I.
674. SAVANNAHS, grassy plains.
678-9. We have already seen, in this province of Pennsylvania, two hundred and fifty of our people, which is more than half the number that were landed here, perish through misery and various diseases. PETITION OF THE ACADIANS TO THE KING.
705. COUREURS-DES-BOIS (k[=o][=o]-rur-d[=a]-bwä'), guides.
707. VOYAGEUR (vwä-yä-zh[=u]r,) river boatmen.
713. To braid St. Catherine's tresses means to remain unmarried.
733. MUSE, here the Goddess of Song. There were nine Muses in all.
II.
741. THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER, the Ohio.
749. ACADIAN COAST, districts near the mouth of the Mississippi river where many Acadians had settled.