Cartier had set sail for a second…

Cartier had set sail for a second voyage on May 19, 1535, with three ships, one hundred and ten men, and his two Domagaya and Taignoagny, who are useful as guides.

They show Cartier the entrance to the St. Lawrence River, and pilot him upriver to L'Isle-aux-Coudres and on to Donnacona's capital, Stadacona.

(Cartier gives Donnacona's title as Agohanna, an Iroquoian word for chief.)

Cartier records that the Stadaconans are at war with another tribe known as the Toudamans, who had destroyed one of their forts the previous year, resulting in two hundred deaths.

Cartier goes further up the St. Lawrence without Domagaya and Taignoagny, who are stopped by the chief from going with him.

Leaving his main ships in a harbor close to Stadacona, Cartier uses his smallest ship to continue on to …