 1770, he, tfgether with I'lato Donny and William IshoiMood were made .lustices 
 of the I'eace ' for the County of Sunbury, whicli then included most of tlie present 
 Province of New Urunswick, and on .lune 4th of tiiat year lie reached Campobello 
 in his vessel with tiiirty-eight colonists of divor.-o trades, and materials for staiting 
 tlie colony, 'i'lie full account of this sottloinont is proscivod in his .lournal, which 
 is ])ulili«hi'd as i'art I. of this paper. A valuable conti mporary recoid of it, pre- 
 sei\ing tons something of its actual a]i| oaianco, is I )e.'j Ilarres picture of 1777, 
 already refcurod to. ' Although the sottleiiient did not pro-sper as w;is ex'iocted, 
 it nevertheles.s fullilled the coiulitions of tlio giant, and secured tho Island to his 
 family. In this respect it stands out strongly in contrast to most of the other 
 great pre-loyalist land grants to otliceis of the iJoyiii Sei\iceiii New Ih iinswicU, 
 nearly all (.f which \w\v osclieated in whole or in part foe iioii-fultiliiii'iit of condi- 
 tions. It aflbrds, moreover, tlie best, if not tiio only exainple, of a persistence to 
 our own day of the system under which Ihcse great grants were no doubt cxpc(^tod 
 lobe hold, that of a large landed estate descendnig from fatlu'r to son, with the 
 touaiils Maying rout to tho proprietor, as in Mnglaiid. 'i'o this day only a few lots 
 arc frooiiold iu Campobello ; tlie majority of losideuta lUe tenants, paying ground- 
 ri'iit to I he owners. 
 
 One important event of ('a|ilain Owen's '."•sideiico at ( 'aiupobollo was the birth 
 of his oldest son, which was ):oiliaps recorded on tiio missing jiago o^' the .Journal. 
 A .small jiaiiited coat of arms, framed, in possession of tiie companv at Caiii(H)- 
 bcllo, has this writ loll on tin; liack : 
 
 Admiial Sir lOdw.ird Williiuii ( '.iiii|iIk1I Kicli ( )weii, ( i. ( '. I'.. II. 
 |S|;i, boni at C"iimi)()l)cll(), N. It. 1!) I'Vdnuary, 1771. 
 
 t l''ri>iu II linx'' iiiu|i iif ilu' Istiiiil |>iiMi>li('(l ill Is^r li> till' i'inii|iij|ii.llu ('iiiii|iiiii.\, Irmii iirtiial 
 mii'\i'\s. 
 
 '.'. Sec ;i Diiriniit'iit l.itiM' ill HiIm impel' ; lilt' " t'iiiii|i(ili('||ii Uo\ lowers" »tnt(:S timt tliiM'iiiii|iiin,v 
 
 (•(iliMiHti'il nt' sixteen perilnlis. Alsn ( 'nllliel' .Series .\ Mil. 
 
 :; t'.Hiiier Series M,ll|. 
 
 i .\ \iew nt ('iiiii|Miliel|ii nt the Kiitriiiieo of l'iiKwiiii;ii|iiiii|il\ liii\ l,illiiim;i|i|| 1;! \ | It in , eiii|. 
 laiiit'il 111 "Tlie Atln)iti( Ni iiiiiiie " .if 1777, li.\ .1, I'', W Pes liMnes, 
 
wmi 
 
 00 
 
 XF:\> liKlNSWirK IIISTiiIUCAL S(»< iety. 
 
 liurko's l)ictioiiary alroinly citrd, lias uiul(!r (Jaiitiiiii William Owcirs iiamp, 
 in addilimi tn what 'las liceti (jiiolcd on |). '2]'2. tlio following; 
 
 Ho was t'athor of Vice-Adnriiil Sir Eilward W. ('. R. Owen, K. C. 
 I'.., (!. C. H., !i. i,'!illinit !Uk1 liiglily-distiiiguislu'd naval oHicer, wlio was 
 fbnuerly coiimiaiuler-in cliicf in tlu' East Indies, wlirnco lie returned in 
 1832, and is now connnander-in-elii<'f:' in tlie Mediterranean.' 
 
 On .Imif Ihh, 1771. Captain Owen lift ( 'anipdbello tor Knyland and never 
 returned. On Inne ■-'(itli, anotlicr (irant was is.'^iiod to liini as follows (Halifax, 
 liook ;•, p. -'.'S : Fredeiietoii, llook 1. p. IV,^')): 
 
 20 June 1771 
 William Owen l<'s(Hiire, his lleiisand Assigns, tlie se\eral Tracts of 
 liiuid hereafter mentioned in Passama(|Uoddy l>ay in the Province (of 
 Nova Scotia) situate, lying and being one Island lying and bearing 
 North, Northwest troni the Nortli(!ast end of the Island, called Pas.sa- 
 ma(|Uoddy outer Island, (now t';im}io l>e]lo) about three (juaitf^rs of a 
 mile tlistant from the said Island : also a small Kocky Island, called 
 (lull Isliuid lying lontiguos to the other ; and also one other small 
 I.sland to the Westward ofllie (lull Uhind, (•dnimonly called and known 
 l>y the nam(( ol' Casco Hay Island, lontaining in the whole of the said 
 Three Islands bv estimation l"'orl v .Acres nu.i'e oi' less. 
 
