Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-30

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Wv wrvaa discfepancy. TIE foRt vas not
Abashed Until long after that dAfe. TIE
| hopsea were not built Is that time In
number az pieces Of artillery do mot agree
| vith IL number given By Suachey; ~
aye shers we're sSelve-she plan nine. TIE
number 81 houses aud buildings styen "
Huns's pian u Ii with stofshosss and
church Sracaey says 80. which De Costa
eays 10 evidently . mistake tof nve, - aStef
10 vessels sailsd for Ergiaad there xete
orly As persons LEFT. and these men; there
wefs NO women with ths colOnis's
AZ for The material fepresensed ~ The
plau we know il could not have been
| brought over IN the ships, whose combined
capacity was only one hundred tons, nor y
there Any reason - sufpsss such Vas me
case. Speaking OF the expedition Sn Eefd.
| Cores Gays: Here upon CAptaine fop-
ham, Capt. Rasley Gilbert and oshsrs sent
away with .hips and an hundred iandmen,
crdsanee and otaer provisions necessasis
| for their susee ntation aud defence. unuii
other supply might he sent Suacney
gives the number OF days !he men WORKED
IN the fort 10 Ost. 9Th ~ twenty-five in
GLIDING two Sundays, and speaks OF their
| finishiug the fort after that date. II IL net
possible such An elaborate fort - i, repre-
sentsd in the draught was erected. Con
sids rirg The most Important points, il APP
pears to have been drawn by one on the
suos who gave the correct topography,
bu, the details Of the fertilization were
drawn in that exaggerated style which
character zed many other descriptions OF
the coIonists doines. Believing the topog-
raphy to be correct the society July 4, 1891,
proce eded to Popham beach. Landing At
Iihs steamboat wharf they at once COM
menced III, search for . spot having the
prominent points given them in the drauahs,
lvz: north SHIRE with high banks and nav
!igable wafer adj ,inicg; on the east high
bank terminating in q high cliff inland. and
level land to the south and west. In the
d,aurht the woDd ,selife" SCENE to be
|arplied alike to high bank bordering on
water 81 d high ridge Of rock or earth inland.
Going at cnce TO the south shore Of
Atkins Bay with copy Of Zuniga's drsught,
the psriy followed along the shore in \
W. stsr dire,t'on uat,i steep ieigs WAS
rssthsd. Here Is c,rretpSnd. TO the
"cliffe'' in ihe SOU h-esst snglA II tina fott,
l,hs road tedsy passing uader tie east s'de
of he CT # snd along The Place corrssponoti
TO the postern gate. Tae shore, lihs Incl
csied ia the Ian sweeps ia IN essafl.
dir etion tom the north end Of this rIdv-
From Ills ridge, to The north, Is level
space with high banks on the east and
nvrth sldss correspond ding to the Iart'
marked ochff - in the plan, on the south
and west sides level tract several Atres in
extent, corresponding To that part through
which the trench was dug on ths south and
wtss u The fort The party bay ny visited
every part Of this tract went n iouu distance
III any The et s. shore of the bay, but ndinG
nothiog indicat. il Il e plan, refsscsd heir
steps towards the north shore OF the bay.
Ctossing the 1e.d IN AL easisfiy dns ct.on
they came 20 Whist had sppsreetlv long
time ago been st esm running slong near
the west side OF the steep ledge; passing
sver This msrshy laca they clam5ered to
the top Of the ci fl From this point the
whole ground is in view, though hsv
ing several houses and other builti e
on it. the outlines are plainly seen.
II forms . bold prom 0otors. with etet 2
banks. standing out into the waters Of At
kins' Bay. The sweep of thore Ii 10 to the
east; the sandy shore, the high banks, the
level land several acres 10 extent, ! hav-
ing the ssma contour as that gwen in the
PLAZA, and admirably situated fer plants-
ton and fertilization against foes whose
weapons were arrows. The different parts
of the p'omoutory have the same pOtn,s Of
compass % the corresponding paris 10 The
plan. Lsoking across the bay to Ctx'r
Head and Little Cox's Head we could IN
dersiand the force Of Father Bisyd's crhi-
cism, that another fort could be built to
cut them off from the river ard the sea
! No other place on Atkins Bay corr'-
spends in every particular TO 'he Zdnigs
draught as does this one, and il was the
unanimous opinion Of the party WHO care
! fully exsmins& ev.rv point, that the exac
location Of Fort St. George had been iden-
titled.