GEAND ROMAINE AND OLD ROMAINE 



River, where there are white fishermen, an In- 

 dian village, and a Hudson's Bay Company's 

 post. The river is called the Grand Romaine 

 to distinguish it from the other Romaine River 

 to the westward of Esquimaux Point. It is 

 said that the derivation of Romaine is from the 

 Montagnais orumen, or olumenne, which means 

 red earth, and at both of the Romaine rivers 

 there is yellow and reddish clay which, when 

 boiled in oil, is used for paint. L' orumen or 

 I 'eau Romane easily became Romaine^ and this 

 seems a reasonable derivation for a word which 

 appears at first sight to be out of place in this 

 cold and barren region. The Post here is pre- 

 sided over by a son of my old friend Monsieur 

 Molony, the salmon-fisherman of Mingan. 



We at once visited the Indian encampment. 

 Nearly all the people retreated to their tents, 

 but by a judicious presentation of plug to- 

 bacco, with which I had provided myself, I 

 induced a number to come out and be photo- 

 graphed. The innumerable Indian dogs seized 

 the occasion to indulge in a general fight, when 

 nothing could be seen but a confused mass of 

 feet and tails. All the tents of the interiors of 

 which I had glimpses were very neat; the floors 



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