The History of the State of Maine: From Its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to the Separation, A.D. 1820, Inclusive : with an Appendix and General IndexGlazier, Masters & Smith, 1832 |
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... took salmon in abundance . * wock falls . From Carratunk falls to Norridgewock falls , which are just Norridge- above the mouth of Sandy river , the distance is called 14 miles . Here the water does not descend in a cataract ; its whole ...
... took salmon in abundance . * wock falls . From Carratunk falls to Norridgewock falls , which are just Norridge- above the mouth of Sandy river , the distance is called 14 miles . Here the water does not descend in a cataract ; its whole ...
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... took its name from a Frenchman who anciently lived there.t That point is the southerly projection of the peninsula , which constitutes the greatest part of the town of Castine . On the north it has Back cove ; north of west , it has ...
... took its name from a Frenchman who anciently lived there.t That point is the southerly projection of the peninsula , which constitutes the greatest part of the town of Castine . On the north it has Back cove ; north of west , it has ...
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... took their name from the circumstance of their Fox Island abounding in Foxes when first discovered , particularly the silver grey fox , seldom found at this day in any part of the State . The two principal Islands , so called , are ...
... took their name from the circumstance of their Fox Island abounding in Foxes when first discovered , particularly the silver grey fox , seldom found at this day in any part of the State . The two principal Islands , so called , are ...
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... took its name from Abraham Somes , the first American settler , who commenced a plantation near its head ; it is sometimes called Mount Desert sound . At the en- trance into the sound are several Islands , viz . Great Cranberry berry ...
... took its name from Abraham Somes , the first American settler , who commenced a plantation near its head ; it is sometimes called Mount Desert sound . At the en- trance into the sound are several Islands , viz . Great Cranberry berry ...
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... took his flight to some unknown warmer regions . They tell a story , that seven Indians , a great many moons ago , too boldly went up the mountain and were certainly killed by the mighty Pamola : for , say they , we never hear of them ...
... took his flight to some unknown warmer regions . They tell a story , that seven Indians , a great many moons ago , too boldly went up the mountain and were certainly killed by the mighty Pamola : for , say they , we never hear of them ...
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Página x - ... from the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz: that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands, which divide those rivers which empty themselves into the River St.
Página ix - to the westward, although our said province hath " anciently extended, and doth of right extend, as " far as the River Pentagoet or Penobscot, it shall "be bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sable " across the entrance of the Bay of Fundy to the " mouth of the River St. Croix, by the said river to " its source, and by a line drawn due north from "thence to the [southern boundary of our Colony
Página 433 - to the last words of your father and friend. The white men are sons of the morning. The Great Spirit is their father. His sun shines bright about them. Never make war with them. Sure as you light the fires, the breath of heaven will turn the flames upon you and destroy you. Listen to my advice. It is the last I shall be allowed to give you. Remember it and live!
Página vii - Part of which is now called Salmon Falls, and through the Middle of the same to the furthest Head thereof ; and from thence North two Degrees Westerly, until One Hundred and Twenty Miles be finished from the Mouth of Piscataqua Harbour aforesaid, or until it meets with our otlier Governments.
Página 11 - We are of the opinion that it will be suitable (il conviendra) to adopt as the boundary of the two States a line drawn due north from the source of the river St. Croix to the point where it intersects the middle of the thalweg of the river St.
Página 379 - Kinebequi and so Upwards by the Shortest course to the River Canada Northward And also all that Island or Islands commonly called by the...
Página vii - Newichwannock, Part of which is now called Salmon Falls, and through the Middle of the same to the furthest Head thereof ; and from thence North two Degrees Westerly...
Página vii - Harbour, and up the middle of the River into the River of Newichawannock (part of which is now called Salmon Falls) and thro' the middle of the same to the furthest Head thereof, and from thence North two Degrees Westerly until one hundred and twenty Miles be finished from the Mouth of Piscataqua Harbour aforesaid, or until it meets with His...
Página x - Britain, bounded on the south by a line from the Bay of Chaleurs, along the Highlands, which divide the Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea...
Página 181 - As for those reasons, the causes of others' discouragements, the first only was given to me, in that I had lost so noble a friend, and my nation so worthy a subject. As for the coldness of the clime, I had had too much experience in the world to be frighted with such a blast, as knowing many great kingdoms and large territories more northerly seated, and by many degrees colder than the clime from whence they came, yet plentifully inhabited, and divers of them stored with no better commodities from...