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Lithgow, William, Major General, ii. 503, 517, 570; District Attorney, 550; Senator, 708.
Little Belt, attacks the frigate President, ii. 621.
Littlefield, James, Deputy Commissary General, ii. 428.
Livermore, town of, ii. 569.
Lords, Commissioners of plantation .- [See Commissioners.]
Lottery-Townships, ii. 530.
Lovewell, John, Capt., his excursions
against the Indians, ii. 134; his battle at Pegwacket, 136; killed, 137.
Lovewell's war, ii. 111.
Lovell, Solomon, General, a command- er in the Penobscot Expedition, ii. 471.
Lovell, town of, ii. 590.
Louisbourg, described, ii. 220; seige of, 223; officers and forces, 226-9; surrender, 232; resigned back, 257; a second surrender, 331-2.
Loyal, fort, i. 394; founded, 539; gar- risoned, 565; capitulates, 621. Lubec, town of, ii. 618.
Lygonia, patent, i. 238; a plantation, 266; R. Rigby purchases it and ap- points G. Cleaves Deputy-president, 295; his rights disputed, 296; decid- ed in his favor, 301; governed under Cleaves, 302; his administra- tion, 327; proprietary, 333; the body-politic dissolved by Rigby's son, 340; refuses to submit to Massachu- setts, 390; does finally submit, 391; terms, 392; annexed to Yorkshire, 395; the whole Province lost to the heir, 399; the provincials' address to the king, 418-19.
Lyman, town of, ii. 465.
Lynde, Joseph, a Councillor, ii. 76.
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Machias, river described, i. 83; first trading house there 249; the place attracts notice, ii. 380; visited by the British, 430; 461; garrisoned, 458; incorporated, 509.
Mackworth, Arthur, a councillor under, Gorges, i. 300; under Cleaves, 328; life, 684.
McCobb, Samuel, attends Arnold to Que- bec, ii. 440; Brig. General and Com- missioner of E. Department, 497.
Madison, James, President of United States, ii. 613.
Madison, town of, ii. 598.
Magalloway river, described, i. 43. Magocook, bay, i. 32.
MAINE, extent and boundaries, i. 10- 17, 84; its geography, 20-96; soils,
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97; climate, 98; vegetables, 105-132; animal nature, 132-173; minerals, 174; first settlement attempted, 197- 203; 3d attempt to plant a colony, 214; inhabitants on Monhegan, 226; at Saco, 227; in Sagadahock, 228; at Agamenticus, 231 : at Pemaquid, 242; first civil government 264; Gorges' Charter, 272; embraces the northerly Isles of Shoals, 276; its name, "Maine," 277 ; government, 278 ; T. Gorges, Deputy Govern- or, 283; divided into two Counties, 285; republican administration, 300; Colonel Rigby's claim east of Ken- nebunk, sustained, 302; civil wars of the French generals, perplex the province, 312-15; 323-5 ; a Gen. Court, 326; the provincials combine, 326; the administration, 327, 333; disputes with Massachusetts, 335- -
339; submits to her, 345-50; mili- tia, 353; taxes, 356; ecclesiastics, 353-4; 356, 378; records collected, 357; the laws of Massachusetts re- ceived and adopted, 372; criminal code, 381; petition to Lord Crom- well, 396; quietude in being con- nected with Massachusetts, 400 ; Gorges' claim established, 402; rev- olution, 403, 404; king's letter to the provincials, 412; parties, 414; Arch- dale acts as agent to Gorges, ib .; people under the king's protection, 416-17 ; his Commissioners, 435; controversy between those of Mas- sachusetts and the king's Justices, 435-7; Massachusetts resumes ju- risdiction, 437; her administration, 440-447; she purchases the Prov- ince, 451-2; last Court under her, 556; Gorges' charter resumed, 558; Provincial Government instituted, 559; the Council, 565; General As- sembly, 567; administration inter- rupted, 577-8; restored, 593; last General Assembly, 602; embraced by Charter of William and Mary, 600; [See Note, 601] ;- Province Government, ii. 14; resettlements, 31; sufferings of the people in the Indian wars, 48, 56, 76, 80 ; settlers leave it, 104; its western bounda- ries, 156; questioned, 175; referred, 196; decided, 199; surveyed, 204; new towns, 157; delayed, 163, 179; disputes about boundaries, 195-9; places resettled or populated, 210; defence, 214; the military, 219; the people's miseries, 236 ; defensive
forces, 243, 251, 255; the people's political and religious sentiments, 274; settlement of the country, 283, 287, 289; measures of defence, 297, 302; war, 312; gloom, 323; provin- cial interest promoted by the con- quest of Canada, 347; the incorpora- tion of new towns opposed by the Governor, 359; the eastern bounda- ry disputed, 363, 511; quieted, 550; drought and fires, 364 ; spirit of the people, 379; their policies, 400 ; the Revolution, 402; measures and suf- ferings, 409-426; defence, 434, 446, 450, 457; made a District, 467, 549; Courts, federal, 550; British attacks, 479; defence, 480, 496; a separation proposed and pursued, 521 ; Census, 549; collectors of the customs, 549 ; the country flourishes, 564 ; bounda- ries, 666; made a State, 675; first Legislature, 676; periods of History, 680; revenue and expenditure,
682-4.
