met and engaged in armed conflict. Chief Larent's party killed Cope and two others, while Chief Cope’s party killed five of the British supporters. Shortly after Cope's death, Mi'kmaq chiefs signed a peace treaty in Halifax on 10 March 1760. Chief Laurent signed on behalf of the Lahave tribe and a new chief, Claude Rene, signed on behalf of the Shubenacadie tribe. (During this time of surrender and treaty making, tensions among the various factions who were allied against the British were evident. For example, a few months after the death of Cope, the Mi'kmaq militia and Acadian militias made the rare decisions to continue to fight despite losing the support of the French priests who were encouraging surrender.) Legacy After the treaty of 1752, while the conflict continued, the British never returned to their old policy of driving the Mi’kmaq off the peninsula. The treaty signed by Cope and Governor Hobson was upheld in 1985 Supreme Court (See R v. Simon). Currently there is a monument to the Peace Treaty on the Shubenacadie Reserve (Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia). The descendants of Cope gave Cope's gun to the Citadel Hill (Fort George) museum of Parks Canada. Author Thomas Raddall wrote about Cope in his novel Roger Sudden. See also Military history of Nova Scotia Military history of the Mi’kmaq people References Notes Citations Sources Primary sources Secondary sources External links 1752 Peace Treaty Treaty Day - October 1 Daniel Paul - Major Jean-Baptiste Cope Major Cope - Film Short by Shawn Scott, Heroes and Hants Association 1698 births 18th-century deaths 18th-century indigenous people of the Americas Mi'kmaq people Military history of Acadia Military history of Nova Scotia Acadian history People from Miramichi, New Brunswick Native American leaders Indigenous leaders in Atlantic Canada People of Father Le Loutre's War