Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-10-12

Germans alone, but TO all WHO place
implicit confides.cs. in fs,,atice leaders
who live on the credui,sy Of All honest
but too confding public.
EARLY HISTORY OF MAINE.
This is another Of the ancient set
dement's Of New England. When the
English FIRST came here. I have hot as
certaincd. but It must have Lecn quite
eady IN the seventeenth century. \
Mr.. Purchase obtained considerable
grant of lands Of the lrsians about
here in 1875, the year when Philips
war broke out. In September of the
same season, tins gentseman's house
was assaulted by some twenty Of the
sayages. They killed calf or two,
Plunie.ed the house Of all the strong
liquors, (no great loss.) aud destroyed
or injured the beds and furniture.
The next year the whole settlement
was devastated, and all thc English
east Of Cssco Bay participated in the
same misfortune. In November. i5s6
however, treaty was made i.y COW
.ernmcnt with the I'~nobsco;s. who
lwere represented by their famous
'Sachem, Mngg; and this treaty inv
ing some effect upon the Norrid - nck
Ameriseo.an, and other eastern tribes,
who had formed . general conspirac,
for the destruction Of the whites Of
Name, a short respite from !,os.ilitics
ensued.
in the war Of IT'S, when Portland
was depopulated, Brunswick shared
the same fate again. The rendezvous
of:he hostile tribes at this pesiod was
at Mery-nceting Bay, on the Kcnne-
bee; and the place Of entcrt>inment ar
festival, was at Amesiscogan, (now cal
led Androscoggin) or Brunswick Falls.
There had been stone fort erected
near the falls, OH the north side Of the
river, and anotlser about four miles
west, on Macquolt Day-which was
called Pcgypscott Fort Captain
Church's notorious expedition took
place during the year FIRST named
Government gave him four hundred
men to relieve Brunsw wick, which had
been sacked, ard was then held b.
the sayages. Church found no Ii.
diaEs at Pegypscott, and. being 'sfuil Of
fight" he pushed on to the other. fort.
On the plain, near the river, lac saw
al iassiaD, S.o~n by the name Of
Young Doney, with his wife. and Two
white captures. Doney He'd and rea-
chcd the fort, but his wife was killed,
and the whites rescued. The savages
in the fort, alarmed by Doney, mostly
escaped by running under the falls,
where place is LETT between the cas-
cade and the rock. Several white
captives were Left behind them. TIC
savaecs taken were. With the exceP-
ton Of the wives Of two Sacfenns who
begged for their lives, knocked on the
'head-Church was great at that bas;-
ness-and buried on the spot. A great
quantity o!furs. corn, and ether asti-
cles were found here. The next day
Church surprised another Iudian party
killed Old nes.e@, the father Of Young
Doney) and discovered another larg:
quantity Of iars. SO ended the valiant
Captains expedition.
In l714, tine territory having be-
come more s.!nani'. government esee-
ted a strong ;o': a. t!e.e iali-. will.
bas,iors, faakasi-. and cannon-cal-
led Fort Georg-. Its remains, l BE-
liese, may be still disceaned. Ii ~s~
supported till the reduction Of Quebec,
in 1896. 'fhe town GAS incorporated
in l135. and at that time contained
1900 Inhabitants. Csave-steises bear
ing dates Of this period, are still to be
seen abcut the town.
MAiac, BY and large, was . g,eat
place for Indians. The Eve seG six
principal tribes comprised. Poputetion
Of about 10000 at the date Of lie Ply
mouth settlement, Of whom Probatly
about 1000 we're sighting men. The
State IL fall Of their memorizls. Their
tools and images have been receaaly
dog up from the raad-bonse "a. he