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Title: The Saint Lawrence basin and its border-lands; being the story of their discovery, exploration and occupation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, Samuel Edward, 1833-1916
Subjects: Canada -- History To 1763 (New France) Saint Lawrence River Valley -- History New France -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: Toronto : Musson Book Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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icles, the flies availed them-selves of the novel chance at a European skin. He passeda river (the Madawaska), where a people dwelt calledMatou-ouescarini, and, having left the main river toavoid the heavy rapids, he found a number of savagessettled at Muskrat Lake, who gave them a kind receptionand sent some people to assist them and guide them toAllumettc Island, where they regained the Ottawa. AUumette Island, where Champlain now arrived, fig-ured largely in the early history of Canada. It was thestronghold of the greater Algonquins as distinguishedfrom La Petite Nation, who hunted near the site of thepresent capital. Their chief Tessouat (who had metChamplain at Tadoussac in i(y02,) was an important per-sonage, and as the river all round the island was brokenby rapids he availed himself of its unique position to levytoll on the western Indians on their way down the river todispose of their furs. He received Champlain very cor-dially, and made a great feast (tabagie) in his honour.
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CHAMPLAIN IN QUEBEC 269 after which a formal council was held. Champlain toldthem that he had come with the intention of going tovisit the Nebicerini (Nipissings), and that he wantedfour canoes with eight savages as guides. Tessouat,as spokesman for his people, replied that while Cham-plain had always shown himself their friend, and hadgone with them to war, he had not kept his promise andmet them at the Sault (Montreal) the year before. Twothousand of their people had gone there, and were notonly disappointed at not seeing him, but had been badlytreated by the French traders, and had decided not to gothere again. Moreover, that the Nipissings were sorcer-ers, and that they were cowardly, and were no help inwar, but would kill them by charms and poisons, andalso that the way was long and difficult. Champlainreproached them for unfriendliness, and brought for-ward Vignau, who had wintered with them in 1611, whoinsisted that he had visited the Nipissings; and thenChamplain told them Vig

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