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Millstream with the Kennebeccasis," as shown by the presence of an Indian 

 burial-ground, and numerous Indian rehcs dug up there. This village stood 

 on the lower or western angle between the two rivers. At present there is 

 a small modern Maliseet encampment near the village of Apohaqui. There 

 is some reason to think that Ap-a-hak is the ancient name of this village, 

 which suggests a possible connection of the name with Ek-pa-hak (Aucpac). 

 The three small islands known as "The Brothers,'' in the Kennebecasis 

 off JNIilledgeville are now an Indian reserve and occupied irregularly by the 

 Indians. 



B.— St. John. Champlain first entered St. John Harbour in 1604, and on the map 

 of the harbour in his narrative a cabin is drawn on Navy Island, and with 

 it is given a letter answering to this description : " Cabane où se fortifient les 

 sauvages." This would seem to settle the site of the village even though 

 Lescarbot, who visited the harbour two or three years later, describes it as 

 upon a hillock or knoll. He says, "La ville d'Ouïgoudi (ainsi j'appelle la 

 demeure dudit Chkoudun) estoit un grand enclos sur un tertre fermé de 

 hauts et menus arbres attachez l'un contre l'autre, et au dedans plusieurs 

 cabanes grandes et petites, l'une desquelles estoit aussi grande qu'une 

 halle, où se retiroient beaucoup de ménages : et quant à celle où ils faisoient 

 la Tabagie, elle estoit un peu moindre" (Histoire, II., 570, éd. 186(3). 

 This name, Ouigoudi, applied by Lescarbot to the village, is the true Indian 

 name for a village site, though b}' Champlain it was supposed to apply to 

 the river. This error of his has long persisted and is repeated by some 

 writers even at the present day. (See Place-Nomenclature, p. 269). 



S. — Indiantown. In 1779 an " Indian House " for trade with the Indians was 

 established here, but I have not found any earlier reference to a camp site or 

 settlement. No doubt, however, it was an important camping place, for it 

 is the lowest good spot for the purpose on the river above the Falls, and was 

 near the portage, later to be described, which, to avoid the Falls, ran across 

 the ridge from Marble Cove to the Harbour. 



It is probable there was a camping place at Mahogany Island, tlie 

 Indian name for which means " place for clams." 



There are temporary camping places at several points along the river, 

 notably Hampsted, Norton, Rothesay. The Indians own no land at those 

 places, but are generally allowed to camp where they choose. 



There is an Indian Lake on the Musquash which perhaps marks an 

 Indian resort. 



3. The F etitcodiac- Misseguash District. 



The information I have been able to gather on this district is very 

 scanty, and there must be many important camp and village sites that I 

 have missed. 



A.— Indian Mountain. This hill is eight miles northwest of Moncton. It is 

 said locally to be so named because the first settlers found Indians there 

 when they arrived, but I am told by a resident there was no regular camp- 

 . ing-place tiiei'e. Possibly it was a centre for hunting cariboo. 



B. — Salisbury. There is said to have been a regular camp-ground here. Per- 

 haps it was at the end of the portage leading to the Washademoac. 



C. — The Bend. It is said by the Indians there was formerly a camping-ground at 

 Hall's Creek, probably on the site of Moncton. 



