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Samuel de Champlain[ Frontispiece]
Indian Encampment and Chief[15]
Champlain’s Plan of St. John Harbor[18]
Title Page Bp. St. Vallier’s Book[ 35]
Fort Nachouac[ 50]
Signature of Sieur de Freneuse[ 58]
Signature of John Gyles[ 63]
Plan of Old Medoctec Village[ 66]
Medoctec Tablet[ 74]
Bell of Old Medoctec Chapel[ 76]
Signature of Jean Loyard[ 78]
Paul Mascarene[ 88]
Old Fort at Worden’s[ 91]
Woodman’s Point—site of Fort Boishebert[ 104]
Colonel Robert Monckton[ 125]
Sketch Map of River St. John in 1758[ 129]
Isle au Garce, or Emenenic[ 130]
Inscription on Medoctec Stone[ 141]
Plan—Aukpaque and Surroundings[ 146]
Bruce’s Plan of St. John Harbor[ 151]
Signature of Peter Fisher[ 155]
Plan of Maugerville[ 163]
The Congregational Church at Maugerville[ 172]
A Cottage of Today[185]
Signatures[188]
Ice-jam, 1902[ 197]
Plan of Townships[ 212]
Plan of Grants to Simonds & White[ 231]
Old Hazen House and Grounds[ 242]
Signature Joseph Mathurin Bourg[ 253]
Fort Howe in 1781[ 278]
Signature of Major G. Studholme[281]
Fort Howe in 1818[ 282]
St. John Harbor, showing Mast Dock[ 304]

3

PREFACE.

Born and reared upon the banks of the River Saint John, I have always loved it, and have found a charm in the study of everything that pertains to the history of those who have dwelt beside its waters.

In connection with the ter-centenary of the discovery of the river by de Monts and Champlain, on the memorable 24th of June, 1604, the chapters which follow were contributed, from time to time, to the Saturday edition of the Saint John Daily Telegraph. With the exception of a few minor corrections and additions, these chapters are reprinted as they originally appeared. Some that were hurriedly written, under pressure of other and more important work, might be revised with advantage. Little attempt at literary excellence has been practicable. I have been guided by an honest desire to get at the facts of history, and in so doing have often quoted the exact language of the writers by whom the facts were first recorded. The result of patient investigation, extending over several years, in the course of which a multitude of documents had to be consulted, is a more elaborate and reliable history of the Saint John River region than has yet appeared in print. The period covered extends from the discovery of the river in 1604 to the coming of the Loyalists in 1784. It is possible that the story may one day be continued in a second volume.

At the conclusion of this self-appointed task, let me say to the reader, in the words of Montaigne, “I bring you a nosegay of culled flowers, and I have brought little of my own but the string that ties them.”

W. O. Raymond.

St John, N. B., December, 1905.