Maine Charity School, ii. 638.
Major Biguyduce, described, i. 71; has a trading-house erected there, 233; plundered, 262; the place occupied by d'Aulney, 308; by baron de Cas- tine, 471; seized upon by the British, ii. 469; first settled, 534; called Cas- tine, 572: occupied by the British, 642.
Manning Nicholas, i. 684. Maps, of Maine, ii. 283, 479.
Manufactures, ii. 563, 636, 702.
March, Major, commands Casco-fort, ii. 43, 45, 54.
Marechites, Indians, i. 477 ; village, ib. warriors, 483.
Marepoint, i. 39; treaty of, 649.
Mariana, granted to Mason, i. 222. Mars Hill, described, i. 19, 94.
Marsh Island, described, i. 68, ii. 572.
Mason, John, i. 222; his patent, 223,
236 ; his death, 259 ; his widow, Anne, 353; his Masonia, 256, 259; lost to the heir, 399.
Massachusetts, her Charter, i. 233; as- sailed, 258, 269; umpirage between the claimants of Maine and Lygonia, 298; assists Gen. La Tour, 311, 313; affronts d'Aulney, 314; opens a trade with him, 316; extends her charter into Maine, 335-6 ; opposed, 337 ; denounces opponents, 339 ; adopts several towns, 344-56; extends her laws to Maine, 371-385; her sup- posed eastern limit, 387 ; opposes Gorges, 404; resumes her jurisdic-
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. tion of Maine, 405; is required to restore Maine to Gorges, 406; op- poses the king's Commissioners, 410, 418; remarks upon his letter, 413; resumes the government of Maine, 432, 435; surveys her eastern limits, 441; forms Devonshire County, 443; purchases Maine, 451 ; her Charter vacated, 572 ; new administration formed, 576, 584; a revolution, 591; last Gen. Court under the Colony- charter, 602 ; Provincial-Charter, 600 ; Laws and administration, ii. 10-19 ; loans, 104 ; embarass- ments, 318, 334; funds, 360; a pop- ular convention had, 384; Brit. troops stationed in her capital, 385; meas- ures of the British ministry towards her, 409 ; forms a provincial Con- gress, 412; a revolution, 433; new Courts, 444; oaths, 445; board of war, 451 ; her public affairs, 453 ; her government under the State- Constitution, 486 ; her public credit low, 498-9; her statute measures, 502; her statute-laws revised, 512; consents to a Separation, 663, 673. Masse, a Jesuit Missionary at Mt. De- sert, i. 206.
Matinicus, described, i. 63-4.
Maverick, Samuel, king's Commission- er, i. 409.
Mavooshen, Indian name for Maine, i. 13. Mercer, town of, ii. 598.
Merino Sheep, imported, ii. 593; price, 659.
Merrill Wm. Rev. first superintendant of the N. England churches, i. 229. Merry-concag, described, i. 32.
Merry-Meeting, buy, described, i. 46. Mexico, town of, ii. 668.
Michmaks, Indians, i. 478; kindness, 321.
Middle-bay, i. 32.
