78. _Lac de Nibachis_, the name of a savage captain who dwells here and tills a little land, where he plants Indian corn. [62] 79. Eleven lakes, near each other, one, two, and three leagues in extent, and abounding in fish and game. Sometimes the savages go this way in order to avoid the Fall of the Calumets, which is very dangerous. Some of these localities abound in pines, yielding a great amount of resin. [63] 80. _Sault des Pierres à Calunmet_, which resemble alabaster. 81. _Isle de Tesouac_, an Algonquin captain (_Tesouac_) to whom the savages pay a toll for allowing them passage to Quebec. [64] 82. _La Riuière de Tesouac_, in which there are five falls. [65] 83. A river by which many savages go to the North Sea, above the Saguenay, and to the Three Rivers, going some distance overland. [66] 84. The lakes by which they go to the North Sea. 85. A river extending towards the North Sea. 86. Country of the Hurons, so called by the French, where there are numerous communities, and seventeen villages fortified by three palisades of wood, with a gallery all around in the form of a parapet, for defence against their enemies. This region is in latitude 44 deg. 30', with a fertile soil cultivated by the savages. 87. Passage of a league overland, where the canoes are carried. 88. A river discharging into the _Mer Douce_. [67] 89. Village fortified by four palisades, where Sieur de Champlain went in the war against the Antouhonorons, and where several savages were taken prisoners. [68] 90. Falls at the extremity of the Falls of St. Louis, very high, where many fish come down and are stunned. [69] 91. A small river near the Sault de la Chaudière, where there is a waterfall nearly twenty fathoms high, over which the water flows in such volume and with such velocity that a long arcade is made, beneath which the savages go for amusement, without getting wet. It is a fine sight. [70] 92. This river is very beautiful, with numerous islands of various sizes. It passes through many fine lakes, and is bordered by beautiful meadows. It abounds in deer and other animals, with fish of excellent quality. There are many cleared tracts of land upon it, with good soil, which have been abandoned by the savages on account of their wars. It discharges into Lake St. Louis, and many tribes come to these regions to hunt and obtain their provision for the winter. [71] 93. Chestnut forest, where there are great quantities of chestnuts, on the borders of Lac St Louis. Also many meadows, vines, and nut-trees. [72] 94. Lake-like bodies of salt water at the head of Baye François, where the tide ebbs and flows. Islands containing many birds, many meadows in different localities, small rivers flowing into these species of lakes, by which they go to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near Isle S. Jean. [73]