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common bird of this region {First Reading Book, 49). Further than this I have not 

 yet been able to go, despite careful inquiry; but local knowledge should solve the 

 question, 



WAPMESACADIE. The Micmac name, in simplified form, of Marshals 

 Gulch, a small stream on the Quebec side of the Restigouche River, below the Pata- 

 pedia. The word was given me by Father Pacifique, in the form OAPMESGOE- 

 GATIG, with the meaning_ WHITE OTTER PLACE. His -OEGATIG is the 

 precise equivalent of our -A-KA'DI-K, earlier explained (page 380), and he gives 

 OAMES as meaning WHITE OTTER, the G between the two roots representing 

 no doubt the plural, expressed by Rand as K. The word OAMES seems not to 

 occur in Rand's works, although the root WAP, WAB, or WOB, meaning WHITE, 

 occurs in the names of a number of white animals. Thus the word in full would be 

 WAPMESK-A-KA'DI-K, meaning literally WHITE OTTERS-THEIR-OCCUR- 

 RENCE-PLACE, presumably in perpetuation of some early observation of the 

 occurrence of a white form of the Otter there. 



WENJOOTEAMACADIE. The Micmac name for Cape John, presumably 

 the prominent Cape of that name on the north coast of Nova Scotia near Tatama- 

 gouche, according to Rand, who gives the word as WENJOOTËAMWAKADE, 

 meaning THE COW PASTURE {Micmac-English Dictionary, 192). The con- 

 struction of the word seems clear, for the latter part evidently contains the familiar 

 combination -WA-KA'DI-(K), already explained (page 380), while the former part 

 is as certainly WËNJOODEAAM, the Micmac word for COW (Rand, English- 

 Micmac Dictionary, 71). The name, however, cannot be aboriginal, since the word 

 WENJOODEAAM is modern, being simply a compound meaning "French Moose" 

 {WENJOO = FRENCH,TEAM =MOOSE). Accordingly the Micmac name appears 

 to be nothing other than a translation of the modern English name into Micmac. 

 Local knowledge would no doubt interpret the details. 



WIJULMACADIE. The Micmac name, in simplified and tentative form, 

 of Cocagne, a prominent place on the eastern coast of New Brunswick. The word 

 was given me some years ago by Mark Paul, chiefly at Folly Point, as WIJ-OU-MA- 

 GA-DIK (in the form of my notes) but without meaning, while Rand gives it as 

 ËJAKÛLMA'KÀDIK and EAKULMAKADIK {English- Micmac Dictionary, 61, 

 and Micmac-English Dictionary, 181), also without hint of meaning. Though at 

 first sight somewhat unlike, these words are undoubtedly one, differing chiefly in the 

 omission of the K sound in the first case, — a feature very common in the abbreviation 

 of words by the Micmacs, of which I have a number of instances. The latter part 

 of the word seems very clearly to involve our familiar combination -A-KA'DI-K, 

 already explained (page 380), implying that the first part represents the name of some 

 prominent animal or other natural object. All of my efforts, however, even though 

 aided by the great knowledge, and direct inquiry made of his Micmacs by Father 

 Pacifique, have failed to elucidate either the exact form or meaning of this part of 

 the word. The nearest apparent equivalent I can find is the OOCHUKÛLMASKWE 

 meaning "inner bark of the white birch" (Rand, English- Micmac Dictionary, 30), 

 but it is difficult to suppose that this is the root meant. AJOGOOLOOËCH means 

 PERCH, (Rand, First Reading Book, 52), but this root would not explain the M so 

 plain in the word. Probably it refers to the occurrence of some of the less usual 

 animals or plants. 



WOBEACADIE. The Micmac name for Broad River Lake, at the head of 

 Broad River, which empties into Port Mouton in southern Nova Scotia. Rand 

 gives the name as WOBEÂKÀDE, with the meaning RESORT OF SWANS or 

 SWAN LAND {First Reading Book, 84). The construction of the word, upon this 

 explanation, is perfectly clear, for the latter part represents obviously our familiar 