 .At'lcr his ittuin In I'lni^^Luid, and until his dialliin 177s. we know nothinu of 
 liini "tlicr than what is idnlaincd in the <ilation alieady yiven from Kurlte, ami 
 
 that ids second .--on was Imiiii at .Maiiduster in 177-1, and of him an ac nnt 
 
 will he fouml later in this p.ipfr. A pmlrait of (aptain Owen is jireserved in the 
 aneestial liunu' at (dansexi'in. 
 
 .\ftei' 1771 VM' know btth' of tin Kland until the coming' of DasidOwen in 
 I7!^7. lienjaniin ^'o^all and .lolm Moicau are knuwn to have resided theie as 
 a^entsj of llie company (Cumier Seiit s NLIII). It is certain that nmst of the 
 seltleiH soon lefi; it, and it is pwssjldc that^ the coinpan> lindini.r the venlnfe so 
 unprotilahlc, cdiicd W.aek I'lato hciniy :iiid ninst, of ihe cdiunists to I'lngland on 
 the next voyn^-c nf t lie Snow Owen in I77-. The folluu inj,' evtiaet from Captain 
 •MeDoiwdirs iJepoit on the islamls in I'assamaipioildy Hay, dated iSIKi. on lile in 
 the Crown Land Olliee at I'^redeiicton nives sonu.' tacts of importance. 
 
 N(j 2n. or (~'amj)o I'dlo Island, gr;inled to NN'illiiini Owen I'lsij and 
 as.sociates. 1 1 is said to have been lirst siltlcd by a c()mj>any of nier- 
 cluints called the ('ampo I'ello ('(impany, who were bound to the 
 
 I 'I'licif is II |iiili|i>,|ii'il liili(i-r.i|ili III' hliii slmw iiiM II 111,111 ,,| iiiif. |i|-,.si,iiif Mr. .Iilm I'liiiiitr, nl 
 
 • 'ulll|)nlil'|lii, liiis ;l iii|i>. Till' lli(niillilliir ^1/ i'm'iw //i' ul\ cs U sllull MUrlrJI iif Ills llll', llMil stulis lllllt 
 
 tic WHS liiii'ii III Will, (i III enroll IliiMiil ill Kri", ,. nil (lied III Siirrc'.\, Oil s, |si!>. It s|;it,.s iti;ii lie 
 
 • nli'icil tlic NiiMit s,.|\i.i ill I77."i, \MiH 1,1(111 III I7!M, ('a|it;iiii in ITlis, Hut w In his liirlli, Uii- ilatr 
 
 1771, mill |ililri', ( 'ii|ii|iiilii lln, nil' li|n|T |inili;ilil\ nirrcrl. 
 
 ()> 
 
m:\v I'.iiinsw ick iiistuhh ai, sucir'.rv. 
 
 2;J 
 
 s name, 
 
 1, K. C. 
 
 lio was 
 irucd in 
 
 iiul never 
 (Halifax, 
 
 1771 
 
 riiK-ts of 
 
 viuco (of 
 
 xl Passa- 
 rtcrs of a 
 ul, called 
 lov small 
 1(1 known 
 1' till' sail! 
 
 IKltlnil!-' of 
 
 ;mke, and 
 ai'cniint 
 ctl in tlie 
 
 il Owrn in 
 I lure as 
 ust (if tlie 
 \ ( nliiie so 
 ',njj,lan(l i>n 
 ni ( aiitain 
 nil lilc in 
 
 1 lOstj and 
 y of nicr- 
 id to tl>" 
 
 ,11 I'lirlllll', nl 
 
 ml -^tiili ■^ lli;it 
 
 st;itl'H lluil 111' 
 illll, till' lUlc 
 
 grantees to cultivate and improve the land so as to secure the grant. 
 That their losses hy the war and fmther eniUarrassmonts in trade 
 induced the persons concerned in the Com})any to dissolve tluMr partner- 
 ship and to resign their obligation to tli(> gj'antees. That a town was 
 laid out on the chief Jiarhor, called ^\ arrington where sessions were 
 held, and a survey by juiy hcing then had and idurned of sutHcient 
 cultivation, the Company \v,ft it. 
 
