The Portland daily press., 1894-09-08

of the scattered begin nings of New
England's embryo sovereignties.
AS secretary of the association, he in
troduced Hon. Rufus K. Sewall of Wis
casset. He said that the Monument
Association hiss undertaken to resurre ct
the beginnings of this istoric place and
put them into permanent form by a
monument erected there. He said that
the society owns property covering the
site of the fort. One object of inviting
the. Maine Historical Society to view this
place is to increase the general interest
in the work of the society and to aid in
calling the attention of the state legis-
lature to the matter.
He then read statement of a man
who worked on the spot in 1925, in the
service of Capt. John Nichols He testi-
lied that then the farm was covered
with cellars in rows. At right angles
two streets ran to the shore from the
main paved street. There were other
streets in the opposite direction. There
were cellars on the extreme north of the
peninsula. He helped fill up all these
cellars. He judged that in all, there
were 80 cellars. He dug up many shot
and shell that were sold by Capt. Mich
OILS for junk. He also unearthed several
skulls and bones 6.
President Baxter then introduced the
Hon. Henry Ingalls,, president of the
Monument Association. The latter
said that the representatives of the Maine
and Lincoln County Historical and
Pemaquid Monument Societies were
present and it was a fitting time and
place for the following resol utions:
Resolved. That 1t it is desirable and
proper that each of the societies here
represented should appoint committee
to wait upon the next2 legislature and
endeavor to secure moderate appropri-
alton for aid in erecting the monument.
1t was so voted.
The Rev. Mr.. Whittemore, as representing
the Lincoln County Historical Society,
was called upon and spoke in regard to
the events that had happened on the
historic spot and the need of much work
to find out everything in regard to it.
The drive home was even more enjoya-
BILE, because cooler than in the forenoon,
and delightful ending of the day was
the reception at the elegant mansion of
Hon. John M. Glidden, situated in the
middle of the great peninsula that runs
out Into the upper salt bay in Newcas-
tie, and nearly opposite the famous
oyster shell heaps in Damariscotta.
This peninsula, which comprises about
300 acres is naturally beautiful and is
the ancestral Rome or the Gliddens. The
present owners palatial home, situated
near the centre of the place, is a thing
of beauty as we'll as comfort and adds
Immensely to the landscape. Nearby is
the old home built by the grandfather
of the present.owner, whose father, we
understand, established the first line. OF
steam boats between New York and San
Francisco, or was prominently connected
with it.
Never were guests more Hospitality en-
tertained and never was Maine Histor-
ical Field Day more pleasantly. ended.
The meeting for the reading of papers
was held yesterday forenoon in the YES
try of the Congregational church, New.
castle. In the absence of President
Baxter, Gen. John Marshall Brown pre-
sided. The first paper was by Rev. Hen
ry Suffrage of Portland, and was en-
titled: "The First Mention of Pema-
guild in History" He said that Pema-
quid. historically considered, 6rst comes
into view in connection with Way
mouths voyage to the coast of Maine in
1905. Sir Ferdinando Gorges, writing
late in life in his "Brief Narration, u
says that Weymouth, failing short of
his course, happened into river on the
coast of America, called Pemaquid,n
meaning not that the river was called
Pemaquid, but that this was the name
given to that part of the coast W which he
visited. There is no evidence that Way
mouths vessel was at Pemaquid except
in this general sense of the word. There
is, however, a connection of Way
mouths voyage of 1905 with Pemaouid,
meaning the peninsula now bearing
that name, which "Relation of WAY
mouths voyage" brings into view, iden-
lilly ing GI0 Z GIL GlCOSU darDOr OF way
mouths anchorage with the present St.
Georges Harbor. DR.. Burrage stated
the facts given in. Rosters "Relation, D
which connect Waymouth's voyage with
what is now known as Pemaquid, show
ing that the Indians with whom Way
mouth traded and some of whom he
kidnapped and carried back to Eng
land, were Pemaquid Indians. and that
Weymouth, in his boat, visited them at
New Harbor. The Popham colonists,
when they came to the coast in 1907 were
guided by one of these kidnapped Indi-
ans. Both of the vessels that brought
the colonists came into St. Georges har-
Dor evidently the appointed rende zvous,
The first night after the arrival Capt.
Gilbert, of the Mary and John, the first
of the two vessels to arrive in St,
Georges Harbor, accompanied the In
dian, Sktcowaws or Skidwanes, who
was in haste to return to his people,
and they landed at New Harbor and
owned the peninsula and the Indian
camp on the west side Two DAVIS later