136. _St. Matthew's Point_, now known as Point aux Allouettes, or Lack Point.--_Vide_ Vol. II. p 165, note 292. _All-Devils' Point_, now called _Pointe aux Vaches_. Both of these points had changed their names before the publication of Champlain's ed., 1632.--_Vide_ p. 119 of that edition. The last mentioned was called by Champlain, in 1632, _pointe aux roches_. Laverdière thinks _ro_ches was a typographical error, as Sagard, about the same time, writes _vaches_.--_Vide Sagard. Histoire du Canada_, 1636, Stross. ed., Vol I p. 150. We naturally ask why it was called _pointe aux vaches_, or point of cows. An old French apothegm reads _Le diable est aux vaches_, the devil is in the cows, for which in English we say, "the devil is to pay." May not this proverb have suggested _vaches_ as a synonyme of _diables_? CHAPTER II. FAVORABLE RECEPTION GIVEN TO THE FRENCH BY THE GRAND SAGAMORE OF THE SAVAGES OF CANADA--THE BANQUETS AND DANCES OF THE LATTER--THEIR WAR WITH THE IROQUOIS.--THE MATERIAL OF WHICH THEIR CANOES AND CABINS ARE MADE, AND THEIR MODE OF CONSTRUCTION--INCLUDING ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF ST MATTHEW'S POINT. On the 27th, we went to visit the savages at St. Matthew's point, distant a league from Tadoussac, accompanied by the two savages whom Sieur du Pont Gravé took to make a report of what they had seen in France, and of the friendly reception the king had given them. Having landed, we proceeded to the cabin of their grand Sagamore [137] named _Anadabijou_, whom we found with some eighty or a hundred of his companions celebrating a _tabagie_, that is a banquet. He received us very cordially, and according to the custom of his country, seating us near himself, with all the savages arranged in rows on both sides of the cabin. One of the savages whom we had taken with us began to make an address, speaking of the cordial reception the king had given them, and the good treatment they had received in France, and saying they were assured that his Majesty was favorably disposed towards them, and was desirous of peopling their country, and of making peace with their enemies, the Iroquois, or of sending forces to conquer them. He also told them of the handsome manors, palaces, and houses they had seen, and of the inhabitants and our mode of living. He was listened to with the greatest possible silence. Now, after he had finished his address, the grand Sagamore, Anadabijou, who had listened to it attentively, proceeded to take some tobacco, and give it to Sieur du Pont Gravé of St. Malo, myself, and some other Sagamores, who were near him. After a long smoke, he began to make his address to all, speaking with gravity, stopping at times a little, and then resuming and saying, that they truly ought to be very glad in having his Majesty for a great friend. They all answered with one voice, _Ho, ho, ho_, that is to say _yes, yes_.