 The Island contains a large proportion of gcod land, and is in 
 general well timbei'ed. There ai'e at {)resent aliout (it'ty I'amilies settled 
 on tlie Island holding under leases fron*. the grantees. The soil when 
 cultivat<'d is found very productive and cattle and shee]» thrive well. 
 
 The Society for piopagating the (Jospel, in London, ajipomted 
 formerly a missionary and schoolmastei' with salaries, for the Island, l)nt 
 from imi)roper conduct in the person apjiointed, he was discarded and 
 the salary withdrawn. The late erection of the Island into a separate 
 Parish has induced the settlers, with the |troprietors, to project thr 
 estaltlislinient of two schools and a church, with the hope of m renewal 
 of their former donation. 
 
 'i'lie arrival of tl'^ Lnyalisls, an event of .sueli great importance In otlicr paita 
 of New Brunswick, afTected tlio coarse of events upon ('ani|iol)ello l)ut little. A few 
 of tlu'ni s(^1tk'(l there as tenii)orary residents or tenants, liut of course no land 
 could he granted tlieni. ' 
 
 In IT'^^T l>avi(l t)wen came to ( ainiioliollo, -' donlitless as agent for his brothers 
 and cousins. 
 
 The relations of the dill'erent members of the Owen family, as regards their 
 ri^lits on Canipobello, aie ex]ilained in tlie following document, written by Mrs. 
 bobinsonOwen, ami sent to ]\\v with tlie cojty of the .lournal. .Ml hough it con- 
 tains some rejjetitioMs of facts already stated, it is given in full. 
 
 Perhaps it may not be impertinent to mention that t/tiptain \Vm 
 Owen UN to whom the (Joxcrtior and Legislature of Nova Scotia 
 granted the Lsland of Passaniatpioddy ai't( rwards called C'limpobello in 
 17G7 — linving then no family, and being obligid to introduce into the 
 grant other mimes than his own for so large a grant of land — named 
 liis thiee nephews, sons of his eldest brother the then head of the family 
 in Montgoineryshiie. These nephews were Arthur l)a\ies Owen after- 
 wai'ds knighted, l)aviil Owen and William Owen, in the year 177H 
 Captain Win Owen U. N, having been serving in India in his prob's 
 sion for some time was sent to Mnglaml with despatches but <in his way 
 
 I ('ill I lice Hi'iit'M, I'.WI -('Will , for Lnvulisls cif i 'iiimiimIicIIi 
 
 ;! C'HIIllHllll'llil ItUN U'VM'I'S, 
 
'2i 
 
 NKW 1{|!( NSWICK 1 1 ISTOl! ICAI. SOCI KTV. 
 
 tliitlior, he was accidentally killed nt Miidras. lie left two sons, minors 
 under tlie f^uaidiaiisliip of his ne]ilio\v Arthur and another gentlemen 
 named Smith in 81ire\vshury. His share of Cami)ol>ello was also left 
 by will to his children — hut jnoliahly it had not proved o good spec- 
 ulation and in 1789' 1 helieve, Pavid Owen INI. A. of Trinity College, 
 Cambridge Univeisity a Fellow ol his College — went out witli authority 
 from his loothers to carry nn the woik at Camjtobello. The two Sons 
 of the original Crantee weic a\nd for assiduously by their father's old 
 fiiend Sir Thomas Rich, who is spoken of in the Journal and both were 
 jilaced in their father's profession. When they came of age they were 
 devoted to the service in which (hey found th(>mselves, and were not 
 dispos(>d to disjmte their cousins light to the Island. David Owen 
 lived on Campobello, the lii'e of a recluse for 40 yeais and died in Feb- 
 ruary 18'2[), when :iis brother AN'iiiiam sent out an ogent or emi)loy<'d 
 one, )ieihii])s, already there viz John Wilkinson Ksqre (wdio liv<'(l after- 
 wards in Fredericton'-' and piobablydi(d there.) The Island, howexcr 
 was not lenumerative and W'ni Owen' a (.^> C iind man of lai'ge latided 
 estates in W;des having got the jioit of Welsh Fool, made a free port, 
 made overturts to his Cousin (who ac that time had risen to tlu; top of 
 his Frofession — b(Mng an admiial and K (J 1> Sir Fdwd \Vm Campbell 
 liich «)w(Mi) that he should jmrchase the Island or at least Wm Owen's 
 share of it. 
 
