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406
109
95,136
3-45
103
S4,387
Cornville
932
272
344,042
785
256
377,701
Detroit.
661
177
117,019
590
160
147,284
Embden
674
169
171,203
579
152
272,577
Fairfield.
3,044
S06
1,288,582
3,510
980
1,692,630
Harmony
SS1
226
189,751
701
202
209,217
Hartland.
1,047
296
366,221
974
200
430,256
*Mayfield
141
34
17,875
74
Mercer
755
198
215,204
584
158
161.355
Moscow.
522
133
95,142
422
135
93,678
New Portland.
1,271
413
466,250
1,034
290
389,122
Norridgewock.
,491
442
581.847
1,656
450
582,392
Palmyra.
1,271
317
357,461
1,004
290
330,140
Pittsfield.
1,909
477
560,709
2,503
625
SS0,134
Ripley ..
550
187
119,253
478
121
125,739
Skowhegan.
3,860
1,015
2,053.818
5,068
1,411
4,023,207
Smithfield.
564
1S5
142,602
479
140
130,019
*Unorganized.
Madison ..
1,315
405
546,077
1,815
490
1,016,044
1
No. 5, R. 9.
·
590
THE HISTORY OF MAINE.
1SS0.
IS90.
Population.
Polls.
Estates.
Population.
Polls.
Estates.
Solon
1,013
274
$ 345,288
977
326
$ 336,86)
St. Albans.
1,394
411
418,931
1,206
334
439,855
Starks
929
269
312,264
766
223
200,181
PLANTATIONS.
Bald Mountain ...
8
Bigelow
Bowtown.
15
Carratunk.
173
192
Carrying Place ....
35
13
9,980
31
De id River
113
29
22,982
104
Dennistown
73
66
Flag Staff
76
21
41,082
87
Highland.
121
35
18,351
76
Holeb
2
27
Jackmantown. ..
95
217
Lexington.
322
83
58,421
199
71
62,547
Moose River
102
170
Moxie's
30
No. 1, R. 2.
3
No. 1, R. 7 ..
5
No. 4, R. 3 ..
62
10S
76,355
Sandy Bay.
S
31
Taunton & Rain-
ham
34
7
The Forks.
199
195
West Forks.
95
146
Wild Lands.
1,478,983
3,532,711
Total.
32,333
S,169
$12,128,878
32,627
S,788
$17,550,150
WALDO COUNTY.
Belfast.
5,308
1,530
$2,463,677
5,294
1,421
$2,973,747
Belmont.
628
139
10,329
475
142
104,200
Brooks.
877
215
229,437
730
207
229,386
Burnham.
967
225
204,248
S46
238
251,204
Frankfort
1,157
290
186,815
1,099
270
202,320
Freedom ..
652
192
177,241
510
159
177,989
Islesborough.
1,208
290
158,033
1,006
256
266.721
Jackson
682
187
159,315
522
164
178,554
Knox
852
215
218,60S
657
174
226,761
Liberty
970
226
264,757
835
230
270,668
Lincolnville
1,705
482
409,296
1,361
374
390,196
Monroe.
1,366
335
310,155
1,079
295
372,169
Montville.
1,255
356
362,692
1,049
325
367,620)
Morrill.
494
139
122,008
460
121
138,300
Northport
872
23S
196,253
691
203
236,193
Palermo.
1,118
280
254,966
SS7
275
208,847
Prospect.
770
211
166,224
697
1S1
174,131
Searsmont.
1,320
323
365,949
1,144
346
368,254
Searsport
2,322
635
1,049,662
1,693
447
913.831
Stockton Springs.
1,548
511
401,446
1,149
233
318,445
Swanville
703
170
138,338
689
203
143,260
Thorndike.
713
187
250,033
589
14S
264,883
Troy
1,059
243
263,939
868
195
271.150
Unity
1,092
272
380,334
922
252
415,384
Waldo ..
663
149
146,923
58L
148
174,410
Winterport.
2,260
523
558,029
1,926
554
616,816
Total.
32,463
8,563
$9,577,834
27,759
7,611
$10,260,450
Pleasant Ridge ...
128
Public lots ..
53 ,
Long Pond.
11
No. 1, R. 1.
62
591
THE HISTORY OF MAINE.
ISSO.
1890.
Population. Polls. Estates. Population. Polls.
Estates.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Addison.
1,238
333
$ 278,978
1,022
2S3
$ 290,324
Alexander.
