. Here and there in New England and Canada . of Numerous Islands.—Centre Harbor. — Red Hill. — Moultonborough Bay. — MelvinVillage. — Greens Basin. — Ossipee Park. — Weirs. — A Provin-cial Memento. — Meredith. — Lake Village. — Mount Belknap. WINNIPESAUKEE is an Indian word-phrase, meaning BeautifulWater in a High Place, and the scene is admirably portrayed bythis amazing polysyllabic word, which has been spelt, in old documents andhistories, in 131 various ways. Some ancient poet, unskilled in Indian lore,and deeming that such a name and locality should have a romantic meaning,affirmed that W
. Here and there in New England and Canada . of Numerous Islands.—Centre Harbor. — Red Hill. — Moultonborough Bay. — MelvinVillage. — Greens Basin. — Ossipee Park. — Weirs. — A Provin-cial Memento. — Meredith. — Lake Village. — Mount Belknap. WINNIPESAUKEE is an Indian word-phrase, meaning BeautifulWater in a High Place, and the scene is admirably portrayed bythis amazing polysyllabic word, which has been spelt, in old documents andhistories, in 131 various ways. Some ancient poet, unskilled in Indian lore,and deeming that such a name and locality should have a romantic meaning,affirmed that Winnipesaukee meant The Smile of the Great Spirit; andthis pleasant signification has been handed down by generations of believers,and may never be wholly forgotten. The celestial beauty of the lake, andits sunny peacefulness, give color of reason to this free translation. Theremay be more lovely lakes elsewhere in this pleasant world, but Lucernecould envy the islands of Winnipesaukee, and Lake George could wish for 17. WINNIPESAUKEE LILIES. i8 its blue mountain vistas, and \Llli)\vst<)iie could sigh for its sweet and tran-quil farm-lands. From time immemorial, the lake-shores were the homes of the Ossipeeand Winnipesaukee Indians, and at the Weirs great assemblies of othertribes gathered, during the fishing-season. In later days, the raiding-partiesof the French chevaliers and their red-skinned allies found this a capitalroute of attack from Canada upon the frontiers of New England, and manya bleeding American captive and the plunder of devastated villages wereborne northward along these shores. As early as 1689, Provincial troopsmade hot forays into the Lake Country, for Cotton Mather had denouncedthe natives as Scvthians, difficiluis invenire quam interficere. Thirty-threeyears later, block-houses were built and garrisoned here, and the aborigines
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