west side of
St. John harbor. A considerable number of Acadians still lingered
furtively in their hiding places up the river, the majority of them
near the Indian village of Aukpaque. For their benefit, as well as
that of the savages, the missionary Germain desired to remain at his
post. He accordingly made overtures to the Nova Scotia authorities
to be allowed to continue his ministrations, promising to use his
influence in the interests of peace. To this proposition the
Governor and Council cheerfully assented, promising the missionary
a stipend of L50. A year or two afterwards he wrote acknowledging
the receipt of his salary and stating it was his desire to inspire
the Indians with the respect due to the government. He complained
of their irregularities and says that in spite of his efforts to
promote harmony he feared "they will shortly pay no regard to what he
says."

In Kidder's "Military operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia
during the Revolution," the statement is made that Aukpaque signifies
a beautiful expanding of the river occasioned by numerous islands,
but, while this is perfectly correct as descriptive of the locality,
it is more probable that Aukpaque--or its Indian equivalent
Ek-pa-hawk--means "the head of the tide," or beginning of swift water.
Kidder speaks of the site of Aukpaque as "almost unknown and difficult
to locate." Commenting on this statement, the late Sir John C. Allen
(whose grandfather, Colonel Isaac Allen, purchased of the Indians the
site of the village of Aukpaque), makes the following remark:--

"It is an error to suppose that there is any difficulty in
locating Aukpaque. It is laid down, under the name Opack, on a
plan in the Crown Lands office in Fredericton of a survey of land
in the old Township of Sunbury while this province formed a part
of Nova Scotia. In addition to this there are several persons
living who can point out the place that was used as the Indian
burial ground and who remember that a large piece of cleared land
adjacent to it and separated from it by a deep ravine, being a
part of the tract of land reserved for the Indians, was formerly
known as the 'Chapel Field'--no doubt from the fact that the
chapel of the Indian settlement had stood upon it. There is also
further evidence in the plan of the survey of the lands in the
Parish of Kingsclear, the grant of which issued in 1799, upon
which a cross is marked on this lot of land,