2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



lection of copper ores from Mr. Robert R. Hedley, of Sudbury^ 

 for which thanks were voted. 



Exchanges since the Annual Meeting 1177, including 30 

 new exchanges. 



The Council reported the election as Associates of Messrs, 

 Murray A. White, Albert Grupe, G. F. W. Price, J. A. Yarley, 

 Wm. Metcalf, James Marston, John Maughan, and James H. 

 Fleming. 



M. Montague Chamberlain and A. B. Eadie, M.D., were 

 elected Members. 



Mr. A. F. Chamberlain, B.xA.., read a paper on " The Missis- 

 saguas of Scugog." He detailed a visit he had made to the 

 Indian settlement on Scugog Island in the month of August 

 last. 



The name Mississagua, which probably means ' many 

 mouths of Rivers,' takes us back to the Indians who in 1670, 

 dwelt upon the River Mississagua, in north-western Ontario, 

 as we learn from the Jesuit Relations for that year. The 

 Mississaguas who have retained that name are perhaps to be 

 regarded as the oldest Ojibway immigrants from the old 

 Mississagua region into Ontario. Mrs. Bohn, an intelligent 

 old Indian lady, regarded her people as the descendants of the 

 Odishkwagami, a tribe who some 150 or more years ago dwelt 

 on the northern shores of Lake Superior. The Mississaguas 

 of Scugog retain some memory of the strife between their 

 ancestors and their hereditary enemies, the Natow^ or Iroquois. 

 Most of the legendary lore and song has been forgotten by 

 the Indians, but there are a few members of the band who 

 retain something of the unwritten literature of their people. 

 While at Scugog he was able to obtain the Indian text of a 

 number of myths, stories, and songs, besides a considerable 

 amount of general information. He also obtained a number 

 of archaeological specimens, which will be dealt with on a 



