Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-12-29
Old Point Village,


Mr.. EpiToR.-Thiug- I'D a. well a. Hcvr,
Interest Your reader.
Five mile, above Norridgcwock Village.
/. a place called '-old Point" on the Ken
ucl,rc river. \ trihr IT Indians called
"Norridgcwock-. resided here for long
time. They hal quite nice village At
this place. with tive churches, on" Al each
end 81 the village.
II i, said that. the design IN having
ihcsc chapcis Ia Tie two extremes of Tie
village was, that The Indians might he re-
muIrd ot their duit 10 passing ihvn.
~ linen they len their village. on their hunt
ing and fishing cTeur> ion-. During the
French and EmEli.h war. the Indians co-
operated with the French. and on that ~
rnuui. suffered a gr.a, deal II the hand NJ
the English.
Ia 1921, the English attacked the village.
while The Indians WEIR engaged Ia act- of
worship. They Killed. large number ~
ludians--"mr -ay eighty and then burn
Ell their villagc. AMI both houses - wor-
-hip
l VA. an cu;lrr destruction otthr prop
c5-, std home, ~ The tribe.
FIT nnay years. they had hal the
couu-cI- aud PRAYER, Il their price, Rev.
NJ r4.le- NJ. EA-lr, wa, Frcnchman
by birth. and finely educated. IL MAS
avery pipu- and influential! man.
- tile ,i,nr The Encl.h attacked the
siila-r. tbry Killed Mr. Raises. while
-,andiu. n ID. altar engaged ii act, u
devotion. ihr n.l~h .ca'p,-d the priest
aud -ra, Z. ~ BOSTON. with about twenty
other -calr~-a, ,rsplic, 81 their victory.
>ut satisfied s. .th Hia They haL dou".
thc I'll --.,a s..t dnNu m ihr corn ga the
Intervals ..ui uura.+i Il. .--u o, ID MAKE
,hc wutA oi destruction more SURE"
Ancr the ingll-h hA-i r.tir~l nun tie
-r~ue 81 d"F5ia'i"n aud carnage. tn"
Indians who had il-l To The forest, for
safety, returned 10 old Point aud gather
81 up the remains - their priest. whom
the, loved - much. ana turird them un-
icr fl- al!er II the church, in which he
VA. when he f..!l "oid IL death by English
bulle..
Their Village Wa never rebuilt. Tie
spot !. now cultivated iir'd Inr .r,bc-
pr wha, remains III i,-ti, idrI mp and
joined other tribe. and since tia, day, the
Nnrril2cN have only lived In History
In i>3. Bishop Frnwick VI Boston.
..fI "a
thu right of WAY To H. and erected a
mDuumyai over The remains II ErY. =
ba,;ian RA-lc-. The Monument. including
the iron crus- >urinounting il. j. eighteen
l,r.; high. II l. said that wheu the Bi-hop
made hi- address AT thu dedication of the
Monument. there were 4 thou> sand persons
present. and the people were deeply inter-
c,tc'i; for Nj. .A-i,- had been regarded
a, VERY superior Inan. ia many respects.
The Monument VA, thrown down Ia
l>jj. but Immediately replaced rs the
citizens of \orrid.cwuck who were high
Is indignant al such mi>chieyou, conduct.
Il stands to-day. Monument OF Eng
li-h barbariiy. a well a. harmless me
mcnto Of a good man. aud Of the place
where the Indian church once stood.
\ large tree wa, blown down n Old
Point. about sixty years ago and beneath
II wa. discovered the bell Of the Indian
chapel"
IL wa- probably placed there by the In
dams. after the burning Of the village.
The Indians in Maine. are fast fading
away. Occasionally one is seen In our
village. but they rarely visit the home of
their fathers at Old Point.
Iour'- MUNSoS.