The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-10-14


Doubtless this was a tayoritc resort of
tne Indians. The Shell-heaps remaining
Indicate that they came here to feast Oh
"the treasures hid in the sand" Those
found here at the advent Of the white
man We're the Iarratines, a well proper
lIohed ana peaceable race, ot whom it has
hcrn sdld that mo other eastern tribe had
treated the English with SO much for
ocaTdnce ana honor There is tradi-
Ion tAat the French had a fishing or
trading station in this vicinity prior to
1926, hUt the first European known to
nave landed on this peninsula was Cham
PIalll' VINO explored these waters i'll 1904.
ne spot was then known BY the Indian
name oi ltntagott, IN lbl Father Blard,
i I relch jesuit, VISITED ii. In 1914 Capt.
J"In HlnltH explored this coast, and
speaks ol rehch traders being III the Vi
cillty' pouhtit less there were trading
SN"l!"lls along the coast the turs obtained
rom tht INDIANS oelng very prOlltable
arlIcIeS OF trade. he Pilgrim Fathers
were NOT SO SLOW to seize the opportunity
ol turning an honest penny, and accord
mgly trading post was established here
ny the plymouth colony III 1926. They
changed the name from Pentagoet to Pc
hooscot' ana theirs was the first perma-
hcIt settlement ol any consequence. Now
commenced q IoIl9 SerleSof sudden changes
"I P"SSesSlohSlllp Drought ABOUT by the
contest pelNeen rance ana England for
ine possession OF tins part OF Maine The
/ fIcncn included 1t IN Their province OF
Acadia. The English colonists Of Massa-
chuSettS claimed 1t as being within their
jurisdiction. y party OF Frenchmen from
NoIa Scolla piundered the place II l6:2,
ana III 1888 ID Aulney, French officer,
dCUiH9 uIIuef lHe authority OF Gen. RaZll-
ial, Governor OF Acadia, attacked the
y ulouIh lIauin9-post ana drove OF It's
oocupdhIS' me fTehch helu possession
lof ledlly twenty years, during which
Time llerce contest 1or supremacy in
command went on between D'Aulney, at
IelllaSoet, ana la our, the French com
nahder at st. John. It ended with the
death OF ID Aulney IN lG5l, and the mar
rage of his widow with La Tour before
the year was ou1. Doubtless the bereayed
laaN th"ught 1t better to unite forces with
lle enemy than to continue hopeless
struggle But now, IN 1854, came the
thgIlSh a9ain, under orders from Crom-
"0l' dli't tlltI ltIl ullulsturped posses
SION OF the place Tor more than thirteen
years, though the French settlers were
not dlspoSseSSed- In 1910 the French re-
turned under the treaty of Breda, and in
the formal surrender OF the place to them
pE 1he English a description OF the fort
was gwen which remains as guide to its
'i'o'''iOii'
About ths time appeared upon the
scene the hero whose adventurous career
has thrown n halo ot roInancn o,,o,. +b;s
I;++lo ,io,,;i,'l1 M W. o'0l 'iil'
Vincent de st. Castin, native of Oleron.
in the Province of Bearn, France. who
had come to Quebec as an officer in the
French regiment. On its disbanding.
from natural inclination he took to the
wild life of the Indians and settled at
Pentagoet. He was man of daring en-
terprise and fascinating address his chief
failing being an over -tondness for the la
dies. BY his tact and generosity he won