 Sir Edwai'd, though married, had no family and was then between 
 GO and 70 and had no desire to ((tloni/e — but he smrirested that ho 
 woulil gi\(' up his rij.',ht and title to his liiother Captain William Fitz- 
 William Owen I!. N. who had two dau';lit( rs and in lS3r)Capt W. h\ 
 AN'. Owen paid his ( 'ousin Win ()\\(ii I'lsijie i,l!000 for his share in 
 Caiiipoliello, and proceeded in that year tc lake possession, lie lived 
 there and Ins youngest daughter ' inarrit d Capt John .fames ltol)ins(,ii 
 Tl. N. in is;i<.». II(> bei'ame Agent to Capt Owen and excntually when 
 his fa(hei-in law lieeani'' aged (he was then an .\dmii'al) he adiiiinistereil 
 the aHi'iiis as Trustee for his wife and children. 
 
 I may mention that Lonl Win ('ampliell had a grant of the Island 
 ol'l^iand Manan ' !it the same time that (^apt Win Owen reeei\c(l his of 
 
 ili.s) 
 1)11 
 
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 ni.U 
 
 Cm 
 
 was 
 
 li.'ip 
 
 ap|, 
 
 the 
 
 till! 
 
 any 
 
 I '.rill 
 
 S('ll(| 
 (lllr 
 ill ('I 
 M- 1 1 1 1 
 
 I IT'^T iicciinliim III " ('uiii|iiilp('llii lii'vicwcr-." 
 
 :; Hi' «;is !i siMMMir mill ilniimlitsiiiiili. He niinlc llic Miip u|' New liniMs\vii-l<, |>iilili>)iril in 
 ISMl. Ill' llirll III I''ll'ili'liilill1 ill IsTl, il'.;l'i| H'l. 
 
 ;i (, r llinllirr In |l;i\ii| In l^iiii William Ovvm, ||- n.ci.iv cj t|',,iii |||,. \ |i (!n\('niiiiciit ;i 
 ^l-ilht III' I'rim'iiili (nnv\ llriiil llai'liMiu'i anil Miiil limw i'lipr's |''n|l\ iiciii' l.ulu'i') MhhiIn. 
 
 •» Cnnn'liii, ('. i\ Mi-x Uiiliin^nn ovm'ii tiaii-nHMT ni tlir .liiiirnal ami urilrr nf this lini-iiiniiit 
 
 "i All I'lTiir. Il.\ nil iii'ilcr ill Cniinril, ilali'il ,',tli Nm , IT'.'."., the Islaiiil uiis " ri'siTvi'il " fur Sn 
 WilliMiii ('iiiii|ilii'll, lint il \MiM ncMi' yiiinliil to liini. Iinininriits in |iiw-;(ssiiiii nf licv. W. O 
 lla.Miiiiiiil mIiiiw that in iMiii.W illiaiii t'aiii|ilii'li, Ilirii \\\\w^ iit Cliai'loliuv n, S.<'., smi nt Sir W illiaiii. 
 Iiail a siaiili inaili' Im' llii' l;iiiiiI |iiiliiiiiiiiii\ tu an ill'uit In ni.iiMi' Ilic iNlaiiil, lnU iiniiu wiis lumiil 
 
 llMll till' I'llHO WIIH llrii|l|H'(l. 
 
 Il 
 
 (illIM: 
 
 MSl'll 
 
 Mlrj 
 
NEW BRUNSAVICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 25 
 
 i, niinovs 
 
 also left 
 ood spec- 
 f College, 
 authority 
 two Sons 
 llier's old 
 botli were 
 llicy were 
 
 \ver(^ not 
 vid Owen 
 cd in Feli- 
 
 muployed 
 liv^d ufter- 
 d, liowever 
 ,ro;e landed 
 V free poit, 
 
 tlie top of 
 n Ciunpliell 
 ,Vin Owen's 
 
 i(>n l)etwcen 
 itcd tlmt he 
 illiuni Kitz- 
 Oupt W. K. 
 
 is shiwc in 
 
 lie livid 
 
 s l»nl)ins(.n 
 
 (uidly when 
 
 idniinihtereil 
 
 f the Island 
 (•(•i\c(l his of 
 
 li CiiU'rWllll'Ilt :i 
 
 (Iiis liociniii'iit. 
 
 li'ScI'Vi'il " fuV Sll 
 nil "f \U-\. W. »• 
 .nil lit Sir Williaiii, 
 il iiuiit' \v;is tiiiiiiil 
 
 Campo-Bello, bnt Lord Wm failed to fulfil the conditions viz colonization 
 — therefore it lapsed and in 1835 when Capt W. F. \V. Owen settled at 
 Canipo-13ello, Sir Win's only child I^ady Johnstone requested him to 
 make enquiries jibout it — but after 60 or 70 years of course it was ini- 
 \)0ssibl(' to make any elaini 
 
 Of Daviil Owen, Burke's Dictionary ah-eacly cited gives tiiis account :— 
 
 Ji David Owen A. M., in holy orders, Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- 
 
 bridge, senior wraiiglei' in that University in 1777. He d. unm. in 
 1S"29, at Camjiubelio, New Brunswick, iSorth America. Accordinj.' to 
 his (nvn request his remains were conveyrid over the Atlantic, to be 
 deposited in the family vault at ]-5erriew. 
 
