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rum per day each; 120 gallons of cider 2 gross of pipes and tobacco; showing them the Rope dancers; washing 49 of their greasy shirts; cleaning and white-washing two rooms after them. Memo; "They ate for the most part between 50 and 60 pounds of meat per day besides milk, cheese, etc. The cider they drank I sold at 12 shillings per quart; besides they had beer when they pleased, and as for meat they had the best as I was ordered."

Washington gave directions that Pierre Tomah and his warriors should be taken good care of and he sent them back with a letter to their tribe. In consequence of the encouragement received at the hands of the Americans, the Indians began to display insolence, interrupt trade and steal a few cattle. The settlers at Portland Point and at Conway were filled with uneasiness and it is said that the old pioneer of the settlement, James Simonds, was accustomed to take his musket with him when engaged in hoeing his potatoes on the little plantation at York Point.

In the fall of the year 1776 the Bay of Fundy began to be infested with Yankee privateers and the war vessels Vulture, Hope and Albany were sent to protect the coast. In this they were not altogether successful as the enemy were able to steal past the large ships in the night and in fogs.

Many of the inhabitants around the shores of Cumberland Bay, at the head of the Bay of Fundy, were natives of New England, and warmly sympathized with the revolutionary party. Among their leading spirits were Jonathan Eddy, John Allan, William Howe and Samuel Rogers. By their efforts an active rebellion was stirred up in Cumberland, and the government of Nova Scotia was afterwards led to offer a reward of £200 for the apprehension of Eddy, and