Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-02-26


sbsassl sss Lsai Ls..pss. -Ai~s sg-'s~d
original sea-- Thsy vsre also called
Abeaakis. or men ef the East. rHOre
po<ssesi defnstis~ L.sbccr siyea AbEAk;.
.Tbs pi.re .x-s~ shy % vAite. or .~he-e
cur aneisrss- srose-- TIE Ab~a.kis we're
also e.Ilsd Tsrr.ssss. b, the Essli,s Thi,
name -.s. however. ssaaIly restricted 20
certain tribe. inhsbiiins Maine.
The tribes 81 Ne~ Englsnd vers setilsl
on the principal rivers on the Ccnneeti-
cut vsrs thu Nobeg.ns. Those On the
seeurccs q the Ceanscsic-s river -er- cal ]
led Micnacs or Fresh Water Isjisn.. .
On tho Merrirsse ~crv tie Penn.~oOks.
Ga tbs Ssc0 VERY ths Sokokis. Of whom
tie Pequak-'s At Frysburg werr branch
Ga the AndrO.coggIn vers the Ansss-
gunoeoOks. Of Which tribe -err The Iok-
nekos 4; Canton Point asd the Psjescots
On sbe Lover ApdrO-Oggin. The Nor
riaSe~oeks lived on the Ksaaebee. The
PssobseOts. or Tarra,in@s. .s they w~rc
sfcn called. on The renobscot. the
Wa-enOeks. On the -. Georges. sb-sP,-
coo and Pensquid Rne-. the Passsna-
qGoddiss On tbs s. Croi1. tb. harrkits.
On the "a. John and the Micrnses IN New.
Scotia.
SANxs AND iocNTIoS on TElBxs on rHE
ANDkosooSGIN-
The Indian tribes 90 tie river Ar. lso-n
under the geaerzl name ofAn.sagunticOok,.
thOrgh Il appear THAI IL "a, originally
confined 10 tsose rcsiding above Lewiston
Falls. AT a lsse period 10 seem - 10 sx-
tend 10 the scattered reaasnt. Of Indian.
OF the river and AZ 81 Fsncis in Canada.
IL % curious f.a thai the -Ord
Aaa-.guntieOok. Amoscogsin a8d AE.s.
eonte arr az derived fro.a lie sane rooss
and have essential, the sane meaning.
Anss.rcnte vas The nAns Of tas tssbs "a
FsrAiastoa. and ss the CARRYING yl.c~ b-
nesns % u--seroGs ponds 40 yer, e.sy. Il
Is probsbls thai he intsrcour.e between
The Isdisss On III AndrOsooSs IN s-d S.sd,
rivers ~as very intimate. .nd NAV thus have
r~-sered ihess in a eeri.in sense De.riy
ideaEcai.
The PelePscots occupied the t-rrltor ~
between Ls~stoa fsl. an lie Ks.--l,se
River. Their bssAqa.-sers ~srv az Brra--
wick where they bad fort near the fans.
They also had location Ar Latls River F.Is
Tier position vas a most inpor;snt 90.
IL wss - ths great carr, ing place bet-~en
the Ea<seru and Mestern tribes IL vs.
also the turning Of place Of lie Iaas...
IL II.
position early broagst them iI,s couiacf
-sth the WsItes- IA Esglish trader ooespi-
sa their territory below ID. F.ils a. early
rs 1925 and another a. Tie I-isle River
Fails. consequently they were ~ Er.t 20
bs b-Oks Up a. tribe
They probably depended iargeiy On feb
ing for tbsir seaport. Althsssh they 40
doubt had cora 6eids. Ia Durham. Brus.-
wick and Top-hsm. Col Church as late
- 1890 found . barn Of corn TO. Iarx-
amount at their fort IN brunswick. Sill.
they did n5s appear 70 have any kzsd kabi-
tstIcn q, thai time b-ior Lewiston Fal.
unless Il nlgkt have been on haL.fsis
river.
il !. 6ogbrfui 4 .a- tsibe "a Ne- Enx-
land had greater fscilss<s for procuring
food a. al seasons Of shc ss-r iA.a a..
PsjepscOts. AZ c,rtsin psrirts salmon.
sturgeon a. other hsh svarz9eJ iLe river
a. he Falls. -hers they c0sd easily srear
them. Their hunting grssad. -eEs nssr.
corn eOuld be rAised Or bFought den -
river. While in tie scvcrest -,atAer. or tine
- scarcity. they ooah resrh haaqu.it.
distances Of three @iles -hsrs G iams we're
sbundaBt Like he immense -afsr po-er
Al brunswick still uninp-ovei. Il usuIg
seen ss though the natives di4 not them
selves appreciate Tie nassr.l advsst.r.,
around tsea though hey nay have besu
ORIGINALLY Popuioes tribe
The Roso@ekos had fheir be.dqusrter,
AZ CsssSs tsin'. ard tbs nay be oo.sidsr-
81 tie center u IL lsaa.a t.opalstion on
The -hols riser- Ibsy ..r. .~-,f
hsricsitsrsi people. The broad iasers.is.
20 tbe sHtsut q several huodrsa ae-e.
we're elesrrd and euliivsted -ith corn
tsom -ssi csa - gieAnsS - her eoudi-
ten. % - PrObsble hat ny ~ers suons
tie most PoPulous II any uibs ia Nam.
previous % i6is. -hsn hey suffered fro-.
The pisgse ~hirh carried a % nan,
Indians throvghOuf Ne- Eagls-d
- triee - india8s "a @ore dr-.L.d
b. tbe -hitss thaa ihs Rokomeko. Thev
-osid turn OF from ~ river through tLs
h9rtbsrn part % shst = ~ Coobsrl.sd
Couuty ssd pousce upoa ths settlers Of al.