1 At the first settlement of Canada, aU the St Lawrence Indians living below and some distance above Quebec were designated by the name of Montagnars or MontagnrS. This appellation was derived from a range of hills or mountains which, extending Northwesterly from Cape Tourmente (five miles below Quebec) divides the rivers that fall above that Cape into the St Lawrence, the Otto vva, and Lake Superior, from those, first of the Baguenay, and afterwards of

the Hudson's bay The great trading place of the Montagnars was

Tailoussac, at the mouth of the river Saguenay The name (Montagnars) from the identity of language, was soon after extended to all the St Lawrence Indians, as high up as Montreal. Gallatin, in Trans, of the Am : AntJq. Soc. la., 24.

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but there was no help for that ; tliat I was very glad to encoiirfige tliem and to manifest to them my good will when we should be engaged.

The moment we landed they began to run about two hundred paces towards their enemies who stood firm, and had not yet perceived my companions, who went into the bush with some savages. Our's commenced calling me in a loud voice, and making way for me opened in two, and placed me at their head, marching about 20 paces in advance, until I was within 30 paces of the enemy. The moment they saw me, they halted gazing at me and I at them. When I saw them preparing to shoot at us, I raised my arquebus, and aiming directly at one of the three Cliiefs, tuo of them fell to the ground by this shot and one of their companions received a wound of which he died afterwards. I had put 4 balls in my arquebus.