 A recoi'tl of Canibriilge (iraihiates states that he was A. B. of Trinity College 
 in 1777, A. M. in 17sn. 
 
 i'^or 40 yeai's Daxid Owen li\C(l in Caniijohelio as nearly as he could the life of 
 an English Squire. Many traditions of him are ])reserved, and there are 
 men yet li\ing who remember him. ' He is said by tradition to have 
 li\ed Hrst at "Man of War" House at Port Owen, (Curry's Cove, ) hut hiter he 
 li\i(l at l''riara Bay, and his house, which he named Tyn-y-Coed, " Tfouse in the 
 Woods,'' after the ancestral home in Wales, utood about TjO yards north of where 
 Mr. Koosevelt's cottnge now stands.- Soon after his arrival he became involved in 
 di.sjiiites with the WiL^ons ovi^r ]iro])erty riglits. The Wilsons were scjuattera 
 on Camiioliello, holding then' land only liy right of possession; they a](pear to 
 have been left undisturbed by Captain Owen, but David Owen's efforts to adjust 
 matters led to a series of lawsuits. Some account of these is given in the 
 Camjio-Bello Reviewers, •' and no doubt I'avid Owen's side of the controversy 
 was given with equal vigor in his now uiduiown hook (see p. '211), and ])er- 
 haps also in his Journal, now preserved in MS. by tho Campobello Com])any.* He 
 appears to have wished to own the entire Island, and naturally enough regarded 
 the Wilsons as interlopers, while they hioked upon him as a " hard man." In hia 
 time, also, the international liouudary disputes were active, but there was never 
 any doubt aliout the possession of Campobello since the treaty assigned to (ireat 
 l>rit,iin all islands ovt'r which Nova Scotia had exercised juiisdiction, He was a 
 scholarly man, as shown not only by Ids I'nivcrsity record, hut by the opinion of 
 one of his contemiioraries'* and by his vai'ious MSS. and Abqis, many of which are 
 in existence." His dournal gi\cs a picture of his pati'iari'hal ruh in Campuhcllo, 
 whicli Mrs. Wells has described in her " (^anipohcllo '' and elsewhere. He cmi- 
 
 1 Me WHS (U'scrilii'd ti) nil' as 11 vi'i'.v stout tlimi'/li imt tiill iiiiiii, w liiti'-liiiircil and cli'iiii sliiivcn. 
 •J On luitliorily liy Mr. .lulin KnniRT. David Owen iiitrndnci'd iilsn iin duiilit tliu imini' l.ako 
 (iliuisi'vi-ni ill iiii'iiiiii'x (if llic liniiu' ill Wii'.cs. 
 
 8 
 
 ;> Sec also Cniiricr'Si'rics C.X.Mll. Unyul (inzetto 17112. 
 
 I Mrs Wills, wliii liiis iixaiiiincd it, tells nic it, ciiiitaiiis little "f intercut liuyniid what slie Im 
 used in lier writint;s. 
 
 ."■i Mrs. Wells, "CiiiiiiiiiJH'llo," \>. 10. 
 
 (i III iinMseHsicin nf Mr A. .M. Hill of St. Steplu'ii, N. H., and Ut'v. W O. KayiiKiIld, St. .Jnlill, IV. 
 II. .Mr, Mill alsd iMisseKmis u valiKid relic i if him anuiiik'Ht his rich cnlU'etiDii nf early Now llruiiM- 
 niek llisViirle OUjoetB— his Kreat iron aiullrniiH, of a <iurtiiil fiiKhion, \ery nld and now rnrcly suoii. 
 
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 26 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 tributed also to early volumes of the Kastport Sentinel. ^ He was elected to the 
 House of Assembly of New Brunswick hi I'iHl He died on the Island in 1827, 
 and Burke is correct in stating that the next sjjring his remains were re- 
 moved to Wales. 
 
 From 1827 until 183r) the History of the Island is almost a blank. As shown by 
 Mrs. II()l)inson-()wen"s account, an agcjit was placed in charge of the Island, but 
 it was not protitably managed. 
 
