fGANONG]  '    PLACE-NOMENCLATURE OF NEW BRUNSWICK                273

while a point on Shippegan, probably Pigeon Hill, is called by him C. de S.
Martin, followed on late maps, but removed to the S. of Shippegan Gully.
There is a Sipplcan Harbour in Mass.
Shippegan.—P. 1851.   Of cours3 from the island.

Shippegan Gully.—In Micmac, Umkoomabayayk (alt. Randj == icy bay.
Siegas.—From the Malisaet Say-e-gosV == hard to go through (?)   In a grant of
1794 as Shiegas; Bonnor, 1820, has Shiegash or Trouble some River, no doubt
the translation.   Pr. loc. Sy^-e-gas or Sy^gass.

Simonds.—(St. John.) P. 1839. Doubtless in honour of Hon. Charles Simonds,
Speaker of the House of Assembly, but also perhaps for the Simonds
family so prominent in the early history of St. John.

Simonds.—(Carleton.) P. 1842. Doubtless in honour of Hon. Charles Simonds
. (see above).

Simpsons Island.—In Passamaquoddy Quak-ee-men-ee-quo^-sis =bog on the little
island {Mquak = bog, men-ee-quo-sis = little island).

Sisson Branch.—Doubtless for a lumberman of that time. In Maliseet, Wa-ka^-
soon.    Compare Presquile.

Sisson Ridge.—S. about 1876 (p. 208).   Local name.

Sisters Brooks.—Called by the lumbermen Miss Nashwaak and Sister Ann.

•Skiff Lake.—Origin? On a plan of 1835. North Lake in Titcombs Survey of
1794.

Soulanges.—Seigniory, 1676.   In St. Marys and Fredericton.

Southampton.—P. 1833. Probably suggested by its position relative to North¬
ampton.

South Bay.—Descriptive, and probably from the French. On Monckton, 1758, as
Baye de S. W., probably its Acadian name; South Bay on D. Campbell,
1785.   In Maliseet Mr. Chamberlain gives A-ku-ma-kwV-kek (Alt.)

Southesk.—P., 1879.   Suggested doubtless by its position relative to Northesk.

Spencer, Cape.—Origin ?. On Des Barres chart of 1776, and, perhaps, named
for a friend of his (p. 203).

Spei/ River.—'^ee Madawaska.

Spoon Island.—Origin uncertain; supposed to describe its resemblance to the
bowl of a spoon, and possibly a translation from the Indian. On D. Camp¬
bell, 1785.

I Its Maliseet name is uncertain, by some given as Am-quah^-nis = spoon
island {Am-quan = a spoon); Peachy, 1783, calls it Id, Amquains, followed by
others. By some Indians the latter is given to the point below the island on
the east side, where the " old French Fort " is ; Monckton, 1758, has it there
as Amiquonish Mr. Jack gave me for the island Hay-yei-paon-nac-cook, which
seems in part like an Indian corruption of Cueiller = French for spoon, and
for it, or some place near, one Indian gives me Am-wee-nes-og-ne-chuk=jsi\vs.

Spragues Palls.—Doubtless for Abiel Sprague, a pre-loyalist settler on the St.
Croix, who later had a farm near there.

Springfield.—P. 1786.   Origin?.   A common name elsewhere.

Springhill.—From the name of the residence of Chief Justice Ludlow, who named
it after Springhill, the residence of Governor Colden of New York (Foot-
'        prints, p. 101).

Spruce Island.—Seems to be the Bald Id. of Wright, chart, 1772.

Spryhampton.—^dime of a grant of 1774 to William Spry in Canning and
Cambridge, and, of course, named for him (p. 202).

Squaw Cap.—Descriptive, particularly as seen when coming down the Resti¬
gouche.   In Micmac Pee-dam-kee^-jos, probably not aboriginal.