The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-01
OUR EAsTERnrosr CITY.
Region of Sumner Resorts and Home is of Passa1naauoddy Indians De-
 scribed By United States Geological
 Survey.

g A report on the Eastport quad rangle. Mafney recently issued by the United States Geological Survey, deals with region of more than usual in n-s terest- Eastport, from which the squadrang1e receives it's name, has the double distinction of being the east ernmost city of the United States and the center of the sardine-packing in -l dustry Of the Atlantic coast. The ac-I tuaI easternn ost point of land is the. United States is West Quoddy Head, marked by lighthouse a few miles south of Eastport. but still within the region and the large stretches of pro- tected water along the irregular coast attract to this part of Maine many summer visitors. aIthough h it has not yet become so popularss resort as the coast of Maine farther west or the Ca nadian coas farther east Some con- ception of the extreme irregaIarity of the coast may be gained from the statement that Eastp port may be reached from its sistere town LslIbec, by a three mile ferry, whereas the traveller following the shore would have to walk 100 rocky miles to get from one of these towns to the other
 The Eastpprt region is one of the few places in the Atlantic states that stilil counts among it's inhabitants the: direct descendants of the native own CTS of the soil These are the Pass
 
 village at Pleasant Point, where they live as temporaI wards Of the state and as spiritual wards of the Catholic church Because they have adopted so freely the ways of the white man the9e Indians have ceased to be pictur-E esque. but tourists are interested in them because of the really artistic baskets of sweet grass and dyed wood woven by the women. Only once a year, on Corpus Christi Day. to they deck themselves otout in ceremonial robes and with songs and dances re- call the savage g1ories of long ago. This feast day of course attracts spec tators from all the neigh boring towns Though now very up to date, the vil-' lage 1f these Indians as late as 1888 consisted mainly of tepees, and it was then common to see them clad in their native costumes. Their school, con ducted by sisters of charity, and their church play an Important part in their lives and have been a source of great improvement to the tribe.
 Ancient Lava Flows.
 To the geo1ogist the Passport re zion is of remarkable interest It's rocks, which belong to the periods known as sSiIurian and Devonian, in-s cl1de thousands of feet of alternating lava flows, beds of consolidated vol canic ash, and consolidated nudS, which show that in these ancient times the Eastport region was a yer itable Bay of Naples, bordered by vol canoes that poured 1avas out upon the floor of the ocean and showered ashes into it's waters. On many of the weather-beaten surfaces of the rocks the lavalike structure appears as per feet as a piece of modern lava. The outward contour of these SiIurian VOL canoes has been completely destroyed in the wearing down of the land dur ing millions of succeeding years, and even their exact location can be but roughly surmised. Only the lava. flows and ash beds remain, like scattered ruins of fallen temples.
 In spite of frequent catastrophe in the form of, volcanic eruptions the sea at this time teemed with animal Iife whose fossil remains can readily be found by anyone who cares to search the shale beds along the shore.
 Region Has, Risen 200 Feet
 We are all familiar with those start ling upsets in the stability of the land which earthquakes produce, but prob ably few of us realize that most of the land surface of the earth is constantly undergoing almost continuous slow movement of uplift or subsistence. Geoogic studies around Passport yield clear evidence that such gradual land movement has lately been in progress there and has been one of the most recent events in the geologic story of that region, for it is known that dur ing and Immediately after the inva- sion of this part of the continent by the great ice sheet from the north