ssessed firearms since they
arrived in Newfoundland. On the other hand I have never heard of a
single instance in which the native Beothuks ever obtained such a
weapon. The fears of Governor Keats were therefore only too well
founded. The unfortunate Beothuk was thus crushed out of existence by
the white man and the invading Micmac. Between the white man and the
Beothuk there was always hostility; and I have not heard of any family
or person in Newfoundland in whose veins flows Beothuk blood. On the
other hand it may be doubted whether there is a single pure-blooded
Micmac on the Island to-day. As an ethnic unit the Micmac can
therefore hardly be said to exist here.

At the same time the Micmac community, such as it is, will not, at
least for several generations, be absorbed into the European
population of Newfoundland. It is at present a separate entity, and as
such clearly requires special attention and treatment at the hands of
the Administration, for the Reservation families have claims on
Newfoundland by right of a century of Micmac occupation, and by virtue
of the European blood that probably each one of them has inherited.

I have, &c.,
WM. MACGREGOR.

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Crewe, K.G.,
&c., &c., &c.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote A: Not reproduced.]

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APPENDIX I.

MICMACS AT CONNE SETTLEMENT, 29th May, 1908.

Head of Family. Family. Condition of Members
of Family.
Stephen Joe 5 Self, wife, 3 children.
Stephen Bernard 5 Self, mother, 3 children.
Noel Matthew 13 Self, wife, 11 children.
Nicholas Jeddore 5 Self, wife, 3 children.
Noel Jeddore 9 Self, wife, 7 children.
Bernard John 2 Self, wife.
John 5 Self, sister, 3 brothers.
Joseph Jeddore 3 Self, wife, 1 brother.
Stephen Jeddore 7 Self, wife, 5 children.
John McDonald, Sr. 2 Self, wife.
John D. Jeddore 2 Self, wife.
John McDonald, Jr. 7 Self, wife, 5 children.
William Drew 4 Self, wife, 2 children.
Matthew Burke 4 Self, wife, 2 children.
John Benoit 9 Self, wife, 7 children.
Ben Benoit 12 Self, wife, 10 childre