French Colonists, Missionaries, and Explorers 法国殖民者、传教士和探险者

　　26.The French in Acadia. 26．法国人在阿卡迪亚

　　For nearly forty years after the destruction of the colony on the River of May, 大约在“五月河”的殖民地被摧毁后的40年里，

　　Frenchmen were too busy fighting one another at home to send any more colonists to America. 法国人一直忙于国内征战，无暇向美洲派出更多的殖民者，

　　At length, in 1604, a few Frenchmen settled on an island in the St. Croix River. 终于，1604年，一些法国人来到圣库拉辛河的一座岛上，

　　But the place was so cold and windy that after a few months they crossed the Bay of Fundy and founded the town of Port Royal. 但是，这个地方天气寒冷而多风，几个月后，他们渡过芬迪湾并创建了一个镇子，这就是皇家港口，

　　The country they called Acadia. 他们把这个地方叫做阿卡迪亚。

　　27.Champlain and his Work. 27．尚普兰和他的功业

　　The most famous of these colonists was Champlain. He sailed along the coast southward and westward as far as Plymouth. 这些殖民者中最著名的是尚普兰，他沿着海滨向南、向西航行，直到到达普利茅斯。

　　As he passed by the mouth of Boston harbor, a mist hung low over the water, and he did not see the entrance. 当他经过波士顿港口时，水面上浮着一层雾，因此他没有看到入口，

　　Had it been clear he would have discovered Boston harbor and Charles River, and French colonists might have settled there. 如果他看得清的话，他会发现波士顿港口和查尔斯河，那么，法国殖民者也将在那里停留下来。

　　In 1608 Champlain built a trading-post at Quebec and lived there for many years as governor or chief trader. 1608年，尚普兰在魁北克建成一个交易所，他在那里生活了许多年，既是总督也是重要的商人。

　　He soon joined the St. Lawrence Indians in their war parties and explored large portions of the interior. 尚普兰迅速加入圣劳伦斯印第安人的战斗，并在印第安人中夺得举足轻重的地位，

　　In 1609 he went with the Indians to a beautiful lake. Far away to the east were mountains covered with snow. 1909年，他和印第安人来到一座美丽的湖畔，在这座湖的东方是覆盖着皑皑白雪的群山，

　　To the south were other mountains, but with no snow on their tops. 湖的南面也是一些山，但这些山的山顶上没有雪，

　　To the lake the explorer gave his own name, and we still call it in his honor, Lake Champlain. 这位探险者将这座湖命名为“尚普兰湖”。今天我们为了纪念他仍然叫它尚普兰湖。

　　While there, he drove away with his firearms a body of Iroquois Indians. 在这个地方，尚普兰和他的火枪队赶走了易洛魁族的印第安人。

　　A few years later he went with another war party to western New York and again attacked the Iroquois. 几年后，他和印第安人内战的另一方到了纽约州的西部，并且他们再次攻击了易洛魁族人。