439
87
71,085
337
104
74,468
Baileyville.
376
66
53,061
226
65
64,520
Baring.
303
57
76,316
273
69
75.912
Beddington
129
34
32,605
184
41
90,76.)
Brookton ..
335
60
S4,660
429
97
104,623
Calais ..
6,173
1,409
1,782,050
7,290
1,390
2,393,616
Centerville.
137
35
40,276
114
26
63,2%.)
Charlotte.
489
93
60,298
381
102
77.133
Cherryfield.
1,793
425
404,573
1,787
456
. 52 1,871
Columbia.
642
161
121,826
587
171
131,410
Columbia Falls ...
635
165
160,203
693
171
176,671
Cooper.
346
79
52,340
264
78
59,573
Crawford.
206
4S
29,584
140
43
33,449
Cutler ..
829
211
87,251
662
166
107.075
*Danforth ..
612
141
106,934
1,063
269
179,055
Deblois ..
105
29
17.836
76
27
24,5 3
Dennysville.
522
117
184,786
452
11£
172,597
East Machias.
1,875
389
495.555
1,637
401
391,071
Eastport.
4,006
721
838,892
4,903
1,053
954,572
*Eaton.
314
66
88,294
Edmunds
4-45
97
72,331
305
91
69,512
Harrington.
1,290
330
2S5,97S
1,150
316
275.137
t.Jonesborough . .
555
133
80,000
624
170
140,580
Jonesport ..
1,563
238
192,984
1,917
434
342,31S
Kossuth
122
27
26,645
68
23
39,967
Lubec.
2,109
490
310,SIS
2,069
514
329,474
Machias
2,203
531
779,588
2,035
535
798,333
Machiasport
1,531
305
191,248
1,437
368
205,262
Marion.
182
50
28,127
90
32
29,613
Marshfield ..
300
75
62,669
299
59
62.232
Meddybemps.
172
Milbridge.
1,752
400
304,779
1,963
475
389,356
Northfield.
193
51
33,31L
113
44
55,854
Pembroke.
2,324
537
409,443
1,514
397
317,026
Perry
1,017
221
172,921
945
256
287,495
Princeton
1,038
232
176,518
1,027
263
191,150
Robbinston.
910
198
111,694
787
195
121,414
Steuben ..
1,165
278
185.133
9S2
287
182,904
Talmadge.
112
25
51,780
112
24
70,002
Topsfield.
440
105
63,60S
375
78
81,593
Trescott.
552
147
49,335
485
128
57,095
Vanceboro
381
129,52S
S70
241
216,485
Waite
20 L
48
31,400
159
39
41,695
Wesley.
245
60
41,684
2:27
72
52,692
Whiting.
425
S3
82,037
393
89
89,443
Whitneyville.
492
117
26,771
413
120
69,349
PLANTATIONS.
Codyville.
79
24
43,757
72
Devereaux.
7
5
Hinckley.
345
404
Indian.
151
SS
#Lambert Lake.
126
152
No. 1.
127
5
No. 1, Range 3 ..
22
No. 5 ..
5
No. 10, Range 3 .. .
17
37
No. 11, Range 3 .. .
13
No. 14, East. Div.
164
35
32,639
112
51
28,533
*Forest City.
2S7
61
71,581
25,833
156
No. 1, Range 1.
*Eaton divided Feb. 15, 1837; portion annexed to Danforth and Forest City incorporated. Including Roque Bluffs. # Formerly No. 1, R. 2.
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592
THE HISTORY OF MAINE.
ISSO.
1890.
Population. Polls.
Estates.
Population. Polls.
Estates.
No. 18, East. Div.
40
30
No. 19, E. Div ....
3
5
No. 21.
100
23
$ 24,165
81
No. 2i.
6
No. 27.
3
No. 31
23
17
Public lots
$ 24,080
Wild lands.
576,684
1,132,761
Total.
44,434
9,758
$9,721,792
44,482 10,493
$11,769,414
YORK COUNTY.
Acton
1,050
281
$ 363,105
878
253
$ 297,966
Alfred ..
1,101
333
421,418
1,030
.271
465,406
Berwick.
2,774
636
821,629
2,204
572
922,994
Biddeford.
12,651
2,774
5,877,867
11,443
3,342
7,542,309
Buxton
2,230
649
666.9)1
2,036
545
676,212
Cornish
1,169
305
423,285
1,118
306
453,617
Dayton
392
179
243,402
500
172
215,181
Eliot ..
