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Shurte, Abraham, agent of Elbridge and Aldsworth, i. 232: otok posses- sion of Pemaquid, 242: a magis- trate, 267, 328: detained at Penob- scot by d'Aulney, 315: his truce with the Indians, 526: his deposi- tion, 603: character, 694.
Shute, Samuel, Governor, ii. 86: ar- rives, 91: returns to England, 110. Sidney, town of, ii. 553.
Slavery, abolished, ii. 536: Slaves, 373. Small, Edward, a councillor, i. 300. Small-point, Cape, i. 33.
Small-pox, fatal among the Indians, i. 440: and English, ii. 329, 466.
Smith, John, Capt. i. 211: visits Saga- dahock, 212: his map and history of New-England, 213: attempts a Col- ony, 214.
Sokokis, Indians, i. 459: described, 465: warriors, 483. Soils, i. 97.
Solon, town of, ii. 611. Somersetshire,-[See "New Somerset- shire.]
Somerset, or New-Somerset, a new county or "District," under Gorges, " East" of Kennebunk, i. 285. Somerset County, established, ii. 611. Sounds, into Portland-harbor, i. 34. South Berwick, town of, ii. 638. Spanish war, ii. 202, 234, 253. Speculation, in lands, ii. 163.
Spencer, Roger, claims part of Arrow- sick, i. 330, character, 694. Spruce creek, i. 22. Spurwink, i. 29.
St. Albans, town of, ii. 632.
St. Croix, decision as to it, by Com- missioners, i. 14: ii. 578 .- [See " Schoodic" and "Croix, St."]
St. Francois Indians, ii. 40: village de- stroyed, 340-1.
St. Georges, river described, i. 59 : Islands, 60 : town of, ii. 597 : Fort, 97, 287.
St. Germains, treaty of, i. 246-7.
St. Johns, river described, i. 88-9: Indians, 477, 483.
Stamp-act, ii. 378: repealed, 379: Fed- eral, 588.
Standish, granted, ii. 284: incorporat- ed, 517.
Starks, town of, ii. 569.
Steuben, town of, granted, ii. 362: in- corporated, 568.
Stevens, river described, i. 33.
Strong, Caleb, Governor, ii. 588.
Strong, town of, ii. 591.
Stroudwater, i. 30: [See Westbrook, ii. 638."]
Sturgeon-Creek, described, i. 22.
Suassaye, arrives at Mt. Desert, i. 209 Subercase, succeeds Brouillon in Nova Scotia, ii. 49.
Sullivan, James, Gov. ii. 605: death, 610.
Sullivan, town of, granted, ii. 362: in- corporated, 544.
Sumner, Increase, Governor, ii. 574, 577: death, 585.
Sumner, town of, ii. 580.
Surry, town of, granted, ii. 362; in- corporated, 598.
Surveyors of the king's woods, ii. 28, 213, 380.
Swan Island, i. 50.
Swanville, town of, ii. 668.
Swarton, Hannah, her captivity, i. 657. Sweden, town of ii. 632.
Synod, i. 379, opposed, ii. 153.
T.
Tappan, Christopher, his tract, i. 330; resettled, ii. 97, 107, 290; the right, 623.
Tar and Pitch, ii. 95.
Tarratine, Indians, i. 459; described, 470; village, 472; numbers, 483; troubled, ii. 316; war against them, 317; friendly, 324, 426; treaty with them, 571, [See Treaties.]
Taxation, manner of, i. 385; taxes, ii. 286, 684; federal, 632.
Tea act, ii. 382; tea destroyed, 404, 408. Teconnet-falls, i. 50.
Temple, Sir Thomas, Governor of Nova Scotia, i. 362; his character, 363; his reappointment, 406; death and will, 428. Temple, town of, ii. 597.
Thatcher, George, Rerpresentative to Congress, ii. 536, 562;
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Thomaston, first settled, ii. 238; en- larged, 284; incorporated, 460.
Thompson, Colonel Samuel, seizes Mowett, ii. 422; a Brigadier Gener- eral, 445; ordered to detach militia, 469; a Senator, 708. Thorndike, town of, ii. 674. Throat-distemper, ii. 186.
Timber-trees, belonging to the crown to be preserved, ii. 28, 74 ; consid- ered, 94, 99; laws to preserve them, 508.
Tonnage, ii. 617.
Topsham, ii. 87-8; families there, 159; incorporated, 374.
Tories, i. 602; ii. 420.
Tour, Claude, St. Estienne de la, ob- tains a patent of lands at St. Johns, i. 245; a baronet, 246; obtains an assignment from Sir W. Alexander to himself and his son Charles, 246; four of them granted to the father, 250; has command eastward of St. Croix, 262.
Tour, Charles de la, seated at the river St. John, claims to rule from Passa- maquoddy, eastward, i. 308; is a prot- estant, 309; quarrels with d'Aulney and flees to Boston, 309-10; appoint- ed Lieut. Gov. in Acadia, 310; ob- tains an outfit, 313; his wife arrives at Boston, and obtains money by law and returns to St. John, 316-17; repels d'Aulney, 318; is plundcred and his wife made a prisoner and dies, 320-1; runs away, 321-2; re- turns and marries d'Aulney's widow, 323; his employment, 359; his death and character, 362; his heir, S. la Tour, 362.