 In the year 1S:^5 Captain (afterwards Admiral) William Fitz-William Owen, 
 second son of (Japtain \\illiani Owen, took possession of Campobello under the 
 conditions explained in Mrs. Robinson-Owen's account already given. In the 
 English Dii.'tionary of National Biography, a full biography of him is given, of 
 which the following is a summary : — 
 
 Owen WiUiani Fitzwilliam (1774-1857) Enteretl Navy in 1788 — 
 served in many cngagenients in the East Indies — appointed to survey 
 the lakes of Canada in INIarch 1815 — returned to England in 181G — 
 surveyed Coast of Africa — Commanded Columbia Sur\ eying Ship in 
 1847 on Coast of North America, but returned to England on his pro- 
 motion to flag rank on Dec. 21-1847 — ma(l<> Vice- Admiral Oct 27-1854 
 — Accepted Pension l-eb. Gth 1855 — Died at 8t. .Jolm, N. B., Nov. 
 3-1857 — Best known by his accurate surveys of Coasts- Made charts 
 of West and East coasts ot Africa, Mauritius, and of Asia, frou) Aden 
 to Cape Coinorin. 
 
 In addition it should be mentioned that in 184(5 he made an extremely 
 detailed survey of the St. .lolm Hiver fioni its Mouth to Spi'ing Hill, above Fred- 
 icton, and this survey is the basis of all later m;»ps of that region. A set of his 
 unpublished charts and ))lans of the rivei', beautifidlj' drawn, is in the Crown 
 Lands otKee at Fredericton. The admiralty charts of the I'assanmquoddy region 
 now in use are biised on his surveys. A book of MS. plans made by him before 
 IHSf), including surveys of the International boundary, is in possession of the 
 Campobello ( 'ompauy. - 
 
 To carry on the allairs of the Island, a Company was formed about 18H7, and 
 incor]>orated in IS.'U) witli t!aptain Williiim Fitz-William Owen as President, and 
 a prospectus of theirs issued in 18.S!)'' givi's an interesting description and account 
 of the resources of the Island, and the jiroposed mode of utilization of them by 
 the ere(!tion of mills, »!tc, 'j'his pamphlet contains also a vahndde map of the 
 Island u])on a large scale. W'luil measure of success the Company had we do not 
 know, prol)ably very little ; iiiid llii: entire Island iippeais lati'r to have become 
 the private property of Admiral Owen, lie took up liis residence at Welshpool, 
 in a hou.se still standing and well known, an<l Mith bis family lived there in Kng- 
 lisii fashion, directing his property, ' aiding his teuiiiits, entertaining distinguished 
 
 1 111 t828a Piiviil Owoii roiciMMl ;i !4i-iuit of liiiul nn the ('iirili;;!ni Huiid, In ^'nrk Cionity, N. I!.; 
 liul |>riilpixl)lv il wiis miiillu'r nf his niiiiic 
 
 •> Mrs Wolis, "('luiiiHilielle,' p. ■,!l 
 
 :i 'I'll!.' t'iim|iolicllii >|ill mill M;iimliiclmMiin- Ccimpiuiy in Now Urunswlck, lirilish Nurtli Aniorii'ii, 
 (jonilon \<i\\ III pp <ict\ , •.! niiips. It ri'tci's in ;ni cnrlier " I'nispectns {'nlillslii'il in ISIIT." 
 
 ■I As Ills ii','ciil, .\lf, .Inhn l'',irinei' I'liiii' to •'.nnpnlielld in |s:!(i. lie is : till living iniil I'nnrti'niis- 
 \y hiilpliil III all iiiipilrui'H iilioul lliu iHJanii, upnn wIioho IuUt liiftnry he is tlie bust liviiix' atilhnrily. 
 
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NEW imUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 27 
 
 ■ctcd to the 
 iml in 1827, 
 IS were re- 
 
 Vs shown by 
 Island, l)ut 
 
 Uiani Owen, 
 io inult'i' the 
 en. In the 
 is given, of 
 
 in 178S — 
 \ to survey 
 in 181C — 
 ng Ship in 
 on his pio- 
 ct 27-USr4 
 N. B., Nov. 
 Made charts 
 from Aden 
 
 Ml extremely 
 above Fred- 
 A set of liis 
 
 ii the Crown 
 uitldy region 
 y him before 
 
 session of the 
 
 out 18117, ivnd 
 
 'resident, and 
 
 n and aeeuiint 
 
 of them by 
 
 ■ ma]) of tlie 
 lind we do not 
 
 liave beeome 
 at Welshpool, 
 
 there in Kng- 
 f distinguished 
 
 k Cininly, N. I!.; 
 
 Ii Niivtli Aiiiurii'ii, 
 
 ill isivr." 
 
 ly IIMll IMHU'IIMIUS- 
 
 li\ iiii; autliiilily. 
 
 visitors, dispensing bountiful liospitality. His wife and daughters took great 
 interest in the welfare of the people of the Island, teaching their eliildren and aid- 
 ing them in all good works. This mode of life and patriarchal rule .so rare in 
 America, inakes this period of tlie Island's history most pictures(|ne. It has 
 esi)ecially attract-ed the attention of ^lr.s. Wells, who has written charmingly 
 about it. ' 
 