1,640
453
462,060
1,463
441
466,191
Hollis.
1,542
432
418,761
1,273
330
416,433
Kennebunk ..
2,852
754
1,395,79S
3,172
783
1,780,726
Kennebunkport ..
2,405
653
866,802
2,196
681
1,217,962
Kittery.
3,230
796
535,289
2,864
744
554,767
Lebanon
1,601
421
425,050
1,263
336
423,529
Limerick.
1,253
306
365,362
966
312
436,243
Limington.
1,431
414
403,573
1,092
335
367,901
Lymau.
1,004
241
373,739
851 .
188
347,193
Newfield.
995
283
264,577
796
246
231,374
North Berwick. . . 1,801
451
637,334
1,803
560
727,246
*Old Orchard ..
877
188
540,139
Parsonsfield.
1,613
471
563,075
1,393
419
559,072
Saco ...
6,339
1,558
3,408,533
6,075
1,721
4,135,349
Sanford.
2,734
599
654,303
4,201
840
1,173,SS3
Shapleigh.
1,128
353
248,713
96S
242
256,100
South Berwick.
. .
2,677
564
864,590
3,43-4
814
1,128,018
Waterborough ..
. . 1.482
403
373,580
1,357
321
371,203
Wells
2,450
570
613,326
2,029
547
615,485
York
2,463
625
716,798
2,441
735
1,228,716
Total.
62,267
15,504
$22,423,960
62,829
16,329
$27,611,165
RECAPITULATION BY COUNTIES.
Androscoggin ..
.45,042
10,312 $20,776,973
49,968
12,376
$25,260,356
Aroostook ...
.41,393
7,734
7,564,932
49,5$9
10,031
10,018,259
Cumberland ..
.. 86,359
21,539
51,530,510
90,949
24,738
65,039,972
Franklin.
.18,180
4,791
6,153,612
17,053
4,711
6,385,055
Hancock
.38,129
9,560
8,274,966
37,312
10,408
15,394,462
Kennebec
.53,058
13,252
23,292,164
57,012
14,765
30,911,202
Knox
32,863
9,087
10,878,736
31,473
8.924
13,156,997
Lincoln
.24,821
6,750
6,634,693
21,996
6,051
7,668,148
Oxford ..
.32,627
8,810
10,058,554
30,586
S,885
10,660,540
Penobscot.
.70,476
17,407
21,408,151
72,865
19,085
26,789,400
Piscataquis
14,872
3,622
5,255,746
16,134
4,248
4,450,620
Sagadahoc.
.19,272
5,182
10,297,215
19,452
5,336
11,358, 702
Somerset.
32,333
8,698
12,128,STS
32,627
8,788
13,941,084
Waldo.
32,463
8,563
9,577,834
27,759
7,611
10,260,456
Washington.
44,484
9,758
9,721,702
44,482
10,493
10,612,573
York.
62,267
15,504
22,423,900
62,829
16,329
27,611,165
661,086 172,799 $259,533,991
*Set off from Saco Feb. 23, 1883.
-
Total .. .613,639 160,560 8235,978,176
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INDEX.
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INDEX.
ABENAQUIS TRIBES, Losses of the, 334. Academies established, 420. Acadia, a name for French possessions in America, 69. Adventure on the St. George River, 307.
Agamenticus, Colony at, 90.
Aix-la-chapelle, Influence of the treaty of, 350. Ambereuse, Character of the sagamore, 335.
Ambuscades, Success of the Indian, 182. Ambush, Lieut. Clark leads his troops into, 227. America discovered by Northmen, 14.
Ames, Adelbert, Gen., in command of the Maine Twentieth, 486. Ancient dominions of Maine, 290.
Andros, Sir Edmund, his success with the Indians, 207; his general unpopu- larity and subsequent fate, 21S.
Anecdotes of Capt. Lovett, 88; of Simon the sagamore (note), 203. Annapolis, Port Royal changed to, 32.
Appledore, The cairn on the summit of, 449.
Argal, Capt. Samuel, visits Monhegan, 74; attacks Port Royal, 78.
Armistice, Reasons for the failure of the, 184.
Arnold, Benedict, his suffering march to Quebec, 381, 382.
Aroostook, New troubles at, 433; Swedish colony at, 438; attractions of, 467.
Aroostook war, Description of, 430.
Arrowsic, Settlement made at, 89; English fired upon at, 203; conference at, 291.
