6 (p. 49).--These Indians were the Tarratines (called Penobscots by the English), one of the three tribes of the Etchemins,--the other two being the Openangos (the Quoddy Indians of English chronicles) of New Brunswick, and the Marachites of Nova Scotia. For origin of their name, see _Maine Hist. Colls._, vol. vii., p. 100. The principal Tarratine village was, a half century later, near where Bangor now stands. The town visited by Biard was apparently at or near the present Castine, on Major-bigyduce Point (for derivation of this name see _Maine Hist. Colls._, vol. vi., pp. 107-109). See topographical description in Williamson's _Maine_, i., pp. 70, 71. The "Chiboctous" River, of Biard, was, apparently, but the "wide-spread" of the Penobscot, stretching eastward of Castine. French traders were at Castine at a very early date. The English built a trading fort there in 1625-26, which fell into the hands of the French in 1632. It was styled Pentagoët in those days; but in 1667, was rechristened Castine, after Baron de St. Castine, who for several years maintained a station there. The Dutch were in possession for a time,--indeed, Castine was continuously fortified by English, French, and Dutch, in turn, from about 1610 to 1783. 7 (p. 61).--This introductory note, "To the Reader," is furnished by Dr. O'Callaghan, in his Albany reprint of 1870, which we are here following. The Jesuits had been banished from France by Henry IV., in 1595. He recalled them in 1603, making Father Coton, of their number, his confessor. 8 (p. 61).--It is internally evident that the document, like many others of our series, was written at intervals; this one was undoubtedly commenced in 1611 and closed in 1612. In a hurry to catch the home-returning vessel, the writer appears to have forgotten the change in the year. 9 (p. 67). It is possible that the Biscayans originally named what is still known as Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, after the city of that name in Spain. It was known to the English by that name in Biard's time;--see John Guy's letter, May 16, 1611, in Prowse's _History of Newfoundland_ (London, 1895), p. 127. Biard merely gallicizes the word. Placentia is the chief seat of French settlement in Southern Newfoundland.--See Howley's _Ecclesiastical History of Newfoundland_ (Boston, 1888), pp. 128, 129.