The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-24
The Queen of the kennebec
Or the Last of the WampanOags.
BY FRANK w. GOWEN.

II was quite hot, with but little breeze
stirring. but after being on the island
short time good breeze sprang up which
was laden with the sweet perfume OF
wild flowers and clover blossoms, and
rsioiced that my inclinations had led me
On this beautiful June day to this land OF
romance. As | breathed the delicious
summer air, sweet with the aroma OF
nine and spruces, what memories were
brought to mind Here it was that Burr
ZANE in the years of Concord, Lexington,
Bunker Hill, in his handsome young man.
hood. and rested his wonderful eyes for
the first time upon the dusky beauty, the
Queen of the Kennebec. Here it was
that he strayed with her through wood
and paths by the banks of the beautiful
river. speaking in low, sweet tones of his
,.a for her. In imagination l can see
t0so as they stood near the river under
the moonlit sky. Burr was slight in
-a but handsome in person, and was
,ra5sed in the height of fashion OF his
ay that of more than a century ago.
Vii. father had left him a large fortune
. as could we'll afford to wear fine
.at5es. He had joined the expedition
Irlqr Arnold because of his warm SYM
,arhr for the colonies in their struggle
seaInst our mother country, and was
soon raised to the rank of maj or in the
army. But however admirable his mill
-v life may have been during the war
If the Revolution, it was deplorable and
ssnogalizing when viewed from the
standpoint of his relations with women.
But let us pause and take look at the
tart some young maiden who stands by
BIZ. SIDE. This then is Jacataque, the
a freed girl of Swan Island, who in
-.5g was famous along the Kennebec
her beauty. Her teeth were like
1,ars and her eyes dark and lustrous,
willie a dignity of form and carriage
ssr to her charms. She was dressed
i -gue soft muslin and wore over her
..aatiiul shoulders rich shawl, pres
.a- rom Burr A wide fillet that en-
.r.- ner head held the gay plumage of
.w which she had brought down with
a-r rusty rifle. Tradition says that this
a-autiful forest maiden had few superiors
her skill of handling this weapon, and
ghe will figure more prominently
on in my book.
Well, my DEAR" said Burr, as he
.oYe her hand in his, 1--WE must join the
..a. 5iti0n in a few days at Fort Wes-
u
"ua DEAR sighed Jacataque, must
e4iiy leave this island SO soon?'
l am afraid so,'' replied Burr. Il
~d despatch late this afternoon
at effect from Arnold, who is
..~ TO penetrate the wilderness and
rlee Quebec
j.. as he looked at her soft, dark
moist with tears, he was carried
Ivy her marvellous beauty, and
her in his arms he exclaimed:
lacataque, | love you. Only tell
ag you will decide to accompany
l 1 will surround you with every
possible, and if We fall in the
.3erness and die from exposure
ness, then, bless God, we will
ther."
follow you even unto death, "
Jacataque, as she brushed the
rom her eyes, ''for love you bet
life itself"
o1ately then did Burr kiss her,
hey seated themselves on a
5u0ll and listened moment to
of a lingering whippoorwill
two big eagles flying over their
TO- heir nests in the lower part of
Az. and The bright moon shone down
lm in all its splendor, and the sky
picture of beauty.
=autiful was the night
freshness filled the silent air.
obscured, nor cloud, nor streak, nor
tain,
e-... inc serene of heaven.
20 IL .N d glory the moon divine
.. rough the dark blue deep.
hink," said Burr, as he drank
nagnificent view of the hills and
aIls flooded with moonlight, that
lr'hern country affords some of the
rugged and delightful scenery l
Vluessed; and don t you think that
ala Dearborn is so charmed with its
c beauties that he tells me he is
d. ag Of buying large tract of land
so distance above Col. Colburn's ship
sf and after the war he intends to
'4 MIN home on this land.'
No wonder he is charmed with the
scenery along this beautiful river" said
aaeaJaque, and then as the moon fell
directly upon her face Burr noticed a
SAD look in her eyes-"and my people
"'ei 1t, too stretching out her hands
coward the river) "but where are they?"
iden she burst into tears. Burr sooth-
@drf with gentle words and they were
''yh mating gayly about other matters.
"aj as to General Dearborn buying
'a" % the Kennebec. This he proceed
10 after the Revolution, and he
915ed his colonial mansion on large
'a OF land where the city of Gardiner