Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-06-24
FUm The Eyaavli.,.
Andrnscogrin River.

rvrr b. 90 uncertain antiquity, IN lNVA,
C,5r-s Wentworth. an English navigator.
b, ,he employ ot the Earl of southampton,
5.o,,rcd the Sa.adahoc. and went up The
river. a. it j. said, in bis barge Cor the Dis
prcc OF sixty miles. The river up which
l, sent j. d,,cribcd:as being most excel
lent and beneficial river. "trniing ,rs'f'rard
into the mayrc and at th,t helch, ', be-
can o. narrow" Ia . uncertain whether
,-.. was the AnIr,scocgin or Hennebcc
Probably. however. it was the Keun' bee,
although there are thc.r who contend that
Wsymoutb's explorations were up the An
.ro-crss.n.
Weymouth ailcd or England m June,
lfOi. and took with him fouroi the natives,
whom Dc bad trcaclcously seired, an act
which laid the foundation OF ihc animosiiy
Which afterwards existed between the whites
ana Indians. In IGU5. Sir John Popham,
Lord Chief Justice Of England. and Sir Fer.
ranio G5r-ys. sent out an expedition Of one
llalrcd smisrdnts, under the comnaud oi
George Popbam. brother Of SIR John, and
Of Raleigh Gilbert, who landed near tho
mouth OF the Helnebec, probably in Phips-
lar-. and commenced settlement The
c,roy remained through the following
winter. which Is described as being very 49,
y.ry. when Gcursr Popham having died,
a-I Gilbert having o. return 10 England.
ta.wbolc colony lci, and went hack % Eng
land. There can be no doubt that during
tts YEAR that this colony remained. the An
lru.co.ein was explored fr up into the
country. especially a. We are told that ma
nv q. discoveries we're made, both % the
raync and upon the ncishhorins rivers
The 6r,t settler. upon the Aniruscos;in,
were Thoma, Purchase and George Way,
vb5 .cul,d here in 1924. Furchasr settled
bear the foot Of Pcjr-coi FAll', now Bruins
wick. lli. title % the land vas grant or
ratsbt from the King, through the council
Ji Plymouth. to himself and Geor:, Way.
Nr Purchase remained al PcNPsc't until
lE-6.whcn De vas driven away hy the lndi-
ar.. engaged In catching curing and packin:
a'mon and sturgeon, for the foreign mar
1t. The house In which be fr,, lived vas
blrnel and in it was burned the de,d or
patent oi bis land. 80 that Afterwards It be-
amra matter OF controversy whether he
ever had any. us aiicrward, built "a fonc
store house. which served as fortress ot
defence against the Indians. In July. l6>i,
de benz, oi Purchase and Way soli the
p-rr,co, claim 70 Richard Wharton, a
merchant % B,.t0u. Subsequently Whar-
o. procured tbc release Of the Indian clam
rLr, PrrT-coi land, Of warumbA and 9th.
er S4-amory., which defined q, a, extending
ur ,as river 90 the Upper PcirP.cot
Fi." II afterwards became a question
a.1wtas tllls were meant, whether itwcrc
&C. Brunswick, Lewiston. iivermorc, or
Eamlrd Falls. Il was with reference %
On. question. that the deposition OF Pcre.
pole wa. taken, which was gwen in Tor.
z.rariig.c.
Subsequently, Wharton attempted To OBJ
rt1 q confirmation of biz grant FROM jane
ll. tut Ic died before 10. execution in LIN
ON. Nav. lGSg. In loss. Gov Andre, Of
M.s., buil, fort. and established a sarri.
s.r ul 90 rr.uhr troops and l2o militia
from Mas. az pe-p,,oi, under the com.
uari ol Lieut.. Col. McGrsory, Maj rhus.
savage and Cap, Manning.
o. 1000, during the Kin. William, or So
end Indian War. Ma. Church, at the
bad Of 5o0 troop, from Plymouth and
Nls'., visited Pcj'P.co;. and at day light,
attacked an Indian for, at that pace. mur.
t.rsi mos, OF the inmates, c1t.is,ing OF
women and children. and destroyed the fort.
N.1, day he proceeded with hi. men forty
l'.. zap thc river, 70 another Indian fort,
v.rrs be rescued seven eaptiycs, killed
'Esu'y.ous Of the enemy, and took on,
lr.,1rsr.
This prisoner was Agimeus, called from
Do. great SIZE. Great Tom. who WAS a sulleu
t..ow, bot had the aliress to escape from
l, rlp,,rs.
Nov. -. 1000. a truce was concluded ior
ty. month, between the English aud sl
>slmorr. Of the Abenaque tribes, warum.
D. rerr~enuns the Ptj~Pseot tribe. and
John lladkiu., or Hankamagus, the Peuna
,,1k or Eumfjrl Falls Indians.
Richard Wharton died insolyent. 10
l'lI, those. into whose hands bis Pejepsco
purchase had yas~d, sold the whole claim
o. Me.,r. Winthrop. r. llu,ehingson, anC
seven others. for 100 pounds sterling
B'un'wick, Topsham and llarpswell, wer'
h- ir't permanently settled towns OF th,
P-ypscot purchase. which was in l5lj.
Ia July, I722a. the Indians made descent
On Brunswick, setting the village on FIRE
and reducing {, % ashes In 1904, Bruins
wick bad 5Ol inhabitants, Harpswell has
go, and Top,ham $40.
i iew additional incidents relative 70 N,
ar.y history Of .ou,e Of the other towns up
% 'he Androscogsin, will elo-e my sketcl
oI that river. Livermore was settled il
10, BY Dea. Elijah Livermore and Others
tou Waltham. Mas. Dea Livermere wa
'hs Proprietor OF the town. Ills son, Maj
samuel Livermore. was the first srtilsr an'
owner Of Canton Point. Canton Point wa
u'h IN Phillips, Canada, which includes