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THE
HISTORY
OF THE
STATE OF MAINE;
FROM
ITS FIRST DISCOVERY, A. D. 1602,
TO
THE SEPARATION, A. D. 1820, INCLUSIVE.
BY WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
Hallowell: GLAZIER, MASTERS & CO.
1832.
ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Maine.
THIS PRINTING IS A FACSIMILE OF THE 1832 EDITION
This edition published by THE CUMBERLAND PRESS, INC. FREEPORT, MAINE 04032 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-22134
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY KJ PRINTING, AUGUSTA, MAINE
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PREFACE.
AN authentic History of this State has been long and much de- sired. Maine is a corner-pillar in the American Republic. Its ter- ritory equals one half of New-England,-its natural resources are great and various-its climate is good-its population now consider- ably exceeds 400,000,-and only two individual States have a greater extent of seaboard or more shipping. Several settlements have existed within its limits, more than two centuries ; through which period, as plantations have spread and multiplied, it has been the destiny of successive generations to struggle with wars and difficulties reiterated and uncommon, and to wade through suffer- ings deep and indescribable. The last age, however, particularly since the American Revolution, has been a period of remarkable prosperity, apparent in the improvements, wealth and numbers of the people.
To present, in a general historic view of such a State, the cir- cumstantial details of facts and events, so as to meet with universal acceptance, cannot be anticipated. Approbation, or censure, often springs from the motive of perusal ; nay, what affords entertainment to one, may be more than toil to another. All are never equally pleased with the same repast, for men as often differ in taste and opinion, as in feature and character .- As to parts and arrangement, it is presumed the Introductory Sections need no apology for their length, as they give a history of nature, little less entertaining than that of culture and society. Should any one raise objections to the long Narratives of Indian Wars interspersed, it is believed, he must, on reflection and review, be fully convinced, that any considerable abridgement of them would occasion an unsatisfying void ;- so much have the fortune and fate of the country, depended upon the amity or hostilities of the natives, Nor by any means could the early history of this State possess the attribute of perspicuity, with- out frequent allusions to the annals of Nova Scotia; as the po- litical affairs and current events in that Province, and in the east- ern parts of Sagadahock, were for a century, blended too entirely and perpetually, to be kept separate and distinct. The topographi- cal notes upon Towns contain facts which could not with propriety be incorporated with the text, and yet were thought too valuable to
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PREFACE.
be lost; for descriptions of these municipalities are not only in- teresting to their respective inhabitants,-they are collectively the local chronicles of the State itself.
This production, though it has cost the Compiler many years' unremitting labor, is presented to an enlightened community, with great diffidence : For he is sufficiently aware, that the arrangement, the style and the correctness, are to pass in review before many in- vidious bystanders, disposed to censure rather than to commend ; while the more alloyed parts are to be severely tested in the crucible of the critic, Nor perhaps ought any one in the present age to ex- pect a better destiny, who relates facts for the public eye,-designed for the perusal of all classes, under the responsibility of his name, The Historian, in short, is the devoted recorder of truth ; authentic annals are his stories ; and facts monumental as marble are the only materials allowed in his employment. It is a departure from duty and an imposition upon his readers, to give reins to his imagina- tion and freedom to his pen-permitting them to play with figures, flowers and phantoms in the fields of fancy.
The Compiler's research for materials has been thorough, in the Libraries of the Capitol at Washington, the Boston Atheneum, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Massachusetts' Historical Society. He has also made extracts from more than twenty volumes of the Massachusetts' Public Records, and from let- ters of 150 correspondents, residing in different parts of the State. The works of the oldest and best Authors have been carefully con- sulted ;- a list of whose names will be submitted .- Availing himself of all these and some other sources of information, he has written, with great care and assiduity, a General History of the State : and the Public will determine, whether any expression appears, inconsis- tent with what is chaste and correct in religion, sentiment or fact,- or whether such an amount and variety of matter, distributed through a period of 200 years, could have been judiciously com- pressed within a narrower compass, The plan chosen may not have been the best ; for like surveyors and settlers in all new Countries, he has been obliged to traverse an unexplored region, where the footsteps of no predecessor to any considerable extent could be traced. Should the work possess the humble merit of being a useful compilation, he will not have labored in vain; for man subserves the purposes of his moral existence, when he does what is a real benefit to his Country.
