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PIJOONEGANUK, the aboriginal Maliseet name of the River Saint Francis, a 
large branch of the upper Saint John. I have myself taken down the name from the 
Maliseets as PECH-AN-EEG-AN-IK and PEECH-AN-EE’-GUN. The word first 
appears on a map of 1792 by Hedden in the form ABITSENEGAN, and appears on a 
very beautiful map by John Wilkinson, of 1843 preserved in the Crown Land Office 
at Fredericton, in the form PISH-E-AN-AY’-GAN, As to its roots and meaning, 
while an older list of Maine place names by Greenleaf gives PE-CHE-NE-GA-MOOK, 
the M being an obvious misprint for N (Moses Greenleaf Maine’s First Map-maker, 
124) there is no question, for the Indians all agree and the matter is obvious. 
The PIJ, or PECH, means LONG, precisely as in the Micmac words already cited, 
while OO-NE’-GAN is the Maliseet word for a PORTAGE; and the termination 
IK or OOK is simply the locative which makes the word refer to a place. It 
would therefore read in full, PIJ-OONE’GAN-UK, meaning LONG PORTAGE 
PLACE, or RIVER OF THE LONG PORTAGE. The name is descriptive of the 
long but important portage to the Saint Lawrence, one of the most travelled of the 
early routes between the Saint John and the Saint Lawrence, as described in these 
Transactions, v, 1899, i. 258. 
PIJAM KEEUK, the aboriginal Passamaquoddy name for ‘Herring Cove Beach 
Campobello, and perhaps also for Letang Harbour. For the former locality the 
name is given by Gatschet in the form PITCHAMKI’AK, and meaning AT THE 
LONG BEACH; and he derives it from PITCHEYU, meaning IT IS LONG; AMK, 
meaning GRAVEL; KIE, meaning BEACH, which in the locative case is K TAK 
(National Connie Magazine, VIII, 1897, 22). Certainly the name is very ap- 
propriate to the place, for the beach is one of the largest in all this region. I have 
obtained the same word in the form PEECH-AM-KEE-YUK, from a Passama- 
quoddy for Letang Harbour, though I am doubtful as to its appropriateness and 
therefore its exact location. Gatschet’s explanation makes the roots perfectly 
plain; and the word simply means THE LONG BEACH, used locatively. The 
latter part of the word is obviously identical with the latter part of W IN AMKEAK’, 
cited earlier on page 176. 
PIJEBOOGWER, the Micmac name for Sable River, Nova Scotia, identical in 
form and meaning with the aboriginal form of KOUCHIBOUGUAC, as explained 
above, on page 179. 
NEMCHEBOOGWEK, the Micmac name for Middle River, Cape Breton, given 
by Rand as NEMCHEBOOGWEK, meaning FLOWING DOWN HILL IN A 
STRAIGHT COURSE (Reader, 93), though in his Micmac-English Dictionary, 185, 
he gives MEMTCEBOOGWEK, obviously the same word, for Middle River, 
Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The termination of this word is obvious, but not the 
remainder, and I reserve it for further study. 
KAJEBOOGWEK, the Micmac name for River John, Nova Scotia, meaning ac- 
cording to Rand, DESERT FLOWING (Micmac-English Dictionary, 182). This 
name is given by Gesner as CAJJ-BOO-GINEK, a misprint, I believe, for CAJI- BOO- 
GWEK, meaning WINDING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS (Murdoch, His- 
tory of Nova Scotia, 1, 534). The termination is plain, but the first part I reserve 
for further study. 
AMASIBOOGW EK, the Micmac name for Grand River, Cape Breton, and also 
for McKinnons Harbour iG branch of Bras d’Or), given by Rand as AMASTBOOG- 
Ww EK’, meaning LONG RIVER (Reader, 88, and Micmac-English Dictionary, 180). 
The roots are plain. The prefix AMAS means LONG, as shown by its use in this 
significance in many words given by Rand in his Miemac-English Dictionary, 17, 18 
