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Yet the heights were occupied by nothing more than a wooden village, which the interpreters called Stadacona, saying that their chief, Daghnacona, was its ruler.
Days of the Discoverers L. Lamprey 1910
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Neere vnto it, there is a village, whereof Donnacona is Lord, and there he keepeth his abode: it is called Stadacona [Quebec] as goodly a plot of ground as possibly may be seene.
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885
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The Indian name Stadacona had perished before the time of Champlain, owing, probably, to the migration of the principal tribe and the succession of others.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836
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This place is called Stadacona, and is the abode of Donnacona and of the two men we took in our first voyage, Domagaia and Taignoagny.
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He spent the winter of 1535 - 36 at Quebec (then an Indian village called Stadacona), but made no permanent settlement.
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"Stadacona" Club of Quebec, of which I was a member, asked me to take the chair at a private dinner proposed to be given at the club to Mr. Vallandigham, the democratic leader of Ohio, who had come across country from Halifax, on his way homeward -- through, free, Canada -- after his seizure in bed, in Ohio, and deportation across the Northern frontier into the land of secession.
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This is the place and abode of Donnacona, and of our two men we took in our first voyage, it is called Stadacona ... under which towne toward the North the river and port of the holy crosse is, where we staied from the 15 of September until the 16 of May, 1536, and there our ships remained dry as we said before. "
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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And while most sailors in the RCN eventually passed through barracks at Stadacona, most of those sailors also ended up in Rachel's little restaurant, just two blocks away from the main gate.
Archive 2009-05-01 Alison 2009
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And while most sailors in the RCN eventually passed through barracks at Stadacona, most of those sailors also ended up in Rachel's little restaurant, just two blocks away from the main gate.
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Jacques Cartier wrote of an epidemic in 1535–36 among the Laurentian Iroquois people who lived at Stadacona near the site of Montreal.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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