ALL AROUND THE BAY OF PASSAMAQVODDY 21 



A LIST OF INDIAN GKOGRAPIIIC NAMKS OCCUKRING AROUND I'ASSA- 

 MAQUODDY BAY, MAINE, WITH THEIR DERIVATIONS 



Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, and IMount Desert island are all called in 

 Indian Pessank or Pessan, " at the elani-di<,'<i:in<i; jjlaee or plat'-es ; " 

 from ess, " shell," referrinji; hereto tiie elani only ; p- prefix, -an ver- 

 bal endinij:. 



Bay of Fundy, a stoi'ni-beaten eorner of the Atlantie ocean between 

 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, is to the Indians V/ekwal)e<i;ituk, 

 " waves at the head of the bay," -tuk referrin<:j to waters driven in 

 waves or moved by the tide. Nowhere else in the -world are the tides 

 so hiij;h as in this bay. (See Oak bay.) 



Bishop's point, a locality on north head of Grand Manan island, New 

 Brunswick. Its Indian name, Budebe-uhiyen, means death-traj) of 

 whales, from budebe-u, " wliale"; -higen, a sufHx which stands for 

 " tool " or " instrument." 



Campobello island. New Brunswick, is called l^bagwidek, from its ])osi- 

 tion between Maine and the mainland of New Brunswick, "tloatiug 

 between;" eba, between; gwiden, floating. Another Indian name 

 for this island is Edlitik, which seems to refer to the sudden deei)en- 

 ing of the waters on the west side. 



Cherry island, a rocky formation just south of Indian island. New P.runs- 

 wick, is known to the native Indian as Misik nt^gusis, "at the little 

 island of trees." INIisi is " tree " or " trees ; " niisik, " wliere trees 

 stand;" negu, abbreviation of m'niku, "island;" -sis, diminutive 

 ending. 



Cobscook bay, a l)ody of salt water lying west and southwest of ISIoose 

 island. It is the Indian term kapskuk, "at the waterfalls." The 

 tide, rising here daily to about twenty feet, enters into the sinuosi- 

 ties of the shorelands, and the waters returning to the ocean form 

 rapids, riffles, or cascades (kai)sku). 



Deer island, New Brunswick, a large isle at the southern extremity of 

 PassauuKjuodd}' bay, is Eduki m'niku, " of the deer the island." 



D'Orville's head, eminence where St Croix river empties into Passania- 

 quoddy bay ; Kwagustchus'k, " at tlie dirty mountain ; " from kwag- 

 weyu, "dirty;" t^hi'is, " mountain ;" -k, locative pavticle, "at." 

 The name was long ago corrupted into the more popular " Devil's 

 head." 



Eastport, city and harbor, luis the same Indian name as MoiW island, 

 u|)ou which it is l)uilt, iNIuselenk. Tliis is a corruption from the hy- 

 briil compound ^Miis-ellnd'k, its second half being a corru[)tion of 

 ishuid, with the locative -k appended. The locality wheie the las 

 moose was killed, about a century ago, lies on itf^ northern part. The 

 genuine In<lian name for Moose island is Mus m'niku. The Moose 

 islanders (and the Eastport people especially) are called Museleniek. 



Eel brook, a small rivulet at the northern end of Grand !\hinan island, 

 is in Indian Katekadik, which stands for Kat-akadik, anil signifies 

 " where (-k.) eels (kat) are jilentiful (akadi)." 



