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Title: A memoir of Jacques Cartier, sieur de Limoilou : his voyages to the St. Lawrence. A bibliography and a facsimile of the manuscript of 1534, with annotations, etc.
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557 Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921
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Publisher: New York : Dodd
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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tadacone. This is **wing in the Huron-Iroquois, so called becauseof the formation of the point between the St. Lawrence and St. Charles,upon which it was situated. Just what portion of the modern Quebec com-prised its site cannot be precisely determined, but Ferland supposes it to havebeen situated ** Dans Pespace compris entre la rue de la Fabrique et lecoteau de Sainte-Genevieve pres de la cote dAbraham, which, withoutdoubt, is approximately correct. Vide Cours dHistoire, Ferland, Quebec,1882, tome i, p. 27. 2 The names given by Cartier are as follows: **chesnes (the Quercusrubra and alba)-, **ormes (the JJlmus Americana); fresnes (the Fraxi-nus Americana); **noyers (probably Juglans cinerea, squamo5y2.i\d.glabra);**yfz the(^^/>i Canadensis); cedres (the Thuya Occident a lis); **aBbes-pines, the thorn-apple (Crat^gus tomentosa), 3 The hemp or **chanure* of Cartier is the Indian hemp (Apocynumcannabinum)y a perennial herb used by the Indians of North America formaking cordage. 146
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SECOND VOYAGE withdrew into the boats for to return to the ships.And as we were going out of the said river we foundbefore us one of the lords of the said people ofStadacone, accompanied by a number of folks, men,women and children as well, the which lord beganto make a discourse in the style and custom of thecountry, which is of joy and confidence, and thewomen danced and sang without ceasing, being upto their knees in the water. Our captain, seeingtheir love and good will, caused the boat to approachwhere he was, and gave them some knives and littlepaternosters of glass, whereat they showed a marvel-ous joy, so that we, having departed from amongthem the distance of a league, or thereabouts, heardthem sing, dance, and make glad of our coming.^ HOW OUR CAPTAIN RETURNED TO THE SHIPS, AND WENTTO SEE THE ISLAND, THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF IT,AND HOW HE CAUSED THE SAID SHIPS TO BE BROUGHTTO THE RIVER ST. CROIX After we had arrived at the said ships with ourboats and returned to the river S

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