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Pokeshaw, Kiver — From the Micmac Pooksaah- ^= a long narrow stone (Rand). 



On De Meulles, 1686, as E. Bout au sac, a French familiarization of the 



Micmac; in Plessis, ISll, Poccha ; Baillie, 1832, Pockshau: 



Pokesudie Island. — From the Micraac Bookmladek = & live coal, also =: a 



narrow passage between rocks (Rand). Also perhaps Peg-ok-soo-dee. On 



Lockwood, 1S26, as Poksud->. 



Tt appears to be one of the isles called Tousquet by Denys, 1672, Cara- 

 quette being the other (see). A plan of ls20 calls it Isle à Zacharie. 

 Pokiok River.— (York). From the Maliseet Po-kee^-ok = a narrow place or gorge, 

 which is descriptive (Pok = narrow, kee-ok = entrance ?) It occurs five 

 times in N. B., (1) in York, (2) on the Tobique, (3) three miles below Hart- 

 land, (4) on the north branch of the Becaguimec, (5) just above Indiantown. 

 It is said that all are alike in having the gorge or narrows at the mouth. 

 On Morris, 1784, as Pukuyaut. On a plan of 1785 as Poquiouk Creek. 

 Pokomoonshine Brook — Origin? but probably familiarized from the Maliseet. 

 It occurs also twice in Maine, the lake at the head of IMachias River (Colby, 

 Atlas of Washington County), and where Princeton now is (Kilby, p. 335). 

 Pollet River. — Locally and probably correctly said to be so called for an Indian, 

 Peter Pollet, a medicine man, who came from Richibucto and settled at its 

 mouth and died there before ISOO. In Dougald Campbell's report of 1802, as 

 Paivlet ; in a grant of 1809, as Pollet. In Micmac, Man-oo-saa¥ . 

 "Pomeroy Bridge. — For a settler who kept a tavern at the block house there, 



before 1819. (Journal House Assembly, 1819). 

 Popelogan Brook —(Charlotte). From the Maliseet Pcc-e-îa^/^-gran = a place for 

 stopping ? (.Tack). In D. Campbell's report, 1802, as Ocjuilogan ; on plan of 

 __ 1816, as Podagain, also in same year Pocologan ; and all up to, and including 

 Wilkinson, 18-59, have c instead of p. The name occurs also in Maine and 

 on the Upsalquitch. 

 Popelogan Brook. — (Restigouche). Said by the INIicmacs not to be Indian ; in 

 jNIicmac, Hos-ivos-ee-kay-way-uk. A ^Micmac chief told me it was a " bad 

 place to get logs out of — must be named for that " ; in which connection 

 compare Thoreau explanation in " Maine Woods." 

 Popes Folly Island. — Origin unknown ; probably for some unfortunate business 

 venture. In 1806, in Atcheson's ''American Encroachments." De Costa, 

 in a guide-book, states that a Royalist of 1812, established a post there and 

 lost all, which may be true except for the date. 



Upon older maps, also applied to the small island between Friars Head 

 and Lubec, called also ^l^rk Id. 

 Portage Island.— Origin uncertain. On Jumeau, 1685, as Potage ; De Meulles, 

 16S(), has Portage, Morris, 1749, has Portage ; Survey Map, 1755, has Potage, 

 but others henceforth have Portage; d'Anville, 1755, and some later English 

 maps have I. Passage. The local Acadian tradition is that Potage is 

 correct, and it is explained by a legend of travellers stopping there to cook 

 iheir porridge (Potage) when crossing Miramichi Bay, etc. 



In Micmac Mol-a-ivees-way-a-dik = where they shoot brant (Flinne). It 

 appears to be the I. Burselle of Moll, 1713, and others. 



By Des Barres named Waltham Island, probably for some friend of his 

 (p. 203), and the name persisted for a time (Bouchette, 1815). 



Jumeau, 1685, calls the passage between it and Fox Island Passage à 

 Jumeau, doubtless for himself, and this appears on later English maps trans- 

 lated to Camel Passage. Morris, 1749, applies Port Portage apparently to 

 Miramichi Bay. On Wells' map ol 1722, as Quasco. 



