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of Skinoubondiche. As already explained it was at Burnt Church ; hence 

 Denys' settlement was near it, and perhaps at Burnt Church Point itself, 

 where later was a considerable village. This point can, however, hardly be 

 said to be at a league from the River St. Croix, the old French name of the 

 ]\Iiramichi. If the River Manne could be located it would settle the point ; 

 but the name seems French, not Indian, and despite much search, I have 

 not been able to identify it. 

 Another hint as to its site is 

 given us by LeClercq [p. 193] , 

 who speaks of spending a 

 night at Mirmenaganne, four 

 leagues from the fort of M. 

 Richard de Fronsac. The 

 only identification for this 

 name I have been able to 

 make is that it represents 

 Mool-mun-oJc-nn, which, with 

 the usual substitution of r for 

 I, is not unlike it. Mool-mun- 

 ok-un is the Micmac name of 

 the Northwest Miramichi, and 

 four leagues [about ten miles] 

 from it would bring one to the 

 forks at Beaubears Island, i 

 On the northern bank here, 

 just at the junction, the Ju- 

 meau map of 1685 places a 

 flag, which may imply that 

 the fort stood there, and a 

 further confirmation is given 

 to this site by the Franquelin- 

 DeMeuUes map of 1686 which 

 names the little streani south- 

 east of the present Beaubears 

 Island, R. de Mission (Map 

 No. 33). But this would hardly 

 agree with St. Valier's state- 

 ment that it was near Skinou- 

 bondiche, unless there were 

 two places of that name. 



There is a tradition that his fort stood at Bay de Vin, at the point on the 

 eastern side of the harbour [shown on map No. 10] , but this would not agree 

 with the statements of St. Valier. One might suppose that Riviere du Cache ^ 



1 Nicolas Denys spent some days here befere 1672, as he tells us in his Histoire (184), and describes 

 what seems to be Strawberry Point, and speaks of the great quantity of " fraises and framboises " 

 upon it. 



2 On the origin of this word my Place Nomenclature is perhaps in error. The original survey map 

 of 1754 applies what is apparently the original of this name to the Grand Dune Brook, where it appears 

 as amion caichi, which on D'Anville is copied as vieux Caichi. Now, a fact I had previously over- 

 looked, the Micmac name of Grand Dune Brook is A-he-am-ketck. This is so strikingly like amion 

 Caichi that we can only conclude either that the latter is simply the French pronunciation of the 

 former, or else that the Indians have kept the French name, pronouncing it as nearly as they can like 

 the French, just as on the St. John they say Poos heik for Boar's Head. The former is the more 



Map No. 32. Remains of the Fort on 



Indian Island, Shediac Harbour. 



From a plan by the Author, 1897. 



Cross-lines are ramparts, lengthwise lines 



are ditch. 