Mile tree, a northern monument, i. 15, 18; Mile-corner, 18.
Militia, organized, i, 376: formed into a regiment, 389, 444; new-moddled, ii. 17: in the towns, 219: improved, 387 : reorganized, 445: revised, 503; a 4th decision formed, 570; 5th and 6thı formed, 622; called for, 629; members, 633; 635; improved, 681. Mills, favored and regulated, ii. 73. Minerals, described, i. 174.
Ministers of the Gospel, ii. 78, 157; in the towns, 278-281: 30 in all, 400: sectarian, 487, 583, 688. Minot, town of, ii. 594. Mitten, Michael, i. 683.
Monhegan, tribes, i. 454.
Mohawks, i. 322: the tribes, 454: trea- ty, ii. 299.
Monhegan Island, described, i. 61: set- tled, 226: sold, 232.
Money (see coins,) current, i. 382: scarcity, ii. 203: remitted hither from England, 260: gold, a tender, 360: metalic and federal, 570.
Monmouth, town of, ii. 553.
Monroe, town of, ii. 668.
Monseag bay, described, i. 52.
Montgomery, Gen. captures Montreal, ii. 439; death, 444.
Monument, Easter, i. 14, 86.
Montville, town of, ii. 608.
Moscow, town of, ii. 660.
Moody, Samuel, i. 684.
Moose Island, described, i. 85 .- [Sce Eastport.]
Moulton, Jeremiah, expedition against
Norridgewock, ii. 124: takes the place, 130: a Councillor, Judge and military Commander, 226, 350-1.
Mount Desert, described, i. 78: the residence of two Jesuits, 205: grant- ed, ii. 362, 515: incorporated, 545. Mountjoy, George, surveys the Mass.
patent, as extended into Maine, i. 441: a king's Justice, 416: life, 684. Mount-Vernon, town of, ii. 555.
Mousom, river described, i. 26.
Mowett, Capt. visits Falmouth, ii. 417, dismantles fort Pownal, 418: is seiz- ed by Col. Thompson, 422: released and leaves the harbor, 425: burns Falmouth, 437: stationed at 'Biguy- duce, 469.
Muscongus, river and island described, i. 58; patent granted, 240; divided, ii. 97; called the Waldo-patent, ib; settled by Irish, 238; by Germans, 284.
Muster-masters, ii. 451.
N.
Narraguagus, river, described, i. 81. Narraganset, townships, ii. 181.
Nauseag, [See Nequasset.]
Neal, Walter, agent of Gorges and Ma- son, i. 244; Francis, 685.
Neddock, Cape, described, i. 24: the place destroyed, 540, 628.
Negunket, i. 25.
Negroes, or Blacks, ii. 74: number, 373. Nelson, John, Governor of N. Scotia, ii. 23.
Nequasset, i. 52: settled, 243: destroy- ed, 535: a precinct of Georgetown, ii. 89.
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Neutrals, French-[See “ French Neu- trals."]
New-Brunswick, Province established, ii. 510.
Newburgh, town of, ii. 674.
Newcastle, i. 408; visited by the Duke's Commissioners, 582; incorporated a town, ii. 290.
New-England, named, i. 213; patent of, granted, 220; general government attempted, 228; complaints against the corporation, 230 .- [See " Ply- mouth Council."]
Newfield, town of, i. 566.
Newfoundland, its fishery, i. 183; ii. 504, 659; colonized, i. 207.
New France, its extent, i. 261; ii. 294. New-Gloucester, granted, ii. 187 ; at- tacked, 270, 320 ; incorporated, 406-7.
New-Hampshire, settled, i. 228, 244; patented, 236 ;
confirmed, 256; unites with Massachusetts, 290; restored to R. T. Mason, 399, 402; a separate Colony, A. D. 1680, and Governor, ii. 204; disputes about boundary, 195.
Newichawannock, river described, i. 22; first settled, 243; Indians, 458, 460. [See Berwick.]
New Meadows, river described, i. 33.
Newport, town of, ii. 638.
New-Portland, town of, ii. 609.
Newry, town of, ii: 599.
