"The Indian Names of Acadia" by Richard Huntington, owner and editor of the Yarmouth Herald -- a bit long, but interesting reading! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Brampton, ON -- formerly Nova Scotia =============================== "The memory of the Red Man How can it pass away While their names of music linger On each mount and stream and bay. While Musquodoboit's waters Roll sparkling to the main While falls the laughing sunbeam On Chegoggin's fields of grain. "While floats our country's banner O'er Chebucto's glorious wave And the frowning cliffs of Scaterie The trampling serges brave. While breezy Aspotagon Lifts high its summit blue And sparkles on its winding way The gentle Sissibou. "While Escinoni's fountains Pour down their crystal tide While Ingonish's mountains Lift high their forms of pride. Of while on Mabou's river The boatman plies his oar Or the billows burst in thunder On Chicaben's rock-girt shore. "The memory of the Red Man It lingers like a spell On many a storm-swept headland On many a leafy dell. Where Tusket's thousand islets Like emeralds stud the deep Where Blomidon, a sentry grim His endless watch doth keep. "It dwells round Catalone's blue lake Mid leafy forests bid,-- Round fair Dacouse and the rushing tides of the turbid Pisiquid. And it lends, Chebogue, a touching grace To thy softly flowing river As we sadly think of the gentle race That has passed away forever." ------------ The 2001 Canadian census has statistics that the Mi'kMaq residents have increased in number -- but a decrease in other nationalities. M.M.D. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03