Bangor, March 1832.
LIST OF AUTHORS CITED IN THIS HISTORY.
A.
Allen (William) Biographical and Historical Dictionary, ed. 1809. American and British Chronicle of War and Politics, from A. D. 1773 to 1783. Annual Register from A. D. 1776 to 1782.
B.
Barton (Benj. S.) New Views, &c. of the Tribes in America. Belknap (Jeremy) History of New-Hampshire, 3 vols.
American Biography, 2 vols. ed. 1694-8.
Bigelow (Jacob) American Medical Botany, 3 vols. ed. 1817.
Bouchette (Joseph) Topographical Description, &c. of Canada, ed. 1815.
Bradford (Alden) History of Massachusetts, 2 vols. ed. 1822.
British Dominions in North America, from A. D. 1497 to 1763, ed. 1773.
British Empire in America, 3 vols. [J. Oldmixon.] C.
Chalmers (George) Political Annals of the United Colonies to A. D. 1686, ed. 1780, 4to. Charlevoix (Pere de) Historie et Disc. Gen. de la Neuville France, &c. from A. D. 1504 to 1731. 6 vols. 12mo. Paris ed. 1744. [In 4th vol. plates and descri tion of 98 plants. See remark in vol. 5 upon M. L'Escarbot, S. Champlain, J. de Laet, M. Denys and Baron la Hontan, as authors.] Travels in North America, ed. 1763.
Champlain (Sieur de) Voyages, &c. de la Canada, [from 1603 to 1629,] Paris ed. 1632. Church (Benjamin,) 5 Expeditions Eastward, in second Indian War.
Cleaveland (Parker) Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology.
Collections of Mass. Historical Society, 10 vols .- 2d series, 5 vols .- 3d series, 3 vols. Messrs. Farmer & Moore, New-Hampshire, 2 vols. New-Hampshire Historical Society, 2 vols. [for 1824-6.] Maine Historical Society, ed. 1832. D.
Denys (M.) Geog. and Hist. Description of North America, and Natural History of the country, 2 vols.
Delaplaine (Joseph) Repository-Biograph. of American Characters, with plates. Douglass (William) Suminary, of British Settlements in North America, 2 vols. ed. 1749. E. Edwards (Dr. Jonathan) Observations, &c. on the Muhhekaneew Indians, ed. 1786. Eliot (John) Biographical Dictionary, ed. 1809.
European Settlements (Account of ) in America, ed. 1760. F.
Folsom (George) History of Saco and Biddeford, ed. 1830. G.
Gordon (William) History of the United States, 3 vols. ed. 1780. Greenleaf (Moses) Survey of the State of Maine, Statistics, &c. ed. 1829. (Jonathan) Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of Maine, ed. 1821. Gorges (Ferdinando) Description of New-England, ed. 1659. H. Halliburton's History of Nova Scotia, 2 vols. Hazard (Ebenezer) Historical Collections, 2 vols. 4to. ed. 1792-4. Heckewelder (John) Writings as to the Indians, &c. A. Phil. Soc. Philadel. ed. 1819. Holmes (Abiel) American Annals, 2 vols.
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LIST OF AUTHORS.
Hubbard (William) General History of New-England, ed. 1815. Narrative of the Indian Wars, &c. A. D. 1607-77, Worces. ed. 1801. Hutchinson (Thomas) History of Massachusetts, 2 vols. ed. 1795. Collection of State Papers, ed. 1769. J. Jeffreys ('Thomas) History of the French Dominions in N. & S. Amer. ed. 1760, folio. Joscelyn (John) Account of two Voyages to New-England, ed. 1674.
L. Laet (John de) Novus Orbis, seu Des. in. Occ. ed. 1633. La Hontan (Baron) New Voyages to America, 2d ed. 1705, 3d ed. 1735. Letters, from 1683 to 1696, 2 vols.
Laws of Massachusetts, Colonial, Provincial,-State, General and Special, and Char- ters, 10 vols.
L'Escarbot (Mark) History, 8vo. A. D. 1609. M.
Mather (Cotton) Magnalia, or History of New-England, 2 vols. Hartford ed. 1820.
