Beothuk and Micmac . CAPE BRETON ISLAND 107 of this widely distributed tribe. Here,furthermore, is the seat of native govern-ment and the residence of the Grand Chief{ktcisayamaii) who has control of all theMicmac bands from Newfoundland to NovaScotia and Quebec. The island of CapeBreton is called UiiamagP^ and the peo-ple style themselves Unamewax. They in-habit six fairly large settlements having apopulation of 604 in 1911; one, the capital ofthe Micmac, is at Eskasoni, where JohnDenys, the Grand Chief, lives; others areat Wycogamagh, Middle River, Malaga-watch, and Chapel Island respectivel
Beothuk and Micmac . CAPE BRETON ISLAND 107 of this widely distributed tribe. Here,furthermore, is the seat of native govern-ment and the residence of the Grand Chief{ktcisayamaii) who has control of all theMicmac bands from Newfoundland to NovaScotia and Quebec. The island of CapeBreton is called UiiamagP^ and the peo-ple style themselves Unamewax. They in-habit six fairly large settlements having apopulation of 604 in 1911; one, the capital ofthe Micmac, is at Eskasoni, where JohnDenys, the Grand Chief, lives; others areat Wycogamagh, Middle River, Malaga-watch, and Chapel Island respectively,while the last, dating back only 50 years orso, is in the outskirts of Sydney. Thisinteresting band still preserves its nationalexistence and the records of its alliance withthe Mohawk. The former intertribal nego-tiations with the Iroquois at Caughnawagaand the ceremonial procedures with wam-pum are still distinctly remembered. According to the historical tradition ofthis band, it seems that before the middle ofth
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