Town Officers, i. 375; ii. 683. Townshend, surveyed by Dunbar and established, ii. 166-[See Boothbay.] Tow-woh, i. 180 .- [See Lebanon.] Trade, ii. 162, 188, 209, 263, 283, 348, 370, 381, 385; in lumber, fish and ashes, 508, 617, 700; at Castine, 653; in general, 659. Treason, law against, ii. 457.
Treaties, St. Germains, i. 246-7; Nova Scotia confirmed to the English, 361; Indian, 424; Breda, 427; Mugg's, 543; Casco, 552; Portsmouth, 575;
Pomaquid,
638;
Ryswick,
648; Mare-point, 649; Utrecht, ii. 66; Portsmouth ib. Arrowsick, 92 Boston, 148; Aix-la-Chapelle, 257; Falmouth, 258: Halifax, 344; Wa- tertown, 450; Paris, 367, 504; Tarra- tine, 516, 571, 669; Commercial with
England, 561; French, 588; English, 656.
Trees, species of, i. 105.
Trenton, battle of, ii. 457.
Trenton, town of, granted, ii. 362; in- corporated, 543.
Trespasses, in royal woods, forbidden, ii. 96, 168, 189, 213, 282.
Troy, town of, ii. 626.
Truckhouses, i. 249; established, ii. 147, 153; and masters, 154; re-opened, 263, 284; trade resumed, 356.
Trustee Process, first instituted, ii. 349. Truxton's, victory, ii. 581.
Tucker, Richard, a joint settler and claimant of Falmouth, i. 393.
Tucker, Com. Samuel, his naval success, ii. 464.
Turner, town of, ii. 528.
Tyng, a prisoner, i. 659, ii. 45.
Tyng, Edward, Capt. Commands in the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 223 : character, i. 695.
U.
Union, river described, i. 77; the town- ships located, ii. 362.
Union, town of, ii. 528.
Union of four Colonies, i. 292; they refuse to admit Maine and Lygonia, 297; aid in second Indian war, 614 -15; 'General Union' proposed, ii. 299.
United States, declare independence, ii. 447; raise an army, 453; joined by the Eastern Indians, 463; make peace, 504; adopt the national Con- stitution, 535.
Unity, town of, ii. 598.
V.
Valuations, general, taken for the ap- portionment of taxes, ii. 185, 212, 285, 357, 508, 590, 636.
Vassal, Florentius, his project of set- tling Sagadahock, ii. 290.
Vassalborough, town of, ii. 391. Vaudreuil, Gov. of Canada, ii. 40, 49; urges the Indians to war, 105.
Vaughan, William, his claim under Brown, i. 330 ; and Dunbar, ii. 167 ; aids in the capture of Cape Breton, 220.
Vegetables, species of, i. 119. Vermes, i. 167.
Vetch, Samuel, nominal Gov. of Nova Scotia, ii. 50, 60, 100. Vienna, town of, ii. 594.
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Villebon, governs Nova Scotia, ii. 23: his claim, 27.
Vinalhaven, town of, ii. 546. Vines, species of, i. 129.
Vines, Richard, first comes to Maine, i. 206: settles at Saco, 216: Govern- or of the plantation, 264: Council- lor to Thomas Gorges, 278: his ju- risdictional dispute with George Cleaves, 297: chosen deputy Gov- ernor, 298, 300: removes to Barba- does, 303, 315: character, 696.
Virginia, North and South, i. 195: its charter government, 196: settlement attempted, 197: takes new Patents, 206 .- [See New-England.]
W.
Wadsworth, Gen. Peleg, ii. 471: com- mands in the Penobscot expedition, 471 : in the Eastern department, 481 : confined, as a prisoner at 'Big- uyduce, 489: escapes, 494: Senator, 708: member of Congress, 709: his death, ib. Note.
Waldo, Samuel, interested in the Mis- congus patent, i. 240: dispute with the natives, ii. 173, 190, 238: Colo- nel of the Eastern regiment, 201: a general in the siege of Louisbourg, 225: invites foreigners to settle his patent, 238, 455: his command in the Spanish war, 250: his death, 338: his children, 388: Waldo patent, di- vided into shares, ii. 97, 516: sur- veyed, 584 .- [See Muscongus.]
Waldoborough, town of, settled, ii. 284: destroyed, 244: revived, 285: incor- porated, 398.
Wales, town of, ii. 661.
Walpole, laid out and named by Dun- bar, ii. 166. [See Nobleborough.] Walton, Col. ii. 103.
Wampam, i. 235: a tender, 383, 505. Warren, town of, settled, ii. 238: en- larged, 284: incorporated, 454. Warsaw, town of, ii. 674.
Wars, savage, i. 214: Phillip's, 515: king William's, 595, 604: Queen Anne's, ii. 33, 39, Lovewell's, and fourth Indian, 111, 145: Spanish and fifth Indian, 218, 234, 240: French, and sixth Indian, 304: Revolutionary, 419, 425, 437: Seamen's with Eng- land, 629: cvents of it, 630-40.
