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Place-nomenclature. 



Point de Bute. — Occurs as Point Debute in Fisher's Slvetches of 1825, 61; 

 and apparently in a document of 1788 mentioned by Trueman; also 

 in its present form in the Willard Diary of 1755 in possession of the 

 Lancaster (Mass.) Public Library. 



Pokesuedie Island. — As Pocsucdicr I on a plan of 1816. It is Little Pokesue- 

 die Island, locally L'llct, which is / à Zacharie on old Indian plans. 

 Pronounced locally Poke-su-die (the u as in duke, and accent on the 

 second syllable). 



Pokemouche. — In the Crown Land Office is a large-scale plan entitled, 

 " Sketch of the Upper Parts of the River Pocmouch," by William 

 Ferguson, 1811, which gives a number of Indian names as follows: — 



Pklptiiimoc Brook, the present Caribou Creek; Waganchitch Brook, 

 the present Peter's Brook; Chicichichoc Rivulet, the present Pelletier 

 Brook (on the south side above Peter's Brook) ; Eanamagauch Brook, 

 the present Maltempec. This map will be reproduced in my article 

 upon " The History of Pokemouche," in Acadiensis, Vol. VI. 



This map also applies the Pte. de la Croix to two points, the 

 northern one at Upper Pokemouche (opposite Rivers Point), and that 

 between Maltempec and the main Polvemouche. Presumably these 

 mark the sites of Indian burial grounds. 



The Micmac name of Trout Brook on the Upper Pokemo\iche (S or 

 9 miles above head of tide on N. side) has been given me by the intel- 

 ligent old Micmac, Joe Prisk, of Bathurst, as Mat-ives-ka-be-jeechk, 

 meaning " porcupine was hanging." 



Pokomoonshine Brook. — This name occurs also in Piscatquis County, Maine, 

 and also in the Adirondacks (see Forest and Stream, May 18, 1901, 

 384, and the same, June 22, 1901). It is, no doubt, of Indian origin, 

 but the aboriginal form and meaning seem unknown. 



Pollet River. — Occurs as Paulrfs Ixircr in Land Memorials of 1791. 



Ponwauk. — ^The deadwater on the St. Croix, from below King Brook to 

 Kendrick's Rips, above Chepedneck Falls. Said by the Indians to 

 mean " place of quiet water," as I am told by Mr. Irving Todd, who 

 knows the place well. Perhaps the word has some relation with 

 Penniac. 



Poodiac. — A Post-office in Kings County; name of imported Indian origin. 

 Its origin has been explained to me, and I have no doubt, correctly, 

 by a resident, Mr. S. H. F. Sherwood, who wrote me that it was 

 suggested by Poodic, a suburb of Portland, Maine. Asked for more 

 detailed information, he wrote me as follows: "The office was 

 established over 30 years ago. At that time we sent several names 

 that we considered decent, but each was rejected at Ottawa as being 

 already the name of an office in the Dominion, and we became dis- 

 couraged. About that time there was a young lady visiting here who 

 had been in Portland. She said the people there had a habit when 

 anything annoyed them of wishing it ' 'tother side of Poodic' She 

 had also acquired the phrase. She suggested that we call the office 



