jackatar n(ker J Ritcey) in the afternoon sailed along shore to Seals' rocks, where there is a small settlement of MicMac Indians all R.C. looked into several of their huts where they appeared to live in the very lowest state; making baskets and Moccasins, they are a squalid miserable race, chiefly from Cape Breton, having mixed blood of the Indians & French. On my return to S.[andy] P.[oint] went to see a poor man who has been very ill for 7 months, he & all his family belong to a much despised & neglected race called "Jack a Tars," they speak an impure dialect of French and Indian, R.C.'s and of almost lawless habits.DNE-cit W.Kirwin, 12/78JH 12/78Used I and SupUsed I and Sup1Used Ijackie tar, jackitar, jack-o-tar, jacko...