Warwick, Earl of. Gov. of American Plantations, i. 292.
Washington, George, agent to Ohio, ii. 296: Commander in Chief of the
American army, 425: President of the United States, 547: death, 586. Washington County, established, ii. 548-9-
Washington, town of, ii. 618. " Benevolent Societies es- tablished, ii. 632.
Waterborough, town of, ii. 534-5.
Waterford, town of, ii. 576.
Waterville, town of, ii. 594: College, ib. Watts, Henry, one of Cleaves' assist- ants, i. 327.
Wawenocks, Indians, i. 459: account of them, 468: warriors, 483.
Way, George, settler at Pegypscot, i. 266.
Wayne, town of, ii. 579. Weld, town of, ii. 661.
Wells, settled, i. 293: church gathered there, 294: submits to Massachusetts and made a town, 351: troubled, 354: attacked, 542: receives the Eastern provincials, 622: bravely defended, 631: assisted, ii. 29: attacked, 42: resists with success, 76: population, 373.
Wesserunsett, river, i. 49.
Westbrook, Col. Thomas, visits Nor- ridgewock, ii. 109: commands St. George's fort, 115: his eastern expe- dition, 120: destroys Old-town, 121: his eastern tour, 133.
Westbrook, town of, ii. 638.
West, Francis, Admiral of New-Eng- land. i. 229.
West Indies, trade opened with them, i. 287.
Westecustego, river described, i. 31. Weymouth, George, his voyage, i. 191 : explores the Penobscot, 193.
Wheaton, Mason, Maj. ii. 428, 461.
Wheelwright, Rev. John, settles at Wells, i. 293; his agency in Eng- land, 396; his son Samuel, ii. 76; his grandson, John, a Councillor, ii. 75; agent, 84, 86; Commissary Gen- eral, 320.
Whigs, a political party, ii. 420.
Whitby, Capt. his outrage on the Lean- der, ii. 602.
Whitefield, George, Rev. ii. 205; motto. given by him, in the siege of Louis- bourg, 225.
Whitefield, town of, ii. 612.
Wiggin, Thomas, agent of Mason, i. 244.
William Henry, fort, i. 635, 644; ii. 166. Williams, Thomas, assistant under Cleaves, i. 328.
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Williams, Francis, Deputy Governor under Mason, i. 254.
Williamson, Jonathan, ii. 245, 252, 271. Wilton, town of, ii. 598.
Wincoln, John, first Representative of Kittery, i. 349; fights the Indians, 524; one of Danforth's Council, 565. Windham, planted, ii. 181; attacked by the Indians, 254, 270, 321; incorpo- rated, 365.
Windsor, town of, ii. 611.
Winslow, Josiah, battle of St. Georges, ii. 126; death, 127.
Winslow, town of, ii. 392.
Winter, John, settles at Spurwink, i. 266; the agent of Trelawney and Goodyeare, 299; indicted, 285; mar- ries his daughter to Robert Jordan, who administers on
his estate, 300.
Winter-harbor, described, i. 26. Winthrop, town of, ii. 392.
Wiscassett-bay, described, i. 54; settle- ments there, 331; homicide there, ii. 267; militia encamp there, 649. Wiscasset-company, i. 331 ; limits of their claim, ii. 347.
Wiscasset, purchased by Davie, i. 331; first settled, ii. 352; embraced by Pownalborough. ib .; divided, in 1794, name changed, A. D. 1802, 352.
Witchcraft, ii. 21.
Withers, Thomas, a Councillor : i. 303, 325; a Commissioner, 348.
Wolfe, James, Gen., ii. 332; killed in his capture of Quebec, 340.
Wolves, bounty for killing, i. 285.
Woodlands, first taxed, i. 571; the rights to those eastward, disputed, ii. 188.
Woodstock, town of, ii. 660.
Woolwich, first Nequasset, i. 243 ; Nauseag, 399; incorporated a town, ii. 342.
Workhouses, first established, ii. 262 Wyer, Peter, Recorder, i. 415: Deputy to the General Court, 439.
Y.
Yorkshire, introduced by Gorges, being the "west" county of his Patent, i. (281,) 285, 302; established, 345; Courts, 349, 397; ii. 25 ; extended to St. Croix, 91; called "York" County, 185; divided, 354; County officers, 169, 185, 355, 444; Records secured, 201.
York, river described, i. 24; discover- ed, 186; bridge, ii. 361.
York, town of, first settled, i. 231 ; [See Agamenticus.] also the first grant, 231; the progress of settle- ment, 265: population, 267; troub- led by Burdet, 270; made a borough, 287; a city by the name of Gorgeana, 288; submits to Massachusetts and is made a town called York, 346; sends a deputy to the General Court at Boston, 349: visited by the king's Commissioners, 416: half shire with Falmouth, ii. 185; attacked by the Indians, i. 628; defended, ii. 29, 76; one of the two principal towns, 158; population, 373.
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