Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-26
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With regard to the location u ancient Cush-
noe I have bsd nothing % say sbous an
Iadisn village csiied cnsbncc. BAT only Of .
| PLACE % called. The literAfure Of the sae-
ject - quoted ~ Captain Sssh If your IL
4 sae Of Saturday. is veil known TO historical
stgdy rs. ssi with she af1favit Of Col Lith-
/ gov shIeh 10 ssso sell known, settles the
question beyond ioss, thar the place called
/ by tie fntisss .shDoe or Casinoc. WAS the
sise of Fart Western. Here the Plymosih
Company essblishgd trading house in 1929.
| Brsdfor q Journal says Having pro-
cared q psfsns for Ksnneb~e they now
| 1921 erected q house up above IN ye
n.er.-ia ye most coryenisnsest place for
trade ~ shsy conceived, and furnished the
same ~ish commodities for vt esd etc )"
Here VA also where Drsuillests established
the Jesuit MISSION asd it ws< from Cash
noe that he vent 10 Bosfon 10 1850 secompa-
MED by John Winslov, to try and negotiate
colonial union. Arrived in Boston.
DrsuiIIstte Gays: Mr.. Winston lodged me
With one Of the iae farmers Of kogssinoc
nan.d Pads. BY farmers here are mesat
those ~ho 'farmea' the trade on the ksnns-
bee"
| cay then that there il so issue as 70 the
! zane u the place where Fort Western was
located. IL vas veil known ~ C1shDoe. or
some such name. the orthogrsphy Of which
diffsrs IN different documents Bat By What
aatbortg DOES Captain Nash say thai Col.
| Litasovs reference To point Of lad called
| Casisoc merely 10 say that Fort West
ern sAs located thereon The entire drift
Of the long Opposition ,hoss that such sas
not the fact The objec, Of the deposition
vas To IDENTIFY places on the river s1t give
the anci@0t indisu names. There VAS no
need Of locating For' Western for t vas
| sta1dng there st the time the deposition vas
made. Had the objfc If Col Lithgo~
| been msrriy To say that Fort Western Stooi
on the place called Casinoek. he souli not
have been 20 particular 10 give the Iaiiaa
meaning Of the vord. The reference 20
Fort Western here vas merely accidental,
the object Of the Opposition being to idrntlfy
the location and lndian names Of ANCIENT
poin's on the kennebrc river.
The late Mr.. North had no doubt sboat the
place called by the early explorers. Cu'inocx
| The only question b ch he submitted To Mr..
| TrumbuII and Others was as 10 the meaning
| Of the word aud these letters were 'sn Il
! seems before be had seen the depositisn Of
| Col I,ithaox He called DR.. Hallards at
tentlon To it, and the answer Vas thai he wa
very much ineiiaed TO adopt Col. Lithgpws
| Interpretation as II was the most natural, and
which his good opportunity aitowed h'm TO
| learn firm, the best sources Dr. Ballard
Who was one Of the best authorities on the
subject, then went on TO quote from hale To
show that the word might contain the udal
| de, Mr. North ais wrote to Mr. Trum-
boll and after some discussion OF the WORD
he frankly confessed that he had not gwen
the subject sufficient examination TO speak at
all positively" Mr.. North concludes by say
ing, we are compelled to adopt the interpre-
'stion which gives to Cushnoe what appears
To be its probable meAn'ns-'the head OF the
tide
| Mr. North uses the term 'ushnoe Rapids
and Capt Nah Cnshnoe Fails. but DO not
fnd either of the terms used In ancient writ
! iBgs The evidence rather Is that there was
nothing in the vicinity worthy OF being called
Fall and hardly of Rapids II 10 true the
pitch OF the river here WAS such as To stop
the farther upward How OF the tide, bug
large portion Of this had been accomplished
below 80 that not mncn OF rapid was re
quired 10 turn the tide backward.
deposition was given May J. 100 OF
which have the original which throws some
light on this subject II Is as follows
| IL, Joseph wilson, OF Lawful age ha''hg
been commander OF company OF men IN
the late expedition up hehnt pee aver the
last summer under the command OF MAJOR
General John WInsio~ and passed up san
river from tushnoc or Fort We'tern TO
Fort Halifax or Ieconnet fai's with TWO
gundaloes. and one OF said Runialoes va
| loaded With four cannon, six Iunder-' and
quantity OF other stores, aud went qnite up
IN said Fort Hshf'1 wlih sad guhdaioes
and stores without unloading thtm' the gun
daloe' being At most not above Ten inches
from above the water nj the time OF our
passing With sad stores, AMI a. II IS re
ported that there are fails between sad torts,
! saw no falls that can be properly called
falls TIL came to Teconnet Falls II was
a. a very dry season ~heu said gundaioes
went up, but IN some places the water runs
quickly by reason of the channel run
ming crooked sod being contracted
passed from Fort To Fort sundry times in
~baltbOats besides the time | went IN the
gundsloes and | am satisfied that the water