New-Scotland .- [See "Nova Scotia."] New-Sharon, town of, ii. 514, 567. New-Somersetshire, two of the 12 Royal divisions, or provisions of the Grand Patent and lands, i. 256; governed by Gorges, 264; desirous of joining Massachusetts, 271.
Newspapers, first one in Maine, ii. 522; number, 672.
New Style, adopted, ii. 286.
New Tenor, ii. 208.
New Townships, ii. 180, 514. New-York, granted to the Duke of York, i. 407, 445: subdued by the English, 409: Nichols, Gov. 433: Andros, 445, 555, 584: Dungan, 581.
New-Vineyard, town of, 594.
Nichols, Col. Richard, a royal commis- sioner, i. 408-9: Gov. of N. York and Sagadahock, 433.
Nisi prius, system of trials, adopted, ii. 596.
Noble, James, claim under Brown, i. 330.
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Noble, Arthur, killed at Minas, ii. 250, 540.
Nobleborough, town of, ii. 540. [166.] Norombegue, i. 191, 248.
Norridgewock, Indian village, i. 49, 467; Catholic chapel there, ii. 27; burnt, 49, 131 ; a corporate town, 539.
North-Hill, town of, ii. 661.
Northport, town of, ii. 573.
North-Yarmouth, a town grant, i. 564; settlement broke up, 607-8; reset- tled, ii. 81, 109; a town with full immunities, 158; attacked by the In- dians, 237.
Norton, Henry, first Marshall of York- shire, i. 348.
Notaries Public, first noticed, i. 288; chosen, ii. 103; named, 479.
Nova Scotia, chartered to Sir W. Alex- ander, i. 223; settled, 224; surren- dered to the French, 247; governed by Razilla, 248; captured under Lord Cromwell, 360; his charter to three applicants, 363 ; surrendered to France, by treaty of Breda, 727; governed, 579; reduced by Sir W. Phips, 596; embraced by the Char- ter of William and Mary, ii. 9; re- signed to the Crown, 24; conceded to the French, 26; conquered by the English, 60; its affairs, 100; popu- lation, 246; disturbed, 264; fortified, 296; the French Neutrals in it sub- dued, 307-8; its government improv- ed, 345; list of governors and rulers in it, 368-[See Acadia.]
Noyes, John, fishery at Kennebec, ii. 90-1.
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Ohio-fever, ii. 664.
Oldham, a patentee of Saco, .i. 237; killed, 268, 685.
Oldtown, described, i. 68, 473; de- stroyed; ii. 121.
Openangos, Indians, i. 474 .- [See 'Quod- dy Indians.]
Orland, granted, ii. 362; a town, 590. Orono, town of, ii. 601.
Orphan Island, i. 69; first inhabited, ii. 370. (note *. )
Orrington, town of, ii. 538.
Ossipee, Great and Little river, describ- ed, i. 28.
Otisfield, town of, ii. 579. Oxford County, established, ii. 600.
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Palermo, town of, ii. 598.
Palmer, John, a Commissioner at Saga- dahock, under Dungan, i. 582.
Palmyra, town of, ii. 609.
Paper Money, first introduced, i. 599;
an evil, ii. 85; loaned, 104, 163; re- deemable, 184; land bank, 203; old and new tenor, 208; redeemed, 261; emitted conditionally, 282; very scarce, 319, 434 ; first continental bills, 425; depreciated, 466, 498; Bank-bills, 595, 685.
Parker's Island, or Erascohegan, de- scribed, i. 53; purchased by John Parker, 330, 685; a precinct and part of Georgetown, ii. 89.
Paris, town of, ii. 556.
Parliament, acts of as to the Post-of- fice, ii. 74; against trespasses, 96, 282; as to navigation and iron, 282; molasses, 283; stamps, 378; teas, 382 .- [See "B. A. System."] Parsonsfield, a town, ii. 518.
Parties, political, i. 602; [See "Whig" and "Tory," ii. 358; "Democrats" and "Federalists," ii. 558, 600, 620.] Passamaquoddy, i. 84; Indians, 474; ii. their site, 591.
Passaconaway, an Indian Chief, i. 461. Patents of land, i. 188, 220, 223, 231, 233, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 256.
Pegwacket, i. 28; an Indian village, 466; battle of, ii. 137.