Memoirs of the War, &c. from A. D. 1744 to 1748, Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, ed. 1758. Minot (George R.) Continuation of the History of Massachusetts, 2 vols.
Moll (Herman) Geography, 3d. ed. 1709.
Morse (Jedidiah) American Universal Geography.
Morton {Nathaniel) New-England Memorial, ed. 1772.
N.
Neal (Daniel) History of New-England, ed. 1742. O.
Ogilby (John) America ; or Description of the New World, London ed. 1671, folio. P. Palairet (John) Description of the English and French Possessions in N. A. ed. 1755. Penhallow (Samuel) History of the Indian Wars, A. D. 1703 to 1713. Prince (Thomas) Chronological History of New-England, ed. 1736. Purchas (Samuel) Pilgrimage.
R.
Records, Resolves, and Journals of Massachusetts Government, 30 vols. Remembrancer, from 1775 to 1784.
Reynal (Abbe) Historie Phil. et Pol. &c. 5 and 6 Tome, ed. Hague, 1774. Translated ed. 1782.
Rouchefoucault Liancourt (Duke de la) in United States and Canada, 1795-7. Rogers (Robert) concise account of North America, 1 vol. S.
Sketches of New Brunswick. [Chubb and Sears] ed. 1825. Smith (John) History of North and South Virginia. (Thomas) Journal of Falmouth, &c. A. D. 1720 to 1787, ed. 1821.
Sullivan (James) History of the District of Maine, ed. 1795. T.
Trumbull (Benjamin) History of Connecticut, 2 vols. ed. 1818. (Henry) History of the Indian Wars, ed. 1819. U. Universal History,-vols. 39, 40, 41, ed. 1763 -- 4. W.
Willis (William) History of Portland. Williams (Samuel) History of Vermont, 2 vols. ed. 1809.
Winthrop (John) Journal from 1630 to 1645, ed. 1790.
Wynne's History of the British Empire in America to 1763, 2 vols. Y.
Young (W. A.) History of North and South America, 2 vols. 12mo.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
INTRODUCTION. Page 10 to 182.
SEc. 1. The limits of the State; 2d, its Geography ; 3d, its Climate ; 4th, its Vegetable Productions ; 5th, its Native Animals; and 6th, its Min- erals.
A. D. CHAPTER I. p. 183-203.
1602-3. Gosnold's and Pring's voyages to this country.
1603-4. De Monts' Patent of Acadia, and his visits to St. Croix.
1605. Weymouth's, Chalons' and Hanham's voyages to our coasts.
1606. North and South Virginia Patent granted.
1607-8. Sagadahock Colony commenced and terminated.
CHAPTER II.
p. 204-219.
1609-10. French settlements at Port Royal, Quebec and Mount Desert .- South Virginia and Newfoundland plantations. R. Vines' visits to Saco river.
1611-12. Voyages of Argal, Somers and Harlow noticed.
1613. Eastern French subdued by Argal.
1614. Smith's and Hunt's visits at Sagadahock. Smith's Map and His- tory of New-England.
1615. Attempts to effect settlements in Maine.
1615-18. Wars, famine and plague among the Indians of New-England.
1617-19. The designs of Vines, Smith, Rocroft and Dermer, to effect plantations, unsuccessful.
1620. New-Plymouth Colony planted.
CHAPTER III. p. 220-244.
1620. The Council of Plymouth, in England, established, and the Grand Patent granted.
1621-2. Mariana, Nova Scotia, Laconia-Patents granted. Monhegan peopled.
1623. Saco, New-Hampshire, Sagadahock, and Pemaquid settled. Rob- ert Gorges, Governor of New-England, arrives. Sir Ferdi- nando defends the Grand Patent.
1624. Settlement of Agamenticus and patents there.
1625. King Charles' marriage with a French Princess,-the occasion of subsequent evils to this country.
1626. Monhegan purchased by Elbridge and Aldsworth. Trading house at Penobscot erected.
1627-8. Kennebeck and Massachusetts' Patents granted ; the Kirks take Canada.
1629-30. New-Hampshire -- Cammock's-Kennebeck-Saco-Lygonia and Muscongus Patents obtained from the Plymouth Council.
1631. Pemaquid Patent granted-settlements on the Eastern coasts.
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CHAPTER IV. Page 245-260.
