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also three rivers, two of moderate size, one extending towards the east,! the 
other towards the north,” and the third of large size, towards the west.? The 
latter is that of the Etechemins, of which we spoke before. 
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EXPLANATIONS OF CHAMPLAIN’S MAP OF ST. CROIX ISLAND, 1604-5 (Fa. 8). 
ORIGINAL. TRANSLATIONS (and notes). 
Les chifres montrent les brasses d’eau. The figures indicate fathoms of water. 
A. Le plan de l'habitation. A. A plan of the settlement. (Com- 
pare also Fig. 9.) 
B. Iardinages. B. Gardens. 
C. Petit islet seruant de platte C. Little islet serving as a platform 
forme à mettre le canon. for cannon. (This islet is now 
washed away.) 
D. Platteforme où onmettoit du D. Platform where cannon were 
canon. placed. 
E. Le cimetiere. E. The Cemetery. (Now washed away.) 
F. La chappelle. F. The Chapel. (On the present Cha- 
pel Nubble, or nearly.) 
G. Basses de rochers autour de G. Rocky shoals about Sainte Croix 
l’isle saincte Croix. Island. 
H. vn petit islet. H. A little islet. (Little Dochet.) 
I. Le lieu où le sieur de Mons auoit I. Place where Sieur de Monts had 
fait commencer vn moulin à a water-mill commenced, (On 
eau. Lows Brook.) 
L. Place où l’on faisoit le charbon. L. Place where we made our char- 
coal. (Beside Beaver Lake Brook.) 
M. Iardinages à la grade terre de M. Gardens on the western shore. 
l'Ouest. : (In a charming situation, easily 
recognizable, east of Red Beach.) 
N. Autres iardinages à la grande N. Other gardens on the eastern 
terre de l'Est. shore. (Beside the small stream 
emptying into Johnsons C'ove.) 
©. Grande montaigne fort haute O. Very large and high mountain on 
the main land. (McLaughlans 
Mountain.) 
P. Riuiere des Etechemins passant P. River of the Etechemins flowing 
au tour de l’isle saincte Croix. about the Island of St. Croix.* 
dans la terre. 

1 The Waweig. 
2 Oak Bay, with the small stream (Gallops Stream) emptying into its head. 
2 The St. Croix above the Devils Head (Fig. 2). Champlain repeatedly calls 
it “River of the Etechemins,’ which name persisted on a few maps down to 
Denys, 1672, and then vanished. It was called by the Indians the Scoodic, and 
to some extent the name is still in use. 
4 For the location of the various places on the island in comparison with 
the modern topography consult Fig. 14. 
While the proportions of the island are fairly good in this map, the shores 
of the mainland (compare figs. 4, 10 and 11) are brought far too near, of course 
in order to keep the map a convenient size. It is adjusted to the magnetic 
meridian, and the scale, as to the island, is about 250 feet to the inch. ‘The 
