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Kennebec Indian wars era fort at Arrowsic described
Historic account details the Kennebec frontier, Arrowsic Island trading fort, and the 1676 assault by Indigenous forces. It notes Major Clarke and Captain Lake as key figures, the fort’s two guns, and the escape of four defenders by canoe. The narrative covers attacks near Casco Bay, pilot and river dynamics, and the subsequent flight of settlers downriver with peacetime efforts ending in 1677.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vl Eng
Ggg Bay
English
Namie
Sagamore
Ma Goeert
Maine
Smith
Dians
Margaret Phillips
Walter Phillips
Damariscotta
Sandahoeter
Hammond's
Arrowsic
Kennebec River
Hamonds
Mr. Hamonds
Sheepiscot
Boston
Richard Hammond
Samuel Smith
Joshua Grant
Arrowsic Island
Kennebec
Thomas Clarke
Thomas Lake
Clarke
General Court
Quak Persecutiariers
Suffolk Regiment
Lake
Lincolnshire
North Company
Mill Island
Woolwich
Georgetown Island
Spring Cove
William Hubbard
Ipswich
Mas
New England
Hubbard
Ells
York
Richard Waldron
Casco
Sylvanus Davis
Ins Lake
Davis
Esca
Donte Pay Tee
Captain Davis
Tela
Capa Lake