264 NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION. 



uing. Broad ribbons of fire, in acute angles, appeared to rend 

 the skies. Before the shore could be reached, the tempest had 

 subsided, so sudden was its development. A short distance below 

 this, the river makes its tenth evolution, in the shape of a lake, 

 on which, as my Indian maps gave no name, I bestowed the name 

 of Illigan.'^ 



* From inineeg, men, and sagiegan, lake, signs of a war party having been dis- 

 covered at this place. In this derivative, the usual transition of w to Z of the old 

 Algonquin is made. 



