Présentation de l'éditeur
The Scots who came to our shores were emigrants from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, some of them landing first at St. John s Island (now Prince Edward s) some more at Pictou, Nova Scotia, and working their way later on to the Northwestern side of Cape Breton I sland. One contingent of these Higlanders containing two hundred and ten souls came to St. John s Island, in the ship A lexander, on or about the first of July 1772. These were located on an estate bought the previous year by Captain John Mac Donald, the Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan. Other emigrant ships followed, landing at Pictou and other points, thus giving the Counties of Pictou, A ntigonish, and Inverness their original Scottish colonists. Our early French residents took up their abode north of Margaree Harbor. After the sceptre had definitely passed from France to England, those early French residents came, in different groups, from St. John s Island, Louisburg, and Nova Scotia, and their descendants now occupy that rich and beautiful piece of country lying between Margaree Harbor and the northern limits of Cheticamp. Our I rish pioneers took hold chiefly at and around Port Hood, in different parts of Mabou,at and around Margaree Forks,and at North East Margaree. All these pristine colonizers of different races and languages can be more conveniently described in detail, when we come to deal with the various districts in whch they made their homes. In the beginning all the immigrants were compelled to hug the shore, the vhole region being a dense and dreary forest without any roads or guides for travelling. The first requisite was to select a pleasant spot for a little log cabin. The next step was to clear and prepare sufficient ground for the first years potato crop. Usually the squatter brought with him in a boat, either from St. John s Island, Pictou or A ntigonish, the necessar
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