I got these maps all mixed up in my mind yesterday:
Those Champlain Maps That Look Like Drawings
Above is a Wabanaki Village on the Saco River
(in present-day Maine, United States)
Below is Port Saint Louis, according to Champlain
or Accomack/Plimoth, according to Captain John Smith
as well as Patuxet,
according to:
And:
"In the manuscript, Smith originally called Plymouth by its Native American name, Accomack, but after consulting with Prince Charles the prince changed the name to New Plimouth," according to:
"French explorer Samuel de Champlain’s map of “Port St. Louis” from 1605 is the earliest known European representation of Patuxet, the Wampanoag community that became the site of Plymouth Colony and which the Herring Pond Wampanoag still call home today. The name “Patuxet” has several possible translations including “place of little falls” and “place of little springs.” At the time of Champlain’s visit to Patuxet, the population numbered approximately 2,000 people. Families cultivated corn, beans, and squash in their gardens, gathered food, and came together for political and social meetings. In his book, The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain (1613), the author described the encounter depicted in this map. Here is an English translation from the original French:
The same day we sailed two leagues along a sandy coast, as we passed along which we saw a great many cabins and gardens. The wind being contrary, we entered a little bay to await a time favorable for proceeding. There came to us two or three canoes, which had just been fishing for cod and other fish, which are found there in large numbers. These they catch with hooks made of a piece of wood, to which they attach a bone in the shape of a spear, and fasten it very securely. The whole has a fang-shape, and the line attached to it is made out of the bark of a tree. They gave me one of their hooks, which I took as a curiosity. In it, the bone was fastened on by hemp, like that in France...Some of them came to us and begged us to go to their river. We weighed anchor to do so, but were unable to do so on account of the small amount of water, it being low tide, and were accordingly obliged to anchor at the mouth…1
At least I didn't confuse it with present-day Chaffinch Island
(although the shape of the bay causes one to wonder about tidal fishweirs):
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