Pegypscot, falls, i. 46; settlement, 266; its jurisdiction assigned to Massa- chusetts, 290; destroyed by the In- dians, 520; Indian deed to Purchas, 573; fort, 590; settlement revived, ii. 29; the purchase changes owners, 87; boundary settled, 584.
Pemaquid, river, i. 57; patent, 241; plantation, 267; its government, 329, 333; burnt, 537; revived, 581-2, 587, destroyed, 612; revived, ii. 166 .- [See Bristol.]
Pendleton, Bryan, a commissioner, i. 348; one of Danforth's Council, 565; life, 686.
Penobscot, the river described, i. 65; discovered, 186; first explored, 193; first trading house there, 233; de- stroyed, 248; plundered, 262; occu- pied by d'Aulney, 308, 311; a place of trade, 323; governed by Colonel Temple, 363-4, 406; seized by the Dutch, yet abandoned, 580-1; Wines there taken, 583; Andros visits it, 587; population, 588; embraced by
the Charter of William and Mary, 600; Villieu, French Governor, 640; viewed and visited, ii. 256, 284; pos- session taken and fort Pownal built, 335-8; settlements proposed, 342; twelve townships granted, 361; fort Pownal dismantled, 418; seized upon by the British, 468; abandoned, 504; -[See " Major Biguyduce."] ; occu- pied by the British, 640-650; gov- ernment instituted, 651; evacuated, 657.
Penobscot Indians .- [See " Tarratines."] " town of, ii. 362, 534.
" " County established, ii. 661. Pequots, Indians, destroyed, i. 268.
Pepperell, [Sir] William, a militia Col. ii. 200; commander in the siege of Louisbourg, 224; his victory, 232; knighted, 233; commands the Cas- tle, 328; his death, 341; his family, i. 687.
Pepperellborough, ii. 384 .- [See Saco.] Perry, town of, ii. 668.
Philip, Indian king, war, i. 515; death, 533.
Phillips, Walter, early settler at New- castle, i. 689; ii. 290.
Phillips, William, Major Commandant in Yorkshire, i. 403; his property, ii. 383; his character; i. 688.
Phillips, town of, ii. 626. Phillipstown, now Sanford. Phinney, Colonel, ii. 428.
Phips, Sir Wm. subdues Nova Scotia, i. 596; expedition to Canada, 596-7; Governor of Massachusetts, 634; re- cal and death, ii. 22.
Phips, Spencer, Councillor and Lieut. Governor, ii. 161-2; in the chair, 260.
Phipsburgh, town of, ii. 637
Piscataqua, river described, i. 21, 186; its plantations, 244, 265; combina- tion, 286.
Piscataquis, river described, i. 67.
Pitt, Wm. at the head of the British ministry, ii. 330
Pittston, town of, ii. 467.
Plaisted, Roger, and sons, i. 404, 528, 690; Ichabod, a councillor, i. 75; a land-committee, 86.
Plantations, not taxed, ii. 186; first taxed, 281.
Plants, native, i. 118.
Plough-patent, i. 238; its end, 342 .- [See Lygonia.]
Plymouth Council or Company's Grand Patent, i. 220; assailed, 229, 254;
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divided into twelve Royal Provinces, and dissolved, 256-8.
Plymouth Colony, planted, i. 219.
Plymouth Patent, on the Kennebec, granted, i. 233, 236; homicide there, 252-3; trade and government within it, 365, 369: sold, 370: bounded, ii. 583 .- [See " Kennebeck."]
Poland, town of, ii. 568. Pool, described, i. 22.
Popham, fort i. 199; trading house, 252; perhaps called fort Anne, 590. Population, i. 267, 447; ii. 186, 212, 357,
373, 617 :- natives, 479, 483; ii. 372, 669; Negroes, ii. 373.
Porter, town of, ii. 608.
Portland, incorporated, ii. 528; [See Falmouth;] i. 239, 429, 620 ; ii. 81-3, 473.
Post-office, first established, ii. 74.
Povey, Thomas, Lieutenant Governor, ii. 34.
Powell, Jeremiah, Representative to General Court, from N. Yarmouth, i. 565; a councillor, ii. 485; president of the first Senate, 485.
