The Article Alluded To, Which We Believe To Be The Work Of The Editor
Himself (Mr. McDonald) Of Le Canadien,
Logically establishes from
Jacques Cartier's narrative that the place of his wintering, or Sainte
Croix, as he named it, can
Be none other than the little river St.
Charles, as we now call it. "Coasting," says he, "the said island
(Orleans) we found at the upper end of it an expanse of water very
beautiful and pleasant, at which place there is a little river and bar
harbor with two or three fathoms of water, which we found to be a place
suitable for putting our vessels in safety. We called it Ste. Croix,
because on that day, (14th September) we arrived there. Near this place
there are natives, whose chief is Donnacona and who lives there, which
place is called Stadacone," (now Quebec). Cartier observes in another part
of his narrative that Sainte Croix was situate half a league from and
to the north of Quebec. Again, speaking of the residence (Stadacone) of
Donnacona, he says, "under which high land towards the north is the
river and harbour Sainte Croix, at which place we remained from the 15th
of September, to the 16th of May, 1536, where the vessels remained dry."
* * * * *
"We now translate from Le Canadien: - 'At the invitation of Mr. Jos.
Hamel, City Surveyor, Hon. Wm. Sheppard, the President, and (G. B.)
Faribault, Vice-President of the Literary and Historical Society of
Quebec, went with him on Saturday, the 19th instant, (1843) to visit the
place, and according to the position of the debris of the vessel,
the nature of the wood it is composed of, and the character of the stones
(ballast) they found at the bottom, they were satisfied that all the
probabilities are in favor of Mr. Hamel's hypothesis.
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