The Portland daily press., 1899-09-07

wink eight miles back into tho countrv >,
The town Of Scarborough thus began
its corporate sxistenoe In the year fd5s
nine yenrs after the arbitrary king
whose subjects they desird 70 be. had
teen slain and while his son was In
exile. Although legally united, our set
Elements appear, for some time, to have
held themselves eloof from zach other
The old record book Of the town contains
no entry until 1863, eleven years after the
date OF the submission and Inoorporntion
IL was not long, however, before politi-
cal differences and local jsalousles were
overshadowed and forgotten. A common.
and terrible danger, which Threatened nj
alike, compelled them to unite Tor safety
aud protec ion. 1he Indians became hos.
tils, aud for years the lives and homes 81
the Scarborough settlers were safe only
so far az their trusty muskets and coin
mon vigtlance could make then, so.
In 1875 King Philip, son Of MassasoIt,
after several years OF effort. organized
the Indian tribes In New england in hos
tile combination against the whites 1t
nj pears that during all the years previous
to this time the white men had dwelt In
harmony with the numerous Indians who
made Scar borough their resort. Many OF
the Indians spoke the English Ian zuage.
Not few had listened to the reading OF
| the VIII to m ms Bitla and were known
as "prayinq indians" Among these WAS
Sonando, the Sycamore Of Saco, VINO was
the fast friend OF the English. Squando
became embittered BY the brutal abuse
OF bis only child by some rough lumber
mon. which caused the child's death.
Mog2 aeiuon, (Whittier's Mong Megone)
an Intelligent kngi!sh Speaking chief,
also bad his grievances and In 1875 war
hogan. The exposed settlement at DrnS-
an was abandonsd,- but not before both
the A lgers had met their death from In.
dian bullets. The ttlsrs, wltn such OF
their belongings a. they could collect.
gathered around the garrison at Black
Point. The war won't on for tarse years.
Mcgg proved himself an able general. In
1915 be So I possession Of Richmond's Is
land, and captured u vessel there and ths
same year appeared before the Black
Point garrison in such force that the SET
tiers withdrew aud gave him possession
OF this stronghold and OF the town. A
temporary peace was then made with the
Indians. They had made many captives
who seem to have been kindly treated
and these were returned for ransom.
ana tne settlers came back to their desert
ed homes
The peace proved to be but truce and
the next year the Indians again had their
war paint on. Massachusetts then sent
company of soldiers to nsGist the Scar
borough rarrison. In an attack upon the
garrison house In May, 1871, Mogg was
killed. month later. the death of
Mogg Heigon was terribly avenged In one
OF the bloodiest battles in colonial history,
fought at Moore's Brook, in which the
Massachusetts soldiers and settlers were
wholly defeated with loss Of from forty
to sixty killed outright, including the
Commander, Capt Benjamin SWEET, of
Hampton, and Richardson, his first Lieu
tenant
The next year, 1878. general treaty of
peace was made with the Indians at Cas-
90 (Portland) and tor few years there
were no active hostilities, though the set
tiers were apprehensive that an outbreak
might occur at almost any moment.
1t was in 1881 during these years OF
troubled peace, that STATIONS fort WAS
built near the great pond. This was a
formidable fertilization. and the cironm-
stances of its building, as appears from
the old town record, shows that the aris-
tocratic spirit was still extaut. Captain
JoshuR Soottow was something of a liter
airy man aud came from Boston In 1860
and purchased tract OF land. including
the conspicuous Scott0w's Hill. Henry
Jcscelyn, the well beloved friend of
CaInmock, who married Cammock's
widow. and succeeded to his pcss ssIons
and estate. left the town after the sur
render Of the Garrison House on the Neck
in 1876 and did not return. Scottow ac-
quired large portion of .the, Cammock
tract vita many broad acres besides, and
was fol years the principal man Of the
town, and 1t YVES Scottow who gave one
hundred acres of land on the plains at
Soar boro Beach for the fort and fortifica-
ton. His terms were these. as the
record declared: ION condition of paying
Capt, Scottow 12 pence yearly In money
forever as being their demesne lord"
Notwithstanding all this 10 does not APP
pear that Scottow was even OF the Episco-
palian faith His traots, In later days,
were of decidedly Puritan quality. 1t Is
estimated that the number Of the towns
Inhabitants at this time was approximate
ly i've hundre1, and in spite of all diff.
oulties 1t was In comfortable and fiouris-
ing condition. The first settlement"
however, was knearipg Tits lend. The
French In Eastern Maine Joined forces
with the Indians and war broke out again
more terrible than before. In Mag, 1880,
Fort Loyal In Falmouth was taken by
large force Of French and indians and the
settlement destroyed. Everything to the
Eastward was now desolate. Anticipat-
ing the advance of the enemy In over
whelming force upon Scarborough, the
Inhabitants hastily gathered such Of their
belongings as they could and abandoned
the place. This was the end of the frat
settlement. The town records were taken
1922
Eors twelve years the Indians held un-
disputed sway over their old hunting
grounds and patrim ony In Scarborough.
In the fall -of l502 what Is called Hthe
second settlement" was commenced
Eight men. probably with their families,
came from Lynn in a sloop. and landed,
like Cammock, upon Prout's Neck
Their names are given as John Larrabse,
Henry Libby and three sons, Charles
Pine and Blood. The Litbys were de-
scendants Of John, the first settler Ii
does not appear that the others had any
connection with the former settlement
This settlement WAS made ahout thu time
Of the breaking out OF the war with the
French and Indians. known as Queen
Anne's War, and lands In Scarborough.
with all their appurteEant privileges,
were probably not held at high valuation
ihe following summer occurred the
famous defence of the Garrison House a.
the Neck. Bsaubasin, the FIenohmau,
with five hundred French and Indians
descended upon the settlements and after