The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
Sir Arthur G. Doughty · English
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The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
Sir Arthur G. Doughty · English
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CHAPTER I THE FOUNDERS OF ACADIA The name Acadia, [Footnote: The origin of the name is uncertain. By some authorities it is supposed to be derived from the Micmac algaty, signifying a camp or settlement. Others have traced it to the Micmac akade, meaning a place where something abounds. Thus, Sunakade (Shunacadie, C. B.), the cranberry place; Seguboon-akade (Shubenacadie), the place of the potato, etc. The earliest map marking the country, that of Ruscelli (1561), gives the name La
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