526 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY. 



Mississaga Point, in the township of Newark, lies on the west side' 

 of the entrance of the Eiver Niagara, and opposite to the fortress of 

 Niagara. 



Mississaga River runs into Lake Huron, between le Serpent and 

 Thessalon River, on the north shore. [The bands of Otchipways fre- 

 quenting the banks of this liver constituted the Mississagas proper.} 



Michipicoten Bay, in the north-east part of Lake Superior. It is 

 somewhat sheltered southerly and westerly from Lake Superior, by 

 Point Gorgontua and the island of Michipicoten. [The word=Bare 

 BLock or Bluff. Gorgontua, should be Gargantua. The o's express the 

 patois pronunciation. Gargantvia is the giant of Rabelais' romance, 

 " Gargantua and Pantagruel." Perhaps some fancied resemblance to 

 a giant's head was observed in the rock.] 



Michipicoten Isle, in the north-east part of Lake Superior, at the 

 entrance of a bay of the same name. [Called also Maurepas.and 

 Hocquart.] 



Michipicoten River, running south-westerly, discharges itself into 

 the head of a bay of the same name, in the north-east part of Lake 

 Superior. There is a portage from the sources of this river to another 

 which falls into James's Bay. 



Mohawk Bay, in Fredericksburgh, Bay of Quinte, lies opposite 

 to the Mohawk Settlement, and close to the mouth of the River 

 Appannee. 



Mohawk Settlement, Bay of Quinte, is west of Richmond, and cora- 

 prehended between the Eiver Shannon and Bowen's Creek. 



Mohaiok Village, on the Grand River or Ouse, is the principal 

 village of the Six Nations, in the tract purchased from- the Mississaga 

 nation for them by his present Majesty, on account of their loyalty 

 and attachment during the late rebellion, ui which they lost theii' 

 possessions on the Mohawk River. This is the residence of theii' 

 principal 'Chief, Captain Joseph Brant. The village is beautifalJy 

 situated, has a neat church with a steeple, a school house, and a 

 council house ; and not far from it is a grist and saw mill. These " 

 buildings have, for the most part, been erected by government, who 

 now pay a miller, a schoolmaster, and a blacksmith, for their service:'^ 

 at the village ; and the Society for Propagating the Gospel make a.n 

 allowance to a clergyman of the Established Church for occasional 

 visits made to these tribes. The Liturgy of the Church of England 

 has been translated into the Mohawk language, and printed, for the 



