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Tiarks Lake. — No doubt for Dr. Tiarks, a British astronomer, who in 1820 was 



in the vicinity connected with the settlement of the International boundary ; 



he established a station not far from the lake. He was afterwards one of the 



arbiters in the N.B.— Quebec boundary controversy. 



Tidnish. — Doubtless from the Micmac ; perhaps the same as Tignish, which 



Rand gives as 'MtagCm/chk^ = a paddle. 

 Tilley. — S. 1875 (p. 208). In honour of Sir Leonard Tilley, then Lieut.-Governor 



of N. B. 

 Tobique.— Probably named by the English for an Indian chief named Tobec who 

 lived at its mouth. This is the tradition of the old Indians themselves, and 

 various documents show that such a chief lived on the St. .John (Raymond, 

 Coll. N.B. Hist. Soc. I. 270 ; also Abbé Le Loutre in one of his letters speaks 

 of " Toubick, chief of the Medoctec Savages "). Several rivers upon the 

 Miramichi were thus named for chiefs who lived upon them (p. 189). 



Munro, 1783, has Tobit ; Morris, 1784, has Tobique, also D. Campbell, 

 1785, the same. 



Several writers thinking it the true Indian name have tried to find a 

 meaning for it ; thus ^Maurault derives it from Tebok 1^= night, referring to 

 the gloom in the Narrows ! Vetromile has alder trees, etc. 



In Maliseet, Nay-gool' or Nay-goot^-cook (or Nay-goo-oot' -cook) meaning 

 unknown. On De Meulles, l<i86, as Ncgooit, and made to flow into L. 

 Madaooasca (Temiscouata), or rather this lake is put so far south that the 

 Tobique flows into it ; D. Campbell, 1785, has Necaividcook. 



Upon the Peachy, 17S3, and following maps, it is Ihbed Nigaurlegoh, 

 wliich seems a com 1)1 nation of the Lnglish and Indian names. 



Many of the minor names were fixed no doubt by the survey of 1S38. 

 The larger branches of the Tobique will be found under tlieir respective 

 names ; of the smaller, the Maliseet names are as follows : 

 Tobiijue Pt. Nas-umv^ -keek = a Point. 



Pool above the village Mo-scom-o-dwk. 



Narrows Qued-wopsq. 



Quaker Br. Met-ee-kay^-sis. 



Big Id. Br. Met-et'-kek. 



Trout Br. Sko-to-moo-a-se-boo-ok^-di^ = Trout Brook. 



Three Brooks Xah-sah-quat-ah-ken / 



Sissnn Br. Me-ga-la-ba-a f 



Burnt Land Br. -Pel-a-ive-kek-.vs (Pet-kek = an ox bow). 



Two Brooks Wah-ka-soon^ -sis. 



Dead Br. Es^-ko-took. 



Haley Br. Xes-pee-pa^ -doo-ek. 



Riley Br. Na-ta-kay-ik. 



Cedar Br. Cok-squ-se-kay-xuay'-ik. 



Bread Br. ? Ip-is-eek'-el. 



Tobique Rocks.— (In the St. John below Tobique). In Maliseet, Hav-men-ops- 

 kak (perhaps Am-en = a bend ; wopsk, rocks ; ak, locative). They are said 

 to be the rocks thrown from .St. .John ty Glooscap after the retreating 

 beaver (p. 105) 

 Tomogonops River. — From the Micmac Tumakunapskw = pipe rock (Rand, from 

 Tvinakuii = pipe, and opskic = rock). Good pipe-stone is found on the river. 

 On Baillie, 1832. 

 Tomoowa Lake.— Origin unknown ; perhaps by Mahood for one of his Indian 

 guides. 