 During Ids life ac Campobello Captain Owen became interested in theological 
 (questions, and discussed them freely and vigorously. One of his friends now 
 living has told me, " he passcl through many stages of opinion, but I think he 
 came to the right at last." In 1842 he |)ublished a small book, "TheQuoddy 
 Hermit,"- containing Conversations, sixteen in number, upon religion, in the course 
 of one of which he gives his autobiography. Tlie book was displeasing 
 to his family, and was recalled and destroyed and but few copies are now 
 extant. He was for several years a Mendjer of the House of Assembly of 
 New Brunswick. His wife died in ISoS, and he married again Mrs. Solomon 
 Nicholson (Miss Ann Vernon), of 8t. John. After his marriage he lived at vSt. 
 John, where he died in 1S.")7. An oil portrait'' of him along with many other 
 relies is preserved by the company at Camjjobello. His tomb is in the church- 
 yard at Campobello, and its inscripti' .. .'eads thus : 
 
 S A CUED TO THE MEMORY OF 
 AD:\111{AL WILLIAM FITZ WILLIAM OWEN, 
 
 JJorn 11th Sept., 177.'/, Died Srd iXov., 1857.' 
 
 The Admiral's family one by one removed from (Campobello ; I'ecords of them 
 are contained in the following inscription in their family bible, now owned by Mr. 
 Artliur Hill of St. Stephen, X. 15. 
 
 This bible was given to Mary Jiakor, her maiden name being Mai^y 
 Elccgood in 1827, in i-ememberance of her having been attached to ]iim 
 as his hoiisekecppi" from 17'J7 : wlien he was a Lieut, in H, M. Navy, 
 l)y WMl'iam Fit/ William Owen, who was married to Martha Evans in 
 January. 181S, and by her he had two daughters. Portia born at D(>al 
 iifli May 1811) and Cornelia born in Camden Town, St. Pancras (5 Ootr 
 1820, the former niarri<'d at CampobelU), New Prunswick 7 September 
 ISiiG to Clement Hernery, Wine JNIerchant of Jersey, and the latter to 
 
 1 Till! (Jiinildv llofinit, Alliintic Mmitlily. 188'), SiM S'iti. TIio liriiss Cimnoii uf Cmiiiioliclli), 
 Niw Ijiuliiiul Miii,':i/iiu', S(')it IsiH. riiliipoiii'llii, pi'ivMtcly liriiili'il iiiniijililct, 17 lip., Ilustnii, IWKi. 
 
 •_' Tlic (,iuciii(ly Ilcniiit, nr ('iiiiM'isutidiis ;it, Kiiirtit'Itl (in Kcliyinii iiml Supcrstilidii. I'riiitcil liy 
 S. N. liii'liinsiiii, fill' l.liL' Aiilliiir, ls|-J, I'.iT pp. Tlic atlilrcss to tlic iv;iili'i- is siiriicil Win. l''il/.w''Uiiin 
 iif l'";iii'liL'l(l, and lalls llii' wiirli an " intniilnctinn tn iimro olahnratc inattor." In tlio Halifax 
 Christian (ilcaniT for Is.'l" is a ilcliatc bitwccn liiin ami a I\lr. ('aiiipiicU mi rclif^inuH ipu'stiniis. 
 
 Ii KcpindiKcil li\ Mrs. Wolls in "Tliu llrass CaiiiKin (if Cunipolii'llo" in New KiihIioiiI Mayaziiie, 
 Si'pt isiii, p. 5. 
 
 4 The Cainpn licljii Ucvicwcrs atntcg thut liu was lairn mi Canii>oliull(i about 1771. Hut tliii> 
 pvcilialily ccinfmiiiils liiiii with his lirothi-r Kdwanl W. ('. |{. Owoii. (Sto p. '.il.'t). His hnoU, 
 "'The C^Hidddy Ilonnit," .states llial hi' was Imni In Enghuiil. 
 

 28 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK HrSTORICAL SOCFETY. 
 
 John James Robinson a Lieutenant Royal Navy on the^th^ day of July 
 
 1838(9) To whom (Cornelia) Thin book is given by Mary Elcogooil in 
 
 token of her regard and love. 
 
