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Stadacona was a 16th-century St. Lawrence Iroquoian village near present-day Quebec City.
French explorer and navigator Jacques Cartier, travelling and charting the Saint Lawrence River, reached it during July 1534. At the time, the chief of the village was Donnacona. Despite efforts by the people of the village, Cartier seized some inhabitants and their chief but later released Donnacona and he agreed for his two sons, Taignoagny and Domagaya, to return with Cartier to France for a year.
Cartier returned with Lord Donnacona’s sons on his next voyage in 1535-1536 where he recorded a word they had used to refer to their home: “They call a town, Canada”. When he and his crew stayed during the winter, they were effectively saved by the Stadaconans who knew how to prepare for them a vitamin-rich broth as a cure for scurvy which had already killed a quarter of Cartier’s crew. The same winter more than 50 Iroquois of the village died from diseases carried by the Europeans. After this, Cartier seized Donnacona, his sons, and seven other inhabitants and took them back to France where nine of the ten would die and none would ever return. Five years later Cartier would come back to Stadacona, but was not welcomed by the Stadaconans. Samuel de Champlain later chose the location of this village to establish the colony of l'Habitation, the start of the settlement of Quebec.
Chasing the Sun
© 2011 Words and Music by Seth Regan / Mankind Tracer
Is there something more that we want to say
Before we hang up tonight... sleep with a smile
It wasn't more than an hour ago
I thought we said our goodnights
Still here we are, long distance
Together we'll be but from now until you
I'll be chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
I never tried it this way before
But there's something to say
For talking hours a day
And holding out longer
Before I get to see your eyes
So here I go again, trying
And as we get closer I know all my life
I was chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
I thought the day would never make it through
But when it finally arrived you were a pleasant surprise
And indecision slipped away
As time started crawling by
Cuz talking to you, is like dreaming
Of standing so high above an island with you
Being warmed by the sun
Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
I'm in trouble now it's like
Ten years ago yesterday
When I was singing to a crowd and caught your eye
When you looked up at me
A simple smile and I knew right away
I'd be chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
Chasing the sun
Doo...doo...doo....oooh
Can you remember yesterday
Before I sang you this song...how we waited so long
And now there's so much more, you brought color to my black and
white
Thank you for this, my new best friend
For digging me out, for letting me in
Forget about everything else I'm just happy to be
On my way to the Sun
Forgetting the world that keeps dragging me down
Regardless of time passing by with no sound