The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17

Plymouth. where they landed, was not
lace Astounding In riches. For several
FEARS the colonists had hard struggle &c
provide means Of subsistence for them.
sslves. Tn, May flower returned to Eng.
land without cargo In 1851. 1hs Fortune
In ths following year. took back a cargo
OF ciar bosrds but the vessel was cap
tured by the BTeEch and the cargo wa,
oonfisoaJed.
DR.. Burrage thsn narra.ei the ciroum-
stances that led the Pilgrims to DAmarls.
cove aud Monhesan for assistance, and al
length to thu ksnnebeo. where. ar wha
Is now Augusta, they established pcs
for the purpose Of trade with the Indians
so important did this trads become that
the Pilgrims ssnt ons Of thsir numb,r
to England for the purpose ri obtaining
a grant Of land on the kssdsbsc vita
special privileges Tris grant was OBJ
tained Jan. Is, 1919. and by means of II
the Pilgrims secured very largely the
lncisn trade OF the river.
But this was not done without opposi-
tloD. Other parties desired to secure u
least part OF the ira tho with the Indians
N hose villages were on the ke.nebsc, or
1854. ons John TICKING, who lived n,
fisoataquis. agent for Lords Say aud
Br Joke and other Englishmen interests !
In the s3ttlement there, made his way 70
the kennebec. puTposing TO proceed In
his vessel up the river beyond the PHI
grim trading house. and SO 60 sscnr,
trade with the Indians that other " ise
would fall into the hands OF the Piym-
outh oolonists. John Rowland, who was
In command OF the Pilgrim trading post,
protested against this effort on the part OF
Hooking, Insisting that it was an IN.
irlngement OF rights secured to the Pill
grims by their patsnt. Inc appeal was to
that clause In the patent which author
ICED bradford and his associates ''to take,
apprehend. seize aud make RE OF all
such persons, their ships and goods, as
shall attempt to inhabit CT trade with
the savage people OF that country within
the several precincts aud limits Of his
and thsir sevsrai plantations" But
Hooking refused 70 heed the protest made
by Howlend. He said, as bradford puts
&c, that he "would goe up and trade Their
In despite Of them and iye tier as LONG
as hs pleased" and In the effort to make
good HIS words be sailed past the Pilgr IN
fort and anchored. Rowland then went
to Hoe king, and having again called at
tention to his unjustifable action he
urged him to take his vessel down the
river. But Hooking still refused. He
was In a position TO have the iirst chance
for trade with the Indians as they de-
scended the river In their canoes, and he
intended TO make the most Of &c. How
land. accordingly. Irooeeded to action.
his men not to frs their guns
on any rroEcostion, he sent TWO o. them
TO cut the cable Of bookings vessel.
This they succeeded In doing, and as the
vessel started down the stream, Hooking
sci zed musket and killed one of the
Plymouth men, Moses Taltot HIS COM
panion In the canoe, who slowed him
WELL" as Bradford seys, could not re-
strain himself, and dwelling his musket
ct Hooking he shot him In retaliation.
Tao vessel Continued Oh its COURSE down
the river and Ho,king's men, on their
return TO the PIscataqua, carried the
tidinas OF the affair thither. Certain
comp l,cations followed, bnt the Pilgrims
retained a firm hold upon the trade OF the
river. The extent of this trade may ba
In fsrrtd hon this fact that when moi long
after Mr.. window went to England In
the interest Of tins colony. b. took with
/ I'm 3726 pounds Of beaver fur" eth,
great part OF 1t being coAt-heavsr sold at
80 shillings per pound," the pIoossds Of
the sale az which went into the hands OF
the Lo,co1 merchants to whom tins