 Maiy Elcegood born 21 March 1770 in E.ssex 
 
 Will. Fitz Wm Owen born 17 ^September 1774 at Manchester 
 
 Martha Evans born in Bedfordshire 21 ]March 1787 or 171)6 
 
 Portia Owen born at Deal in Kent 9 May 1810 
 
 Cornelia Owen born in London G Oct 1820 
 
 W. F. W. OWEN. 
 
 This record was wiitten in London all the; panics being living 17 
 
 March 1848 by Gods (hace.- 
 
 Tii tlie 9ianie IJiViJn with the ici'ord given aliovo, l>iit u[(iii the tiistpagc, ocourv 
 the following in pencil : 
 Written 18 GO 
 
 Mi'S. Robinson had four chihlren 
 Owen Canipobcllo, 1840, bom ( 'ampobello 
 Portia Owen, 1842, Canipubello 
 John Herbert, 1845, Portsnioiitii 
 Cornelia Ramsay, 1847 [or 9], Campobello 
 
 These are the children of .John and t'oriieliji IJohinson-Owen. Of Owen I 
 know nothing, probably he died young. I'ortia entered an J^jjiscopal Sisterhood 
 in New York. A tablet to her memory in the I'arish Church at Campobello, reads ; 
 " In Memory of Sister Portia, community of St. John Baptist A. 1). 1889." John 
 l[erbert died at sea, while Tjcut. on H. ^b S. Endyuiion, April .'5, 1S70, aged 2^^. 
 A stone is erected to his memory in the ehnichyard at Ciinipobello nnd a tablet in 
 the Chureh. Corneliii, now Mrs. C. \V. Cochrane, the wife of an otticer of the 
 Royal Xavy, is li\ ing at Kagshot, Sni rey, Kngiand. Her son, also in the Itoyal Navy, 
 visited Campobello in IK'.tO, as Mrs. Wells describes ((.'anii)obollo, p. 8<l, and 'i'he 
 Brass Cannon of (JampobcUo, New Kngland Magazine, Sept. iSiH.) 
 
 After Admiiid Owen's dciith, the affairs of the Isliiiul were administered for 
 his heirs by his son-indaw, Cnjitain l!(d)inson-Owen. In 1S74 it ^\as otVered foi 
 sale as a [laniphlet in that year shows," In June, IS.Sl, it was bought by a com- 
 pany of Pniston and .\ew \"orU gentlemen, the third " ( "am|)iibello Company,"' 
 and a new era in its history was inaugurated. I>y them it is being made not a 
 Summer llcsort, but a Summer liouu!, and good judgment, liberality and taste 
 have marked their i)roceeding.s. 
 
 1 Tlio words HHil liifiuus uiiiU^'liiU'cl nn? written in liitiT in in'iicil, Tlu' ilati- 17s7 is |i;\rtiiilly 
 eriiSL'd iuiil in;uU' U> \v.u\ iHi, luiil llio lust llniin! nf I7!i(l liiis lnoii written over with a -1 anil a "i 
 
 2 of tln'sc in'Mitiiini'il in tliis rcccinl, liis wifo M;irflia is linricd licsiilc Ijiin in ('ani|"ilu'llii ; slio 
 died April l."itli, lsr>'J, ayi!il iu. I'ortia dicil in .Icrsey, I'iMi Se|it., Mil!, aucd 4,"i ; tlion' is a tablet to 
 lior nu'niorv in tile I'arish Clinrcli lit Canipolii'lln. Cornelia, Mrs. Holiinsoii-Owen, died in Enj{lanil 
 in lh(j spiiny' of this ,v<!ar, Is'.Ki. Ilev husliand, who took her name, was a ineniher of thi^ l.i'L;islat,i\c 
 ConiuMl in New Urnnswiek. and diwl .Vpril 1 1tli, I.s74, a^ed (ifi, anil is hurled in the elmrihyard at 
 l!ani|ioli('llo. 
 
 ;i A duHeri|ition of the Island of Cain|>ol)ul)o, inuntioiied on p. 'JOjl. 
 
 4 President, .\Ir. Saninel Wells; (ieneral Maliayor, Mr Alex. S. Porter, hotli of liostiai ; Capital 
 niu) million dollars. Th"'y \n\\i: issneil se\eral small circulars ;uid iiamphlcts, includin^t-an allinni 
 of 7 lloUonra\ nru vii'ws, and an t,'>...i;llent ina)i, ahiail 'J inches to the mile, puhlinhod in 1^87. 
 
ay of Jul J 
 
 coi^ooii in 
 
 ster 
 
 96 
 
 DWEN. 
 living 17 
 
 [lilgC, OCCUV:> 
 
 Of Owen I 
 
 Sisterhood 
 lello, reads ; 
 W!)."' -lolm 
 70, ii^ed 'J."). 
 I a tablet iii 
 tticer of the 
 loyal Navy, 
 Mi, and The 
 
 inistered for 
 offered for 
 i by a coni- 
 I'ompany,"* 
 made not a 
 ;y and taste 
 
 s7 Im partially 
 and a "). 
 ni|iiiliello ; slic 
 f in a t:ilili't to 
 (>il ill KiiHlanil 
 Hi(! I.i'nislative 
 cliiiri'livanl at 
 
 iistiiii ; Capital 
 (lin^r-an all)\iiit 
 in 1887.