Map of the Area of the 15 December 1725 Treaties

Historical Background: After the cessation of the war in Nova Scotia between the Governor of Quebec and the British in New England and Nova Scotia, two treaties were signed, on 15 December 1725, in Boston. These treaties encompassed all of the Aboriginal peoples living in Maine, New Hampshire, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Primarily, under these treaties, the Abenakis, Micmac and Malecite agreed to "forbear all Acts of Hostility, Injuries and discords towards all the Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain and not offer the least hurt, violence, or molestation of them or any of them in their persons or Estates".

Source: Daugherty, W.A. Maritime Indian Treaties in Historical Perspective. Ottawa: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1983.