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The Jesuit relations and allied documents (v. 24)
The Jesuit relations and allied documents - v. 24 Author:Reuben Gold Thwaites Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES TO VOL XXIV (Figures in parentheses, following number of note, refer to pages of English text.) i (p. 43). Cf. the two prayers in Montagnais given b... more »y Le Jeune in vol. vii., pp. 152-157. See also Trumbull's valuable contribution to Algonkin comparative grammar, "Notes on Forty Versions of the Lord's Prayer in Algonkin Languages," Amer. Philol. Soc. Trans., 1872 (Hartford, 1873), pp. 113-218. 2 (p. 47). The falls of Montmorency are at the mouth of Mont- morency River, nine miles below Quebec; they are about 250 feet in height, but only 50 wide. Electric light and power for the city of Quebec are derived from this cataract. It was named by Champlain (1608), probably for Henri de Montmorency, constable of France. 3 (P- 53)-This man was baptized at Quebec, Nov. 4, 1640, by Le Jeune. For description of the baptismal register at Sillery, see vol. xx., note 10. 4 (p. 61). Numerous settlements had been begun in Maine, by this time, Piscataqua (Kittery) and Monhegan Island, 1622; Saco, 1623; Sagadahoc, Damariscotta, and Pemaquid, probably about the same time. Robert Gorges in 1624 established a colony at Aga- menticus (York). Two years later a trading post was located at Penobscot (Castine); and, in 1628, one on the Kennebec, not far from Casco Bay. 5 (p. 85). Guillaume Tronquet was Montmagny's secretary, probably during most of the latter's term as governor. He is also mentioned as exercising the functions of a notary at Quebec, in 1644-46. 6 (p. 113). For location of Arente (Aronte) see vol. x., note 23. 7 (p. 117). Jean le Sueur, a secular priest, came to Canada in 1634, with Giffard (vol. vi., note 8); his other title was derived from a parish in Normandy, which he had served, Saint Sauveur de Thury. In 1645-46, he was missionary at C6te de Beaupre ...« less