Complex sentence: Municipal officials at Halifax decided that these new arrivals should be settled on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour in an area known to the Mi'kmaq as "Boonamoogwaddy" or "Tomcod Ground".
Split into simpler sentences: Municipal officials at Halifax decided that these new arrivals should be settled on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour. The original settlment was made in an area known to the Mi'kmaq as "Boonamoogwaddy" or "Tomcod Ground".