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self and encouraging his officers to do likewise. He was not to meddle in any way with the King’s maga- zine of which M. Dubuisson had complete charge, but should restrict his attention to seeing that the soldiers were paid at the customary rate. On the other hand he must assemble his detachment when- ever Dubuisson should wish to hold a review. Nor was he to interfere at all in the administration of Justice or police except to aid the Sub-delegate of the Intendant in executing his judgments.

Further, he was to promote harmony among the soldiers and the settlers, to give every assistance pos- sible to the habitans and merchants and to treat both with courtesy. So, too, when he assembled the Indians at Port La Joye, from the Island and from the vil- lages of Acadia, he was to receive them with much pomp, and to give them everything they needed. From them he was to find out what was happening in Acadia and to keep the officials in Louisburg in- formed in regard to both this and “the secret matters on which he had verbal instructions.” He was to keep close watch on everything given to the habitans, par- ticularly brandy and other liquor given to the In- dians, and to post a prohibition against the latter in Port La Joye, St. Peters, and Malpeque.

In general, he was to do his utmost for the good of the service and for the security of the colony whose affairs were thus entrusted to him.**

The year of du Haget’s sojourn in Isle Saint Jean (1736-1737) was one of dire distress. In the early

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