Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06

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tbe ,royiors cho,to,. ne his ,,rr,,ivcs
eIof,or ,to,os tbo, ,bts leland ,hr,a
Ioaeuos ,onr covorod vith tho hcout,fu1
ninos was "ts,o any Noix"
Nov, ,s,o ouv xoiv &c 80 ,ri,os ,hovs
tboso corids of tho rroo,oie lar, ,b,s
tv.,pd T.. lov and norsbv ard cove,sd
vith ,usbos ot ita por,,, erd and is hard
t.. moro tina, oro-b,1f n. . ,,ilo long
I, h,s no ,,,,oe nav, and ,o,.er ala bava
c,v ca far 40 known. but he,rinr ,roes
,i,b o,L and dim and maj he,ri,g treea
.,I,erce 4. dorivos tie ,,,,,o "Islo any
Noivr Nn,v after ,oavi,g tb.so ranide
re ,be troouois at G, Johns tho ,i,.or is
smooth and narrow scarce,v half 81 milo
,v,oa wifi, q current so siiyht nc ~ no
ta,dlv noticea rio For q distance Of AZ
miles above this ronid tho waters are
land locked all fine way md Il ,s hardly
more than ono and one.half miles wide
certainly not hale So wide anvwhere az
was the St Lawrence. from Quebec to
the mouth Of the Iroouois through which
Clunr,ain had inst rassed 1ust 20 miles
sbove these ranids ot tho rroo,ois river.
scarceIv moro than s;x hours noddle in
nork cenoe Hes 1sl, Ia Motto IN
leagues long SIN cove, cd With hoau,lful
mines and within the memory o, mon
NOW living covered with nino trees 1M
to 150 feet I'm height. and from three TO
five feet I'm diameter. NV great uncle.
the Hon. Ira mi from 1Seo to 1870 used
to float huge RATS Of these beautiful
rines that Champla,n Describes down
these rapids of the Irooois and on down
to Quebec. where he sold the timber.
Captain Montgomery saws that when the
sail boat ''Holcombc" was built in 1884
that the Dlanking three inches thick.
fc. the entire deck. IS feet long by 8
vide. was sawed from single pine treo
that grew here. Who is confused and
careless" in his 1escript n aud dates
and estimate oc distances. rarlman or
Palmer or Pourue or Slaftero Certainly
Champlain was quite clear. II needs not
to have had a name There is no other
island covered with beautiful pines. there
was no other island covered with beau =
fdl pines, and surely there was no other
island anproa ching three leac7,es in size
anywhere in THIS river Cbam,,lain had
no mans to guide him. There was no
Canada line or railroad bridge. He meas
ured his distances with his eve. occasion
ally looking, no doubt. at his compass
and taking his latitude nv an ns.rolobe
most remarkably
did not locate the 10 degree Of latitude
etore Fort Montgomery WAS built He
was IN an entirely new and urexnlored
country. but his dissertation Of the river
and the rap,d. and the "islard three
i.neues long covered with the most hea,-
ttful pines have ever seen" Is most
exact and far from being "careless and
confused. Parkman or Bo,,rne or
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stq-,ption fit any other river or rand or
any other island from here TO Quenec
1t was indeed piece 81 great good for
tune that Cnamplain named the lake or
the coming tercen,enarv might he cole
DRAFTED out in Utah around salt Lake.
| on the north end Of this 'island. three
leagues long. covered with beautiful
pines" there is fine sandy beach still
covered with beautiful pines that saw
Chamnlain even though unnoticed lv him
then. They landed their canoes on this
beach and hunted here and caught some
7rild animals" Going on farther about
three leagues from here we encamped to
rest that night" Champain SAYS. and
then proceeds to relate how they pre-
! nared their camp: sent out scouts. con-
suited the soothsavers and drilled their
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encamped for the night was near the
south end of Isle La Motto on a fine
sandy beach lust north If Fisk's Point.
Naturally they sought these sandy
beaches to land in their canoes and ar
Giving at the north end Of this island,
three leagues long, about four o'clock In
the afternoon, they landed and hunted
and caught some wild animals, and
then going on further encanped to rest
! for the night on the first good sandy
/ each. Chanplain says, We left the
river as far as the entrance to the lake"
/ HniS IS the passage that has confused
tarkman and Palmer and Bourne and
Slater and all the other historians who
have bl!ndly followed them and caused
them to hunt on a map for an ISLAND
three leagues long covered with beautiful
pines" somewhere down tie river be
tween the railroad bridge at ROuses
Point and the mouth Of the lroquos
river and not finding one there on the
map they have proclaimed loudly and
long that Champlain was exceedingly
careless and confused in this part Of his
narrative" that he meant an island two
miles long covered with oaks and vines
and nut bearing trees IN the midst OF the
rapids ("Saint Therese'O or that he meant
a low marshy island less than a mile
long covered with oaks AMI ems and
SO many nut bearing trees as to derive
It's name Isle aux Noix."
Champlain knew what he was wrt,nn
about and hi- narrative is accurate. clea