 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1885 - 522 pages
...of 1755. The word is said to be derived from the Indian Aquoddiauke, or Aquoddie, supposed to mean the fish called a pollock. The Bay of Passamaquoddy, " Great Pollock Water," if we may accept the same authority, derives its name from the same origin. Potter in Historical Magazine,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1885 - 518 pages
...of 1755. The word is said to be derived from the Indian Aquoddiauke, or Aclnoddie, supposed to mean the fish called a pollock. The Bay of Passamaquoddy, '• Great Pollock Water," if we may accept the same authority, derives its name from the same origin. Potter in ffistorical ifnynzinc,... | |
 | Literature - 1888 - 340 pages
...war of 1755. This word is said to be derived from the Indian word aquoddiauke, or aquoddie, meaning a fish called a ' pollock.' The Bay of Passamaquoddy,...pollock water,' derives its name from the same origin.' He also cites Potter in the Historical Magazine ; F. Kidder, in ' Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia in... | |
 | L. Urgèle Fontaine - Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture - 1890 - 72 pages
...word AquoddiauJce, orAquoddic, meaning the fish called a pullock (merluche, merlan, dans nos Statuts.) The bay of Passamaquoddy " great pollock water," derives its name from the same origin. Parkman s'appuie sur Potter, Historical Magazine, 1884. F. Kidder est encore de cette opinion, " Eastern... | |
 | Alcée Fortier - Cajuns - 1891 - 38 pages
...attempt to plant a colony in New France. Of his ill-fated expedition nothing remained but the name of Iie de la Demoiselle, where the stern Roberval abandoned...climate was much milder than that of Canada, and all travellers describe the country as beautiful. The tide in the Bay of Fundy is grand, and there are... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - Electronic journals - 1891 - 426 pages
...of Acadia. " The word Acadia," says PARKMAN, " is said to be derived from the Indian Aqitoddianke, or Aquoddie, meaning the fish called a pollock. The...pollock water,' derives its name from the same origin." e The region designated by this name comprised a large territory, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Maine,... | |
 | Thomas M'Caleb - American literature - 1894 - 634 pages
...his niece Marguerite to punish her for an unhallowed love. The Marquis de la Roche with his shipload of convicts was not more successful in 1598 than Roberval...climate was much milder than that of Canada, and all travellers describe the country as beautiful. The tide in the Bay of Fundy is grand, and there are... | |
 | Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Lancaster County (Pa.) - 1897 - 438 pages
...of 1755. This word is said to be derived from the Indian word aqquoddianke, or aquoddie, meaning a fish called a 'pollock.' The Bay of Passamaquoddy,...pollock water,' derives its name from the same origin." He also cites Potter in the "Historical Magazine;" P. Kidder, in " Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia in... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1897 - 356 pages
...1755. The word is said to be derived from the Indian Aquoddiauke, or Ai/uinltlif, supposed to mean the fish called a pollock. The Bay of Passamaquoddy, " Great Pollock Water," if we -may accept the same authority, derives its name from the same origin. Potter in Historical Magazine,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1897 - 360 pages
...of 1755. The word is said to be derived from the Indian Aquoddiauke, or Aquoddie, supposed to mean the fish called a pollock. The Bay of Passamaquoddy, " Great Pollock Water," if we may accept the same authority, derives its name from the same origin. Potter in Historical Magazine,... | |
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This name is not found in any earlier public document. It was afterwards restricted to the peninsula of Nova Scotia, but the dispute concerning the limits of Acadia was a proximate cause of the war of 1755. The word is said to be derived from the Indian... 
