It is true that Champlain, in 1609, intended to go to the Mohawk country, by Lake George, yet at the period of Jogue’s captivity we have no account of any one taking that route. Father Jogues himself clearly did not cross the lake in 1646. It is distinctly said that they arrived at the end of the lake (_bout de lac_) on the eve of the Festival of _St. Sacrament_, when they named the lake, and the next day went south _on foot_, carrying their packs on their backs. This is the view given by every one who has treated the subject in print, including Mr. Parkman himself. To this it has been answered that _bout de lac_ always means the _head_ of the lake, and that the terms are so used in the _Relations_; yet if we return to the _Relations_ of 1668 (vol. ii., p. 5), detailing the journey of Fathers Fremin, Pieron and Bruyas, we find that this is not the case. The writer there says that while he and others delayed on an island in Lake Champlain, the boatmen went forward, “landing at the _end_ of the Lake (_bout de lac_) du St. Sacrement, and preparing for the portage.” At this place, the north end of the lake, there is a heavy portage, in order to get around the Falls of Ticonderoga. In the next sentence he again calls this end of the lake, which is the north end or outlet, _bout de lac_. But we have also to remind the reader, that the place where Father Jogues _left his canoe_, in 1646, was at the north end of the lake (the foot), which he, like the others, calls _bout de lac_. The language is so translated by Parkman and others who have mentioned the circumstances. _Bout de lac_, in the Jesuit _Relations_, therefore does not mean the _head_ of the lake. We see, then, that we have not sufficient reason for supposing that “the place where one leaves the canoes” meant the head, or south end of Lake George, and consequently that the alleged passage over the lake by Jogues, in 1642, is indefensible. [32] State of the Expedition from Canada. By Burgoyne. p. xciv. Ed. 1780. [33] Gates Papers, p. 194. [34] Gates Papers, p. 208. [35] State of the Expedition from Canada, p. 53. [36] Gates Papers, p. 218. [37] Gates Papers, p. 220. INDIAN LEGENDS II THE MAIDEN OF THE MOON [The following legend was obtained from the lips of a Chippewa woman named Penaqua, or the Female Pheasant, and I hardly know which to admire most, the simple beauty of the plot, or the graphic and unique manner of the narrative, of which, I regret to say, I can hardly give a faithful translation.]