The Republican journal., 1910-03-03
The Queen of the kennebec
Or the Last of the Wampanoags.
BY FRANK w. GOWEN.

= +he Indian maiden and give the reader
brief description of the expedition in
,.hich he had enlisted his services. Every
.obool bow in the State of Maine is more
~ lass familiar with its history, and this
: chiefly due to the traditions and ro-
nance which have come down to US from
s.ceral generations. The expedition was
,rs of the most fatal military mistakes
Il, tbf annals of our nation. When our
..,., Congress raised Benedict Arnold
,tsn A brave soldier and patriot, but
lstar traitor to his country-to the
-s-,- If colonel, and Washington gave
A,o, the command of l, 100 picked troops
march through the wilds of Maine and
-.-r.s Quebec, it was near the end of
rrber: too late in the season to send
..,,,. sa expedition to the far North. 1t is
- MY Intention, however, to criticise
Al ogton, for it is we'll known that
.r ne took command of the Cont
,4s-4 Army at Cambridge in July, TVS,
u barassed by delays and hindrances
congress and the Colonial governors.
..U treat man, and great general,
.. ave managed as we'll as he and
...l.e the mighty difficulties which
.ea throughout the eight years of
. war tor independence. Washington
M allied the political and military
-. and far reaching Importance to the
..--r. Of this Canadian expedition, but
....z overwhelmed with the cares of
-sa.z.ag an army. and at the same
.... sjrajning every nerve to get to-
e.r..l as soon as possible picked army
mr. 4raod. Would that he might have
s.-e.ed in starting the army of inva-
s., 1rth six weeks earlier, so that it
muf5- have escaped the terrible trials
.at rarlships of the march. Arnold
.. lave then united his army with
that General Montgomery after the
fall Montreal, and Great Britain would
,rpauv have lost her Canadian colony
o.. y... rs her thirteen American colonies.
s-.r-ral Arnold was accompanied on this
sl,-#lon by several brave and coura-
4-..s v5ung men, whose names became
famous in political and military lie in
st.r lines. Besides Burr there was
amg aptain Daniel Morgan, famous
7s-maii. who later became noted gen
-r4 the Revolution and a true friend
shngton. Still another young cap
ts.r h no toiled on day by day with Ar
.o and his army in the wilderness, be-
Gam ater in life a great general. This
as, Teneral Henry Dearborn. Little
b. realize then that nearly 40 years
srs. TN the war of 1912, he would be in
nd of a great army, called the
s. of the Center" to again invade
C.. d III the Niagara Frontier. Major
It, Bigelow, member of one of
most aristocratic families in Massa
-, Is. was also with Arnold on this
aa0- and l shall have more to say of
-.. at-r in my book. Over a century
1-s passed away since Arnold proceeded
l-- kennebec with his army of inva-
sr but the same sweet sky smiles over
Sa Island and the forest shades trem-
the waters by the banks Of the
AS in the days when Burr, the
s vi Hamilton, came here and spoke
love to the fair Indian maiden.
>e ag here on this lovely June day
H.r Hlrr once stood so long ago, and
-r. So many generations of men have
and died, the following beautiful
.-vl Homer come to my mind.
caves on trees the race of man is found,
81. -H-eu in youth, whitening on the
-r.u ud,
a ACE the following spring supplies,
.+e - successive, and successive rise.
cations in their course decay,
b these when those have passed
aay
.ratIy no truer statement was ever
g than the remark that ''no man is
9-i--f. and sad as it may seem, Ham
Has not much better than Burr
"a-r anne to his relations with wom-
this connection Senator Henry
-a't odge, in his life of Hamilton,
i'm: 'Hamilton's defects sprang
ag. 'E.r weakness, but from strength
lions, which sometimes overmas-
Ter his reason. Thus it was in his re-
at.s with women, which had an IN
7ma..e notoriety."
ill., morning after Burr had told his
oye 10 Jacataque he rose late, and after
d l-}Iy breakfast decided to visit the
'5-f- house in Pownalboro, now known
ds ftt town Of Dresden. Naturally he
~ola be Interested in visiting such
pace tor he was student of the law,
a'@ VAS tudying at Litchfeld, Connect
.ll When the Revolution broke out He
10lhsl a heavy surtout, for the morning
was rather chilly, with indications of
'of" and was rowed across the river
'A1 spent some time in the historic old
'olFt house, which still stands in the
'O"R Of Dresden and is also inhabited.
N hearty half a century this noble old
'1taing was the center of all the i'm
poFlant law cases for eastern Maine.
-7lF came to try important law cases
-'4- 81 the most eminent men in our
'0'f such as John Adams, our second