Pownal, Thomas, Governor, arrives, ii. 327; his measures at St. Georges, 333; a watchful ruler, 349; leaves the Province, 355.
Pownal, town of, ii. 609.
Pownalborough, a town, ii. 352; Shire town, 532.
Preble, Abraham, a Commissioner i. 348; an associate, 397; a councillor, 300; life, 690.
Preble, Jedediah, commands fort Pow- nal, ii. 338, 344; resigns to Goldth- wait, 371; a general officer, 416; a councillor, 484; a Senator, 487; death, 484.
Preble, Edward, naval commander, ii. 604; Fort Preble, i. 35.
Presbyterians, ii. 694.
Presumpscot, river described, i. 31.
Pretender, son of James, II., ii. 33. Pring Martin, his voyage, i. 185. Proprieties, ii. 182, 287.
Prospect, town of, ii. 565.
Public lands, [See Committees on lands, ii. 569, 592, 679.]
Purchas, Thomas, settles in Brunswick, i. 266; one of W. Gorges' assistants, 265; assigns Pegypscot to Massachu- setts, 290; sole assistnat on Kenne- bec, 367; his lawsuit with Mrs. Way, 396; character, 690.
Purpoodic, described, i. 30; [See Cape Elizabeth, ii. 377.]
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Quaheag, bay, described, i. 32.
Quakers, law against, i. 380; persecut- ed, 593; ii. 276; numbers, 282, Note *, 698.
Quampeagan Falls, i. 21; settlement there, 243.
Quebec, province of, i. 13; captured, ii. 340; its government, 367.
'Quoddy Indians, i. 474-5-6 ;- [See Openangos,] numbers, 483;
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Ràle, Sebastian, ii. 92; his character and conduct, 101, 106; killed, 130. Rambouillet decree, ii. 613.
Randolph, Edward, reports, i. 449, 560. Raymond, town of, ii. 598.
Raynes, Francis, i. 691.
Razilla, M. de, Ruler of Acadia, i. 248; grant to him, 249; resided at la Heve, 262; death, 307.
Readfield, town of, ii. 553.
Records, collected, i. 357; removed from Boston to the Eastern Counties, ii. 573; "Sheepscot Records," i. 424.
Religious Sectarians, ii. 275, 691; free- dom bill, 619.
Reptiles, i. 169.
Republicans, [See Democrats.]
Restrictive system, begun, ii. 602; Em- bargo, 603; non-intercourse, 612; examined, 621; repealed, 635.
Revolution, American, commences, ii. 413; committees of safety and sup- plies, 416; colonists arouse to arms, 419; military officers appointed, 425, 428; civil officers commissioned anew, 433; events of the war, 427- 501; army disbanded, 504.
Reynal, Nicholas, i. 691.
Richards, John, purchases Jeremisquam, i. 330.
Richman's Isl. i. 30; battle there, 541. Richmond-fort, ii. 97; attacked, 268.
Rigby, Sir Alexander, his character, i. 299; purchases Lygonia, 295; his title confirmed, 301; provincial adminis- tration, 327-8; death, 328. Ripley, town of, ii. 661.
Rishworth, Edward, a Councillor and recorder, i. 303: clerk of the Courts, 348; a deputy to the General Court, 349, 452; an associate, 497; Arch- dale's assistant, 411; his character, 691.
Robbinston, incorporated a town, ii. 618.
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Robinson, Francis, a councillor, i. 298, 300.
Road, first laid out from Pegypscot to Brunswick, ii. 86; from Kennebec to Penobscot, and extended to Pas- samaquoddy, 532.
Rocroft, Edward, his voyage, i. 217. Rome, town of, ii. 598.
Rowles, an Indian Chief, i. 461.
Royall, William, one of Cleaves' assist- ants, i. 327; sketch of character, 691. Royal's River, described, i. 31.
Rumford, town of, ii. 590.
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Saco, river described, i. 27; discover- ed, 186; plantation settled, 227; patents, 237; seat of government, 264, 283, 285; submits to Mass. and made a town, 350; Note upon it, 352; visited by the king's Com- missioners, 429-30; people driven away by the Indians, 522; return, ii. 29; again forced to leave, 42, 45; re- settled, 81; [See Biddeford; ] divided and called Pepperellborough, 394 and Note.