Assacombuit, an Indian chief; his havoc among the English, 271. Ashburton treaty, Ratification of the, 435. Atrocities and cruelties, 273. Augusta, Description of, 412.
Bagaduce, a trading post on the Penobscot, 94. Bagnall, Walter, his deeds and fate, 93. Bangor, Origin of the name, 401; losses to, from the British soldiery, 422. Barrie, Capt., Insulting words of, 422. Barhaba, the, Generous conduct of, 64; influence of, 173. Bath, Its incorporation and importance, 300, 392. Batteries of light artillery, 480-482.
595
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596
INDEX.
Battery, the Sixth Mounted, Exploits and sufferings of, 483; the Seventh Mounted, its good service, 491.
Beal, George L., Colonel of Maine Tenth, 474.
Belcher, Gov. Jonathan, Acts and character of, 340.
Belfast, The British plunder, 421; its appearance from the river, 456.
Bernard, Sir Francis, unpopularity of, 360.
Berry, Hiram G., his services and death, 470.
Berwick, Attack upon, by Hopegood, 226; incorporation of, 288.
Beard, M., A French missionary, 72.
Biarne, Adventures of the Northmer, 11.
Biencourt, a cruel Frenchman, 70.
Bigot, Vincent and Jacques, Catholic missionaries, 171.
Black Point, Settlement at, 105; battle at, 204.
Bomaseen, a sachem of the Canibas tribe, 243; speech of, 257.
Bonython, M., warned of danger by an Indian, 175.
Boundary of the Massachusetts colony defined, 126.
Bourne, Hon. Edward E., Remarks of, 205.
Bowdoin, Dr. Peter, 361.
Bowdoin, James, elected governor of Maine, 398; ancestors of, 403.
Boxer, The, and the Enterprise, 417.
Bradford, Gov., his account of Gilling's attack upon Castine, 103.
Breda, Treaty of, concluded, 156.
Breton, Cape, Dispute concerning, 295.
British regulars at Concord, their sufferings, 372.
British vengeance at Falmouth, 372; and barbarity, 378, 390.
British expeditions in Maine, 421.
British claims in Maine, 431.
Brooks, Governor of Massachusetts, His speech, 425.
Brown, John, Purchase of, 122.
Brunswick, Conference at, 251; location of, 289; re-settlement of, 339; incor- poration of, 340; important convention at, 424.
Burgoyne's surrender, Consequences of, 387.
Burneffe, Mons., leads the attack on the garrison at Wells, 236.
Burnet, Gov. William, Appearance and character of, 339.
Burnside, Gen., Testimony of, to the valor of Maine soldiers, 485.
Cabot, John, The voyages of, 21.
Cabot, Sebastian, Explorations of, 22, 23.
Canada, Preparations in England for the conquest of, 156; failure of the expe- dition against, 282.
Canseau, the French and Indians attack, 345.
Cape Breton, Dispute respecting, 295.
Cape Cod discovered by Leif, a Northman, 14.
Cargill, Capt. James, Brutality of, 356.
Carr, Sir Robert, Character of, 150.
Cartwright, George, his character, and his plans frustrated, 150.
Casco, Attack upon, and siege of the fort at, 262, 263. Casco Neck, Sufferings at, 189.
Castine, The colony at, plundered, 94; battle at the port of, 389; the British obtain possession of, 421; gay life of the British at, 423.
E
597
INDEX.
Castine, St., Baron, History of, 157; plunder of the home of, 216.
Castine the younger, Outrageous treatment of, 260; his journey to Canada, 278, 279; tribute to the character of, 287.
Causes of sickness among troops sent South, 491.
Cavalry, First Maine Regiment of, 479; Second Regiment, 490.
Cemetery Hill, Terrible contest at, 494.
Chamberlain, Gov. Joshua L., his interest in the Swedish colony, 437, 444; he receives the surrender of Gen. Lee, 495.
Charles II., Royal missive and plans of, 147; decree of, 151; letter of, 152; death of, 212.
Charlevoix, Père de, Account of, 315.
Charter of the Plymouth Council surrendered, 100.
Charter granted to Bowdoin College, 403.
Chubb, Capt., Consequences of the conscious guilt of, 246.
Chatham, Lord, Words of, in Parliament, 359.
Church, Capt. Benjamin, his success at Brunswick, 225; his exploit at Pejeps- cot fort, 230; his expedition to the Bay of Fundy, 247; to Passama- quoddy Bay, 263; his cruelty, 269.
