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OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 
Out of this confusion there seem to be at least two 
definite conclusions to be drawn. One is that the 
name referred to the land —to some peculiarity or 
feature, doubtless, which distinguished that particular 
portion of the continent—rather than to a tribe of the 
aborigines; the other is, that it was not confined to 
the island, as some insist, but embraced the entire 
section, including the mainland all about, and the 
island. This much the old maps and descrip¬ 
tions seem to prove, without question. With this 
as a starting point, and the knowledge which we 
now have that Indian names are commonly bestowed 
for a very definite reason—that they convey usually, 
in most poetic fashion, a description of the gen¬ 
eral appearance of the place designated, or of some 
geographical marvel which identifies the place, it seems 
that it should not be a very puzzling matter for the 
student of Indian lore and speech to decipher the 
meaning. 
That it is an Algonquin compound term descriptive 
of the region—a region of exceptional beauty even 
changed as it is by civilization—seems of all explana¬ 
tions the most logical. Geographically the place is 
one of the greatest distinction, differing from anything 
else the length of the entire seaboard; and the majesty 
and imposing strength of the great river slipping past 
its matchless palisades, out into the wonderful, land- 
