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western end ofthe Island. His wife died at Cascumpec in 1862, leaving him with three children.

Dr. John MacInnis of Red Point, a graduate of Harvard, served the area for a short time circa 1885-1890. He is buried in St. Mary‘s Cemetery. Dr. William Craig of Bear River, who has left a detailed account of his treat- ment of cholera patients at Black Bush in 1834, was probably the first doctor to come to Eastern Kings. He, too, remained only a short time.

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After the middle ofthe nineteenth century, Souris was fortunate to have several doctors who came and made their permanent homes here. The first ofthese was Dr. Ephraim B. Muttart, a native ofCape Traverse and an 1861 graduate of Harvard. He boarded at the home of Caleb C. Carlton, Sr. until his marriage to Hannah MacDonald, cousin to John Knight's wife, Amelia, and a teacher in Knight's Private School. Quoting from the obituary of his wife: “Dr. Muttart rode into the Village on the back of a spirited animal, erect and with a great dignity that never deserted him. As the years passed, he became a leader in every worthy cause."H

Dr. Muttart was joined by Dr. Peter A. MacIntyre, sometime after his graduation from McGill in 1867. He, too, married a local girl, Agnes, only daughter of John (The Collector) MacDonald and niece of Hon. Donald Beaton. In the spring of 1876, tragedy struck the MacIntyre home. Within two weeks, they lost three oftheir small children to a contagious disease. In January of 1885, the Doctor himself almost lost his life. He was one of