Order of the Bath Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never
Burying the Hatchet ceremony (Nova Scotia) the British colonists. There were various treaties signed with other tribes of the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet before the formal burying the hatchet ceremony. On 11 February 1760, two tribes of the Passamaquoddy and Saint John River came to Halifax with Colonel Arbuthnot and appeared before council, renewing the treaty of 1725 and giving hostages for their good behavior. On Feb 13, a treaty was ratified with Roger Morris and one of the Mi'kmaq chiefs. On 10 March 1760, Mi'kmaq chiefs Paul Laret, Michael Austine, and Calude Renie made a treaty. On 15 October 1761, Jannesvil Peitougashwas (Pictock and Malogomish) made