Claims, Conflicting, of France and England, 123.
Cleaves, George, appointed administrator by Gorges, 110; petition of, 153.
Clergymen of Kittery, 28S.
Coburn, Gov. Abner, Rebel flags captured by Maine soldiers sent to, 474.
Cochran, Capture of, and escape, 318.
Colonial charter annulled, the consequences, 214.
Colonists, Improvidence of the, at Sagadahoc, 64; their condition, 68; conten- tions among, 129.
Commercial intercourse with the French and Dutch prohibited, 132.
Commock, Capt. Thomas, Grant to, 105.
Concord, Reception of British troops at, 371.
Conduct of Col. Dungan's commissioners, 215.
Confederacy, The, of the colonies, its object, 109.
.
Conflicts between the Northinen and Americans, 1S.
Conventions held respecting separation of Maine from Massachusetts, 398, 309, 424.
Converse, Capt., Bravery of, 237; heroic words of, 238.
Cornwall, Organization of the county of, 154.
Cortereal, Gaspar, Villany of. 24.
Coulson, Samuel, Dislike of the people to, 374.
Cromwell, Oliver, the New Haven colony send to him for aid, 130; his meas- ures, 132; his reasons for attacking Nova Scotia, 133.
Dalling, John, Leasehold of, 215.
D'Aulney, Capt., destroys a Penobscot settlement, 102; attacks De La Tour, 112; arrests three English gentlemen, 115; assails and captures the fort of La Tour, 119.
Dainariscotta Islands, Fisheries at, 86. Danforth, President, his difficulties, 209. Deane, Rev. Samuel, his opinion of Mowatt (note), 380. Defences of the coast of Maine, 335.
598
INDEX.
De Monts, Patent issued to, by Henry IV., 31; his suffering winter, 32. Depredations and cruelties, 266, 307.
Differences between the French and English, 156. :
Dispute between the general court and the commissioners of Charles the Second, 151.
Dorr, Ebenezer, carries important despatches (note), 368.
Dow, Col. Neal, Imprisonment of, 477.
Dudley, Gov., his interview with the sagamores at Portland, 256; liis over- bearing conduct, 292.
"Dummer Treaty " signed, 332; its provisions not complied with, 346.
Dummer, Gov. William, Character of, 334.
Dungan, Col. Thomas, Character of, 214.
Dutch, The, instigate the savages against the English, 130.
Eastern provinces, The desolation of, 289.
Eastport, The British attack and take possession of, 421.
Edgecombe, Sir Richard, Grant to, 106.
Edifiantes et Curieuses Lettres, Extracts from, 294 (note), 311.
Emigration, Causes of, 106.
England, why she claimed American soil, 23.
English, Reasons for Indian hatred of the, 43, 258, 259; perfidy of, 193.
English, Cruelties of, 329; desires of, relative to Canada, 281.
English government, Aggressions of the, 365.
Epenow, an Indian chief, Gorges describes, 75; his escape, 78.
Erik, Bishop, visits Vineland, 19. Etiquette of the Indians, 63.
Explorations by a party at Sagadahock, 57, 58.
Extract from Coolidge and Mansfield, 298.
Falmouth, Conferences at, 332, 341, 350 ; resolute measures adopted by the citizens of, 373, 374; heroism of the people, 379; the attack upon and destruction of, 380.
Farmington on the Sandy River, 304; its seminaries of learning, 405.
Fessenden, Francis, Colonel of the Twenty-Fifth Maine, 487.
Fifth Regiment Maine Infantry, Exploits of, 471.
Fillebrown, James S., Licut .- Colonel Maine Tenth, 474.
First District of Columbia Cavalry, Maine contributes to, 491.
Fort St. George, Attempt to surprise, 300; its strength, 308; meeting of com- missioners at, 331; attack upon, 358.
Fort Hill, Capt. Heath destroys a village at, 328.
Fort Richmond (note), 294.
France, Discoveries of, in America, 24; obtains Canada, 69.
France, New, Name of French possessions in North America, 102.
France and England contend for the colonies, 353.
Frost, Major, Cruel conduct of, 201.
Frye, Jonathan, Chaplain, his character and death, 324.
Fryeburg, Incorporation of, 385.
Gardiner, Origin of the wealth and prosperity of, 414.
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George's Islands, The, 53.