Şagadahock, river described, i. 42; first colony began, 198; abandoned, 201; resettled, 228; " a territory" so called and settled 243 ; 267 ; extent, 328, 408; granted as a Province -- to the duke of York, 407; king's Commissioners form a government there, 420-1; its records, 424; its Justices, 441: embraced in part by the claim of Massachusetts, 442: neglected by Governor Lovelace, 441-3; formed into a new County by Massachusetts, 443; governed by Andros, under the Duke's new Patent, 445; by Dungan, 580-1-2; by An- dros, 587; embraced by Charter of
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- William and Mary, 600; claimed by the French as well as by the English, ii. 26; disputed, 27; its history blended with that of Nova Scotia, 62; laid waste, 68; its soil claimed by the crown, 96; its settlement pro- jected by Armstrong and Coram, 96; 100; Councillor Dudley's case, 103; condition of the Province, 164; possessed by Dunbar, 166; himself removed, 176; jurisdiction resumed by Massachusetts, 177; dormant claims revived, 192; claimed in part by the French, 291; towns located in it, 361: line between the province and Nova Scotia disputed, 363; its
settlements, 384-9; seized upon by 1
the British, 650-3;' Councillors for this Province: 11, 75, 161, 350, 484-5. Sagamore, Indian, i. 516, 605: ii. 69, 149.
Saint Germains, treaty of, i. 246-7.
Salaries, ii. 51, 98, 160, 168, 184. Salmon-fall, river described, i. 21.
Saltonstall, Commodore, ii. 470: defeat- ed, 476: cashiered, 478.
Sandford, town of, ii. 182: incorporat- ed. 383.
Sangerville, town of, ii. 638.
Sankey, Robert, Provost marshall, i. 282. Sassafras, i. 111: medicinal, 186.
Scammel, fort, i. 35.
Scammon, Humphrey, i. 692: James, Colonel, leads a Regiment to Cam- bridge, ii. 419.
Scarborough, i. 29: first settled, 236,
. 265: submits to Massachusetts and made a town, 391-2: visited by the king's Commissioners, 420; burnt 523, 540: revived, 570: the people flee before the Indians, 622: town resettled, ii. 29: attacked, 42, 44 : revived, 81-2.
Schoodic or St. Croix, river described, i. 86, 190: its banks settled, ii. 510: disputes of the borderers, 510-11. Schools, [See Education.]
Scottow, Joshua, his residence, i. 392: one of President Danforth's council, 565, 593, 692: a Judge of probate, and his son, Register, ii. 16.
Seamen's war, ii. 630.
Searsmont, town of, ii. 637.
Sea-serpent, ii. 671.
Sebascodegan, island, i. 32, 40; purchas- ed, 365.
Sebasticook, river described, i. 50.
Sebago, lake and pond, i. 31.
Sebec, town of, ii. 626.
Sectaries, religious, ii. 159, 692-700
Sedgwick, Robert, an officer in the con- quest of Nova Scotia, i. 360.
Sedgwick, town of, granted, ii. 362; in- corporated, 541.
Sedition-law, ii. 581.
Seguin, Island described, i. 42.
Separation of Maine from Massachu- setts attempted, ii. 521-5; resumed, 663; effected, 671.
Shapleigh, Nicholas, a councillor, i. 298, 325; collector and shire treasurer,
347; Colonel, 380; associate, 397; a sketch of his character, 693. Shapleigh, town of, ii. 517.
Shays, Daniel, rebellion, ii. 530.
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Sheepscot, river, i. 54; "farms," or plan- tation, 243; peopled by the Dutch, 420; records, 424; fortified, 590; de- stroyed, 609; [See Dartmouth,] also Newcastle, ii. 290. Shellfish, species of, i. 165. Shire towns, ii. 549.
Shirley, William, Governor appointed, ii. 204, Commissioner to France, 260; returns, 291; leaves the Province, 319.
Shoals, Isles of, [See " Isles of Shoals"] i. 345, 349; inhabited by forty fami- lies, 401, 600; division of them, ii. 197.
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