1631-2. La Tour's claim. Treaty of St. Germains. " Acadia" resigned to France. Razilla takes possession. Plunder of Penobscot trading-house.
1633. French grants to Razilla and la Tour. Machias trading-house plundered.
1634. Difficulties with the Indians and with Dixy Bull and other pirates.
1635. The Grand Patent divided into 12 Provinces, and the Charter resigned. Lords Commissioners of Plantations appointed-Sir Ferdinando Gorges nominated Governor of New-England.
CHAPTER V. p. 261-271.
1635. Extent and right of the French claim to Penobscot examined.
1636. New Somersetshire established .- William Gorges, its Governor, arrives, forms an administration, and holds Courts. Nine set- tlements between Piscataqua and Penobscot,
1637-8. Governor Gorges returns home. Pequods subdued. Sir Ferdi- nando appointed Governor General of New-England. G. Bur- det. An earthquake.
CHAPTER VI. p. 272-306. 1639-40. Gorges obtains a Charter of the Province of Maine. He in- stitutes a government there. The administration and officers, under Thomas Gorges, Governor. Origin of York and Somer- set counties or divisions.
1641-2. Agamenticus made a Borough-raised to a City. New-Hamp- shire and Pejepscot unite with Massachusetts. The Isles of Shoals revolt. The British Commons favor New-England.
1643. Confederacy of 4 Colonies. Wells settled. Alexander Rigby purchases Lygonia, and appoints G. Cleaves his Deputy-Presi- dent.
1644-5. Cleaves calls a Court, and contends for jurisdiction with the Gov- ernment under Gorges-now administered by R. Vines and a Council.
1646. Decision in favor of Rigby's claim. Cleaves opens a Court at Saco. The administration under Gorges' Charter revised; and Edward Godfrey elected Governor.
1647. Kittery made a town. Death and character of Sir F. Gorges. CHAPTER VII. p. 307-324.
1635-40. Death of Razilla. La Tour settled at St. John's, and d'Aulney at 'Biguyduce. Their contentions. The rivals among
1641-3. La Tour applies for help to Massachusetts. the eastern settlers. D'Aulney affronted with the English.
1644-6. He negotiates with Massachusetts. His attack on la Tour's fort repulsed by his wife. His treaty with Massachusetts.
1647. He captures la Tour's fort at St. John's. Death of la Tour's wife.
1648-9. His villainy and absence. A political view of the natives.
1650-2. D'Aulney dies ;- and la Tour returns and marries his widow. The English missionaries and French settlements.
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A. D. CHAPTER VIII. page 325-333. 1647-8. The 4 civil divisions eastward,-viz. Maine,-Lygonia .- Saga- dahock,-Penobscot,-and their respective governments.
1650-1. Rigby's death. The Drowne, Brown and Tappan Rights. Sev- eral Islands purchased at Sagadahock .- The Cowsegan Claim.
CHAPTER IX. p. 334-357.
1651-2. Massachusetts extends her claim eastward. She is opposed by Gov. Godfrey and his adherents in Maine. Edward Rigby's mandatory letter to the people of Lygonia.
1652. Commissioners appointed by Massachusetts to bring the people of Maine under her jurisdiction. Kittery and Agamenticus sub- mit. The latter made a town by the name of York. York- shire established and Courts of justice instituted.
1653. Kittery and York first represented in the General Court at Boston. Wells, Saco and Cape Porpoise submit. Their civil affairs. Mass. is opposed by Cleaves and others in Lygonia.
CHAPTER X. p. 358-364.
1652-3. The Dutch War. View of the Natives and the eastern French.
1654-5. Reduction of Nova Scotia to the English government, by the offi- cers of Lord Cromwell ;- and Temple appointed Governor.
1656-7. A Charter of Nova Scotia, granted by the Protector, to la Tour, Temple and Crown jointly. Mistakes in the Charter considered.
CHAPTER XI. p. 365-370.
1650-3. Affairs at Kennebeck regulated by New-Plymouth.
1654-5. A government instituted there, by her Commissioner. A lease of the trade there for seven years.
1656-60. All attempts to revive the trade unsuccessful.
1661. The Kennebeck Patent sold to Bois and others, for £400.
CHAPTER XII. p. 371-386.
1653-4. The government and laws of Massachusetts transferred to the people of Maine. Officers, Courts and Militia.
