f\ Chapter Two When the Island was divided into lots and given to British landlords, the native people were no longer able to move their camps freely from place to place. In 1804, Sir James Montgomery offered to let them live on Lennox Island . Several families settled there. They built a chapel, cleared several hectares of land and planted potatoes. One-third of Lennox Island was swampy with wild hay growing in the marshes. The white settlers came and gathered the wild hay to feed their livestock. The Mi'kmaq people asked the government to buy Lennox Island for them. In 1870 the Aborigines Protection Society purchased Lennox Island for the Mi'kmaq and helped them survey the land and build roads. Dame Augusta Louisa Wood , a daughter of Governor Fanning , in her will made in 1870, gave a large amount of land to be sold. Half of the money obtained was to be used for the benefit of the Indians. The will was lost until found 40 years later. From this will the trustees for the Indians received $8,500 which was used for improvements on Lennox Island . When Prince Edward Island entered Confederation in 1873, the Mi'kmaq people came under the jurisdiction of the federal government. During both world wars, several Mi'kmaq men volunteered for service and worked in war related industries. They gave up their Indian Status and their government support in order to serve in the Canadian military. M. Olga McKenna tells in her book Micmac by Choice, the very interest¬ ing story of John James Sark 's life with his English wife, Elsie, and their family. Note —Mi'kmaq means Kinfolk or Ally. Micmac is the spelling which was used by the English settlers. In 1973 the federal government built a causeway connecting Lennox