ngland and Nova Scotia in 1725. In the year 1732 Lieut.
Governor Armstrong of Nova Scotia sent Paul Mascarene to Boston to
treat with Governor Belcher about the erection of a "truck-house" for
the Indian trade on the St. John river, and Mascarene was instructed
to recommend the lands on the St. John to the people of Massachusetts
as a very desirable place of settlement. Belcher expressed the opinion
that unless the crown would build a fort at the mouth of the river,
the "truck-house" project would fail, but in case of its erection
Massachusetts would probably send a sloop with goods to the Indians
Spring and Fall. However the idea of an English post at the mouth of
the St. John remained in abeyance until the surrender of Beausejour.

So far as known to the author, the first mention of the Indian village
of Aukpaque occurs in connection with the census of 1733 which states
that fifteen French families reside below the "Village d'Ecoupay."
From this time onward there are frequent references to Aukpaque, some
of which are indicated in the foot-note below.[48]

[48] Probably the name of no place in New Brunswick has appeared in
so many varied forms as that of this Indian village. The list
that follows does not pretend to be exhaustive, but will
suffice for illustration:--

(1.) Ecoupay--Census, 1733. (2.) Ocpaque--Lt.-Gov.
Armstrong's letter, 1735. (3.) Apoge--Capt. Pote's Journal,
1745. (4.) Octpagh--Treaty proceedings at Halifax, 1749.
(5.) Ekauba--Report of Abbe de L'isle-Dieu, 1753. (6.)
Ocpaque--Letter of James Simonds, 1765. (7.) Aughpack--Map
of Charles Morris, 1765. (8.) Ekouipahag--Register of l'Abbe
Bailly, 1767. (9.) Aughpaugh--Letter of James Simonds,
1768. (10.) Ekoupahag--Indian negotiations at Halifax, 1768.
(11.) Okpaak--Report of Rev. T. Wood's, 1769. (12.)
Augpeake--Letter Lt. Gov. Franklin, 1777. (13.) Auque
Pawhaque--Letter of Indians to Major Studholme, 1778. (14.)
Aupaque--Letter of Gen'l Haldimand, 1782. Oak Park--Letter of
Sam'l Peabody, 1782, also report of Exploration Committee to
Major Studholme, 1783. (16.) Ek-pa-hawk--Modern Indians.

The little colony of fifteen families mentioned in the census of 1733
seems to have settled in the vicinity of St. Anne's Point a few years
previously. It was a typical Acadian hamlet. Its people were of simple
habits and wi