1640-60. Code of statute law. Sectaries assailed. Crimes and punish- ments,-Education, taxes and assessments, reviewed.
CHAPTER XIII. p. 387-397. 1653-5-6. Massachusetts extends her patent jurisdiction to Clapboard Isl- and in Casco bay. Maine militia formed into a regiment. Reg- ulations of the Indians revised.
1657-8. Scarborough and Falmouth submit to Massachusetts-are made towns-and become a part of Yorkshire.
CHAPTER XIV. p. 398-411.
1660. Restoration of Charles II. Lygonia lost, and New-Hampshire and Maine restored to their respective claimants.
1661. Isles of Shoals formed into a town, under the name of Appledore. 1662-3. Revolution attempted in Maine by John Archdale, agent of Gor- ges. Col. Temple's government of Nova Scotia.
1664. Massachusetts ordered to restore Maine to Gorges. Sagadahock Province patented to the Duke of York. The king appoints VOL. I. 2
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A. D. four Commissioners, to rectify affairs and settle troubles throughout New-England.
CHAPTER XV. page 412-430.
1664-5. The dispute about the surrender of Maine. The king's Commis- sioners visit the Province. They form a Judiciary of eleven Justices ;- William Phillips appointed commandant of the pro- vincial militia. The settlement of a government by the Com- missioners in the ducal Province of Sagadahock. Their ac- count of the country.
1666. They are recalled. War with France.
1667-3. Treaty of Breda. Nova Scotia resigned to the French. Admin- istration of the civil affairs in Maine, under the government in- stituted by the Commissioners.
1668.
CHAPTER XVI. p. 431-452. Massachusetts resumes the government of Maine. Gov. Nichols opposes her. He is succeeded by Gov. Lovelace. The contro- versy (in July) at York, between her Commissioners and the Provincial Justices. The former prevail, and organize the af- fairs of Yorkshire-also appoint Bryan Pendleton, Major-com- mandant of the militia.
1669-70. Affairs of Maine settled. Wars between the Mohawks and N. England Tribes.
1671-2. Massachusetts, under a new survey of her patent, extends her jurisdiction eastward to Penobscot bay.
1673. Another Dutch war .- The ducal Gov. neglects Sagadahock.
1674. Devonshire established by Commissioners from Massachusetts, as a new County, extending from Sagadahock to Broad-bay. The officers, regulations, militia, courts and taxes. The Duke, James, takes a new patent of Sagadahock, and appoints E. An- dros, Governor.
1675. King Philip's war begins. Militia and population of Maine.
1676. Project of the Duke of Monmouth. Gorges' and Mason's claims revived. Randolph's visit and representations. Memorial of, Massachusetts.
1677. The Province of Maine purchased by Massachusetts for £1250. CHAPTER XVII. p. 453-462.
1615-75. The Aborigines. The Mohawks and tribes of New-England. Their Dialects. Indians of New-Hampshire. Passaconaway and Rowles.
CHAPTER XVIII. p. 463-483. 1615-75. The Abenaques and Etechemins-the two great aboriginal peo- ple of Maine, embracing, the one four, and the other three' Tribes. Their names, places of residence and their numbers. CHAPTER XIX. p. 484-514. 1615-75. The persons, character, habits and government of the Natives. Their wars with the colonists. Their crimes, employments, arts, amusements, knowledge and language.
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A. D. 1675.
CHAPTER XX. page 515-553. King Philip's war. Its causes. Purchas' house at Pejepscot plundered. Wakely and his family at Presumpscot, killed. Saco assailed, Scarborough burned, and Newichawannock at- attacked, twice, by the Indians. Death of Plaisted and his sons. Affairs at Sagadahock. Shurte's truce. Depredations at Stur- geon-creek and in Wells. A truce.
1676.
General warrants issued to arrest Indians. A parley at Tecon- net. Death of king Philip. His subjects fly to Maine. Thirty- four people killed or made captive at Casco. Nequasset [Wool- wich] and Arrowsick, assailed and burnt. Pemaquid reduced to ashes. Skirmish on Jewel's Island. The troops under Wal- dron and Frost meet 400 Indians at Dover. The sham-fight and seizure of them. The result. Cape Neddock destroyed. Black-point attacked. A vessel and crew seized at Richmond's Island. Mugg's treaty of peace. The story of Cobbet.
