notary royal, and
Isabella Petipas, his sponsors.

[Signed] Claude Moireau, Recol.

"The same day baptized Marie, sauvagesse, aged one year, daughter
of Tobuk and of Marie Noktomkiache, Christian, and named at the
font Marie by Rene Lambert and Catherine Bugaret, her sponsors.

[Signed] Cl. Moireau, Recol."

Two baptisms in the following year, one at Jemseg and the other at St.
John, are of equal interest:--

"At Jemsek, the year of grace 1681, the 25 May, have baptized
according to the forms of our Holy Church, Marie Anne Denis, aged
4 months, daughter of Sieur Richard Denis, Esquire, and of Anne
Partarabego, sauvagesse, and has been held at the font by
damoiselle Marie Chartier, dame de Marson, her godmother, who has
named her Marie Anne.

[Signed] Claude Moireau, Recol.

"At Menagoueck, the year of grace 1681, the 2 June, have baptized
according to the forms of the Church, Jeanne Guidry, child of
Claude Guirdy dit la Verdure and of Keskoua, sauvagesse, who has
been held at the font by Claude Petipas and Jeanne de la Tour,
wife of Martignon, her sponsors, who have named her Jeanne.

[Signed] Claude Moireau, Recol.

A little later Father Simon of the Recollet order became the
missionary of the Indians on the river with headquarters at Medoctec.
Some account of his interesting personality and of his zealous labors
will be found in a previous chapter. After his death the work among
the Indians passed into the hands of the Jesuit missionary, Joseph
Aubery, and his successors Jean Baptiste Loyard, Jean P. Danielou and
Charles Germain. The whole river was included in the mission and the
priest had many journeys to make, but Medoctec, as the principal
village, was for years the headquarters of the mission. This was so
down to the time of Loyard's death. His successor, Danielou,
ministered to the Indians of Medoctec, also, as is shown by the
presence of his name on the slate-stone tablet of the Medoctec chapel.
But it is probable that Danielou was frequently at Aukpaque, and he
certainly had the spiritual oversight of the Acadians at St. Anne's
Point.

[Illustration: Inscription on Medoctec Stone]

The Indians of the River St. John were regarded by the English as the
most powerful and warlike tribe of Acadia and the Governor of Nova
Scotia endeavored to gain their good-will, and to induce them to
adhere to the treaty made with the eastern tribes by the authorities
of New E