Cornwallis negotiated the ill-fated Treaty of 1752 with one band of Mi 'kmaq, but was unsuccessful in defeating the Mi'kmaq, whom he thought of as British subjects and, therefore, considered them to be rebels.
Cornwallis negotiated the ill-fated Treaty of 1752 with one band of Mi 'kmaq. Cornwallis was unsuccessful in defeating the Mi'kmaq. He thought the Mi 'kmaq of as British subjects.