General Court of Massachusetts, Oppressive measures of, 175; fits out an expedition against Kennebec Indians, 199; retaliation of, 356.
Gettysburg, Contest at, 493.
Gilbert Raleigh, Capt., 48; his discoveries, 56; his efforts to conciliate the savages, 57.
Girling, Capt., Unsuccessful attempt of, 102.
Godfrey, Edward, re-elected governor at Wells, 121; his character, 122; remonstrance of, 124; surrender of, 126.
Goldthwaite, John, commander of Veteran Artillery, 492.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, Character of, 45; his efforts to found a new colony, 72; his account of the escape of Epenow, 78, 79; new patent granted to, its extent, S5; testimony of, 100; his new appointment, 101; a new grant obtained by, 105; Charles II. confers new privileges upon, 106; he organizes a city, 108; returns to England, 109; his death, 111.
Gorges, Thomas, his character and position, 107; letter of, 112.
Gorges, William, Character of, 104.
Gorges, Ferdinando, grandson of Sir Ferdinando, his conduct, 145.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 30.
Governor of Canada invites a council, 297.
Government, British, The alarm of, 33.
Government of the Province of Maine, 209.
Greenland discovered, 13.
Guercheville, Madame de, Failure of the enterprise of, 76, 77. Gudrida, a Finnish lady, her character, 16.
Halifax Fort, its location and strength, 354.
Hampden, Losses in the conflict at, 421.
Harmon, John, Valorous conduct of, 301.
Harlow, Capt. Edward, Villany of, 74.
Harpswell located, 389; incorporated, 358.
Hill, Lieut., Anecdote of, 479.
Hilton, Col., attacks Norridgewock, 270.
Hitchcock, Rev. R. D., Address of, to Maine volunteers, 460.
Hocking, or Hoskins, Illegal act of, 96.
Hostages, Indian, Honor of, 326.
Howard, Colonel O. O., commands the Third Regiment, 470; his bravery at Gettysburg, 494.
Hudson, Port, Sickness, wounds, and death of Maine men at, 456.
Hunt, Thomas, Capt., Indians captured by, 83.
Hutchinson, Gov. Thomas, 360; character of, 365.
Iceland discovered by Naddod, 13. Icelandic geography, 20.
Improvements in travelling in fifty years, 427.
Imprudence of the English, 192.
Incident of interest, 198; at Lovewell's Pond, 322.
Incorporation of towns, 362, 363, 364, 308, 399, 401, 409, 411, 412, 416, 420, 123, 425.
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Indians, The, described by Verrazano, 26; as seen by Weymouth, 35; useless entreaties of, 42; testimony of Gorges concerning, 46; differing opinions of the French and English respecting, 68, 69; different treatment of, by the two nations, 93; names of the tribes of, in Maine, 165, 166; homes of, 170; religious opinions of, 173; talent of, 174; cruelties perpetrated by, 176, 177, 179, 180; honor of, 185; devices of, to burn English vessels, 238, 239; dignity of, 244; injustice of the English towards, 295; weakness of, 301; humanity of, 305; sufferings of, 327; character of, 335; renewed anxiety of, 340.
Indians of Maine, Attitude of, towards the settlers, 384, 397; extinction of, 425.
Indian depredations, 183, 187, 1SS, 190.
Indians, Penobscot, Williamson's testimony concerning, 358; their reduction and submission, 359.
James I., Grant of lands by, 47.
James II., Duke of York, Grants to, 147; character of, 149.
Jennings, Abraham, Monhegan purchased by, 73.
Jocelyn, Capt. John, Extract from the journal of, 163; compelled to sur- render, 195.
Kankamaugus, a friendly Pennacook sagamore, 213.
Kennebec River, Serious trouble on the, 95; trading post on the, 134.
Kennebec Indians sue for peace, 277.
Kimball, Col. William K., Exploits of, 475.
King Philip's war, its woes, 25S.
King, Gov. William, Sketch of, 425.
Kittery, The town of, its extent, 110; the court sits at, 288.
Kittery Point, Settlement at, 105.
Knowles, Col., praiseworthy act in Philadelphia, 471.
Laconia, Description of, 90.
La Tour, Charles de la, 111; conflict on the Penobscot, 114; his treachery, 120; suspicions of, 132; his character and death, 134.
La Tour, Madame, Character of, 116; heroism of, 118; fate of, 119.
La Tour, Stephen, confirmed in his possessions by Cromwell, 134.
