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place the name of Montreal, by which it has ev* 

 cr since been denoted* 



Instead of meeting with hostilities at either 

 j)lace, Cartier was received bj the natives with 

 all the demonstrations of joy, which they were 

 able to exhibi^t. At Hochelaga the Indians had 

 intelligence of his approach, and made prepara- 

 tions to give him the most friendly reception. 

 The savages^ to the number of about a thou- 

 ■and, came forward in a body to bid him wel- 

 come to their country. The men were on one 

 Bide, the women on the other, and the children 

 in a body by themselves ; and the whole came 

 forward singing and dancing, with every ap^ 

 pearance of the highest confidence and joy. To 

 their new guests, the Indians made presents of 

 corn, fish, and such other kind of provisions as 

 they had ; in return, the Frenchmen gave 

 knives, beads, and other trinkets. The first 

 night the Europeans lodged in their boats, and 

 the natives watched on the shore, dancing all 

 night round their fires. 



The next day Cartier with twenty five of his 

 company set out on a visit to the Indian town* 

 He was met on his way by a man, who appear- 

 ed to be one of their chiefs ; and whose business 

 it was, to introduce him to the capital of their 

 country. Cartier presented to the Indian chief 

 two hatchets, two knives, and a cross, which he 

 hung over the Indians neck, and taught him to 

 kiss. Passing from the river towards the town, 

 the French went through groves of oak, the 

 acorns of which were fallen, and were so nume- 

 rous as to cover the ground. They passed al- 

 so through fields of cor;i, some of it gathered^ 



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