1677. A parley and skirmish at Mare-point. A bloody affray at Pema- quid. A garrison established westward of Arrowsick. Nine killed there, seven in York, and several in Wells. Mugg assails Black-point garrison, and is killed. The savages kill seven and take two in York and Wells. The good policy of Gov. Andros. 1678. April 12, Peace with the Indians at Casco.
CHAPTER XXI. p. 554-578.
1677-8. Affairs of Maine. Andros, Gov. of New-York and Sagadahock. 1679. Last session of the Courts in Maine, under the Colony charter of Massachusetts.
1680.
Massachusetts, after her purchase of Maine, assumes the charter of Gorges. Agents appointed to establish the government. An opposition. Randolph's representations. North-Yarmouth made a town. A form of government established and Thomas Dan- forth appointed President. The Provincial Council and Gen- eral Assemblies of Maine.
1681. Articles of union and agreement, adopted by Massachusetts. Pro- vince Treasurer. President's powers. The Baptists persecuted.
1682. Woodlands first taxed. Grants made.
1683. Pres. Danforth and other statesmen prosecuted by Randolph.
1684.
The Colonial Charter of Massachusetts vacated. Wharton's pur- chase of Pejepscot. Danforth's administration. Indian treaty. May, -- New administration over Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New-Hampshire and Maine, under President Dudley ; who was superseded, December 20th, by E. Andros.
1686.
CHAPTER XXII. p. 579-603. 16/0-3. Nova Scotia neglected by the French. Their claim to Penobscot. 2674-5. The Dutch seize Penobscot-abandon it. Le Bourg affronted.
1676. The Dutch capture the French garrison at Penobscot, and the English drive them away.
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1677-83. The measures of Gov. Andros at Sagadahock. He is succeeded by Mr. Dungan, Gov. of that Province and New-York.
1685-6. Death of Charles II. and accession of James II. who reappoints Dungan, Gov. of N. York and Sagadahock. His measures of ad- ministration under Palmer and West, in the Duke's Province.
1688. March,-Dungan superseded by E. Andros, Commander-in-Chief over New-England, including Sagadahock, New-York and the Jersies. The grievances of his administration. He seizes upon Penobscot, and orders the fort at Pemaquid to be rebuilt. His eastern expedition. He establishes in Sagadahock and Maine, eleven garrisons or forts.
1689. April .- Gov. Andros and his adherents seized and thrown into prison. A Council of Safety formed. The Gen. Court of Mas- sachusetts convened under the Colony Charter. James II. ab- dicates the British throne, and William and Mary proclaimed. The administration of President Danforth reestablished and his Council named. The command of the eastern military given to Col. Tyng and Maj. Frost. War between England and France. Conquest of Nova Scotia by Sir W. Phips. Unfortunate expedi- tion against Canada. First paper money issued.
1690.
1691. Charter of William and Mary granted-embracing Massachusetts, New-Plymouth, Maine and Sagadahock.
CHAPTER XXIII. p. 604-650.
1688. King William's or the 2d Indian War. Its causes. The Saga- mores mentioned. North-Yarmouth assailed. New-Dartmouth and Sheepscot destroyed-also Dover, in New-Hampshire.
1689. English captives first sold in Canada. Pemaquid burnt. 1st East. Expedition of Maj. Church. Defeats the enemy at Falmouth.
1690. Berwick destroyed. Falmouth laid waste. The garrisons at Pur- pooduck, Spurwink and Scarborough, retire to Saco, and thence to Wells. Church's 2d E. Expedition. Visits Androscoggin.
1691. Attacks on Wells; and Cape Neddock laid in ashes.
1692. Feb .- A great part of York burnt. Wells attacked. Church's 3d E. Expedition. Fort William Henry erected at Pemaquid.
1693. A stone fort built at Saco-falls. A truce.
1694. Attack on Kittery. Indians seized at Saco and Pemaquid.
1695. A parley at Rutherford's Island-not far from the new fort.
1696. July .- Fort William Henry surrendered to the enemy by Chubb. Church's 4th E. Expedition. He ascends the Penobscot, then proceeds to Passamaquoddy and the bay of Fundy.
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