Laws respecting preaching, 128; humane, of Massachusetts, 139.
Lee, Robert E., his humiliation and surrender, 495.
Leif, Adventures of, 14.
Letter of the Governor of Canada, 296; of Hon. G. A. Hedlund, 413. Levett, Capt., His character and explorations, 88.
Lewiston, its mercantile and literary importance, 411.
Lexington, British soldiers sent to, 366 ; encounter at, 36S.
Longfellow, HI. W., The ride of Paul Revere, by, 367.
Loron, an Indian sachem, Remonstrance of, 333; speech of, 342.
Losses by Indian wars to Maine, 286; to the Indians, 287.
Louisburg, its strength, 347; its capture, 34S.
Lovewell, Capt., Exploits of, 317, 310. 1
Loyal, Fort, how situated, 210; Capt. Davis's report of the attack upon, 228.
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Luxury of the settlers, Example of the, 339.
Lygonia, A new patent for territory, called, 93; united to Massachusetts, 141. Lygonian Plantation, 105.
Machias, Importance of, 385; attack upon, 386; incorporated, 39S. Madawaska, Doings at, 431.
Madockawando, Speech of, 185; notice of, by Drake (note), 201; his commu- nication to the council at Boston, 220; his death, 251.
Maiden heroism, 180.
Maine, Beauty of the coast of, 41; reasons for the name, 107; confusion in the affairs of. 158; returns to the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, 160; purchase of the province of, 208; poverty of the people of, 253; losses of the inhabitants, 335; renewed prosperity of, 340; patriotism in the Revolution, 373; her lakes and mountains, 458-467 ; her sacrifices in the civil war, 468-498; exports of, 501; crops of, 502; various indus- tries of, 503; manufacturing resources of, 504.
Maine, Fourteenth Regiment, their labors and hardships, 477.
Maine General Hospital, 527.
Maine Regiments, Character of the men of the, 484.
Manatahqua, Wanton murder of, 99.
Maquoit, Fort erected at, 137.
March, Major, at Damariscotta, 250; his loss at Casco, 264.
Martha's Vineyard, Last battle at, 79.
Massacre at Norridgewock, 313.
Massachusetts laws, Value of, 137.
Massé, M., a French missionary, 72.
Maverick, Samuel, Self-sufficiency of, 151.
McClellan, Gen. Geo. B., his tribute to the Seventh Regiment, 472.
McGilvery, Capt. Freeman, Testimony of Gen. Augur to the gallantry of, 483. McKeen, Rev. Joseph, D.D., 404.
Memorial presented to Cromwell, 142.
Meteorological record for fifty years in Maine, 501.
Misunderstanding between Capt. Gilbert and Sebenoa, an Indian chief, 59-61; fatal effects of, at Brunswick, 199.
Missionaries, Catholic, Faults and excellencies of, 242; intolerance towards, 256. Mohawks, Consequences of the enlistment of, 202.
Monhegan, Discovery of, by Weymouth, 33; quaint description of, 73.
Mortality of the Fifteenth Regiment, 477.
Moulton, Capt., sent to Norridgewock; his humanity, 306.
Mountains of Maine, 498, 499.
Mount Desert, its size and beauty, 71, 456.
Mowatt, Capt., Orders received by, 378; his conduct, 379.
Mugg, an Indian chieftain, 195; he negotiates a treaty, 196; boastful remark of, 198; death of, 204.
Nacset, name given to Cape Cod, 14. Nahanada, liis interview with Skitwarroes, 50; his fears, 51. Narragansett Bay entered by Verrazano, 26. Narrow and intolerant religious views, 138.
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Neal, Walter, Revengeful conduct of, 98.
Neutrality proposed by the Canadians, 273.
Newfoundland, Discovery of the banks of, 44.
New Meadows River, Battle at, 177.
New Orleans, The Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth sent to, 489. Newport, R. I., Ruins of a Northmen tower at. 19.
New Somersetshire, Settlements in province of, 104.
New Sweden, where and how situated, 439; houses in, 439.
Norridgewock, Mission station at, 171; attack upon, by Col. Hilton, 270; a
new expedition against, and its failure, 304; description of the hamlet of, 309; fatal attack upon, 312, 313.
Norridgewocks, End of the tribe of, 314.
North-eastern boundary, Dispute respecting, 424; settlement of the question, 434.
Northmen, their home and character, 13; their barbarity, 15.
North Yarmouth, its establishment and boundaries, 210
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