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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
. Hakluyt, III. 285 It was after a stormy voyage, that they arrived within sight of Newfoundland. Passing to the west of that island on the day of St. Lawrence, they gave the 1535. Aug. 10. name of that martyr to a portion of the noble gulf which opened before them; a name which has gradualy extended to the whole gulf, and to the river. Sail- Chap. I.} 1535 ing to the north of Anticosti, they ascended the stream in September, as far as a pleasant harbor in the isle, since called Orleans. The natives, Indians of Algonquin descent, received them with unsuspecting hospitality. Leaving his ships safely moored, Cartier, in a boat, sailed up the majestic stream to the chief Indian settlement on the island of Hochelaga. The language of its inhabitants proves them to have been of the Huron family of tribes. Charlevoix, i. 12. Cass, in N. Rev. XXIV. 421. The town lay at the foot of a hill, which he climbed. As he reached the summit, he was moved to admiration by the prospec