[ganong] place-nomenclature OF NEW BRUNSWICK 271 



In Maliseet Mc-dux-nee-kay^ -sh --^ little Meduxnakeaj? (which see). On 



D. Campbell, 17S5, as Meduckslnikeck-His. 

 Salmon River.— (St. John). The cove at its mouth was formerly called Hol- 



man's Harbour, origin unknown, which is on Blackmore, 1713, and copied 



by others, French and English ; often misprinted through the last century. 

 Salmon River. — (Kings). In grant of 1786. Formerly extended further down 



the Kennebecasis, and a modern translation of the name into ^Maliseet has 



given us Plumweseep (which see)- 

 Salt Springs. — Descriptive. 



Sand Island. — Miramichi. Femamkeak = a stretch of sand. Rand. See Neguac. 

 Sapin Point. — French = Fir Point, probably descriptive. 



In 1809 in registers of Richibucto called Pointe au Grand Sapin (Gaudet). 

 Saumarez. — P. 1814. In honour no doubt of General Sir Thomas Saumarez, then 



administrator of the Government of N.B. 

 Savage Island. — Descriptive of the former residence here of the Indians. In 



Maliseet it is Con-nee-o-ta^-nek or Nca-ni-odan (Jack) = Old Town. Here 



was probably their principal village from very early times. On Morris. 1775, 



and others, Indian Island. 

 Scadoue River. — From the Micmac Oom-skoo-dook, applied to where the railroad 



station stands at Shediac. In a grant of 1806, as Scadouk ; Plessis, lsl2, has 



Chequodoue. 



It was perhaps this riVer which Champlain called Souricoua (see 



Shediac). 

 Scoodic. — The Passamaquoddy name of the St. Croix from Skoo-dik, meaning 



uncertain ; usually connected with Skont = fire, and said to = burnt land. 



Laurent gives it Skudek = at the fire, referring to great fires which swept 



over the country about 1675; also said = open fields (perhaps opened by 



fire), and others have been given. Gatschet gives Skudik = at the clearings. 

 In the grant to Michel Chartier of 1695, as Descoudet, Boyd, 1763, has 



Schooduck ; Owen, 1770, Scoodic. This name seems to have applied to the 



river up to the forks at Grand Falls, and thence up the western branch. It 



occurs elsewhere in Maine, near Katahdin, and a point on the coast near 



Penobscot. 

 Seely's' Cove. — No doubt for .Justus Seeiey or Sealye who had a grant there in 



1788. 

 Semiwagan River. — From the Micmac Say-moo-wak-un-uk, meaning unknown, 



but apparently connected with o-wok-un, a portage ; on De Meulles, 1686, 



Kiche7nagan. 

 Serpentine, Lake and River. — No '^oubt descriptive of the crooked course of 



both. In Maliseet, the river is Nal-aisk = (perhaps) a snake, of which our 



form is a translation. 

 Sevogle. — From the Micmac Sa-wo-gelk (Flinne)- On Lockwood, 1826, as Seicogle. 



Rand gives for Liitle Sevogle, Elmunakuncheech = a beaver's hole. 

 Shediac. — From the Micmac Es-ed-eV-ik, which Rand gives = running far back. 



On Jumeau, 1685, as Chédiac ; De MeuUes, 1686, as Chcdaic ; Coronelli, 1689, 



has Epegediac. Just south of it on Bellin, 1755, is Nabouiane. 

 Shediac— P. 1827. Of courso, from the settlement. 

 Shediac, Fori- — In documents of about 1755. On the mainland, opposite the 



Island. 

 Shediac Island.— By Jumeau, 1685, and others, I. St. Claude. 



Sec. IL, 1890. 18. 



