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Shediac River. — Either this or Scadonc was called Souricoua by Champlain, 

 which Laverdière and Slafter explain as because the Souriquois or Mic- 

 macs travelled by it; an altogether unlikely explanation since Indians 

 did not name rivers in that way. 



In an early plan the S. branch is Kibougouck. 



SheflBeld. — P. 17S(i. No doubt in honour of Baron, afterwards Earl iShefiield, a 

 friend of New Brunswick. (Lawrence, p. 32). 



Sheldon Point.— On a chart of 1844 ; Des Barres, 1776, has Ft. Windham. 



Sheldrake Island. — Probably descriptive of the presence of that bird there. In 

 17iiS (Murdoch, JI., 4!)5) ; on Micheau, 1785, etc. 



Shemogue. — From the Micmac Sim-oo-a-quik. In a document of 175H (Parkman, 

 Docs. New France, I., 243) as CJioumougouit ; Des Barres, 1781, has SIdrmoguy ; 

 Plessis, 1812, Chimigoui, etc. The Acadians spell it Chimougoui, Pr. loc. 

 Sbem''-o-gwe. 



Sheogomoc.— From the Maliseet See-og^-a-mook, said == still-water lake, i.e., pass- 

 ing without rapids into the stream. On Morris, 1784, as Sehogownck. Pro. 

 loc. Shogomock. 



Shepody. — From the Micmac Es-cd' -a-hit. Popularly said to be a corruption of 

 the French Chapeau Dieu (see p. 200), but this is wrong. It occurs first on 

 De Meulles, 1686, as Chigpoudy ; P>ellin, 1744, has ChidopoucM ; d'Anville, 

 1755, Chepodi. The word occurs very often in French documents of the last 

 century, and aways in the form Chipoudi, etc., with never a trace of the 

 Chapeau Dieu required by the popular etymology. Its first use in the 

 present form is on the Morris 1749 map. 



Sherwood Lakes. — Named in 1832 by Closes Perley; one of his Scott names 

 from Ivanhoe (p. 207). 



In Maliseet, Mr. Chamberlain gives Po-ka-te-ka'-tek. 



Shikatehawk. — From the Maliseet Shig-a-iee-hawg^= where he killed him (?), 

 explained by a story of the meeting here of war parties of Maliseets and 

 Mohawks, who agreed to leave the issue to single combat between the chiefs, 

 which ended in the triumph of the Maliseet. It has also been said to = 

 flat (or with a delta) at its mouth. On maps of Peachy type as Sigtohacto ; on 

 Morris, 1784, as Shiklatahan.'k ; D. Campbell, 1785, *S7McA;to/(,ait'A;. 

 The Little Shikatehawk is in Maliseet Shig-a-lee-Ii.awg-sis. 



Shippegan Island. — From the Micmac Sepaguncheech = a duck road, i.e., a small 

 passage through which the ducks fly from one place to another (Rand). 

 From this meaning and from the evidence below, it seems clear tliat this 

 word applied to Shippegan Harbour, and was extended by the English to 

 the island. 



On .lumeau, l(j85, as Entrée (entrance) de chipeganchich applied to the 

 gully ; De Meulles, 1680, has the same usage and neither apply it to the 

 Island; d'Anville, 17.V), gives Cidpagun to the harbour, and Sortie (outlet) 

 de Chipagan to the gully, and does not name the island. Des Barres chart of 

 1777 applies it to the island. 



It is Grande lie de Miscou in Denys, 1072, and on Des ^Meulles, 1086, but 

 on later maps down to Des Barres commonly unnamed and made a part of 

 the mainland. 



In Micmac it is now See-bah-gun, and JNIiscou is See-hah-gun-jeech, but 

 th(se afd probably only the English re-Indianized. 



The small island in Miscou Gully is on Jumeau, 1085, i. à Monsieur, 



