The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine History Documents Special Collections 2019 History of Pemaquid Maine - Ten Years at Pemaquid John Henry Cartland Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory Part of the History Commons Repository Citation Cartland, John Henry, "History of Pemaquid Maine - Ten Years at Pemaquid" (2019). Maine History Documents. 252. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/252 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TEN YEARS PEMAQUID SKETCHES OF ITS HISTORY AND ITS RUINS BY J. HENRY CARTLAND The resileea - reeounda aloq the shore, The light land breeze flows outward with a qh, And each to each -ma ohanttna evermore A mournful memory of the day1 gone by: All underneath theee tufted mounda of iirau Lies many a relic, many a storied stone, And pale gh01te rille u llnaerlnir footeteps pus The ruined fort with tanirled vines o'el'JCl'Own. -llr,. II, W. H•ck•lton PEKAQUID BEACH, HAINE 1899 COPYJUGBTBD 1899. AI.I. BIGHTS BBBBBV&D. TO THE CHILDREN OF MAINE, MY NATIVE STATE, THE AUTHOR INSCRIBES THIS BOOK. INTRODUCTION. Many an ancient spot, rendered dear by tradition and sacred associations, is disguised by a modem aspect. But though time brushes away the old landmarks and the once familiar scenes disap­ pear, the halo east by memory remains, and the locality lives in our hearts and thoughts as it was before the change. REv. DR. T. DEWl'lT TALlliGE. Many people visit Old Pemaquid every year who have once claimed it as their home, but have been obliged to seek employ­ ment elsewhere. They cherish fond memories of happy days passed here. Few visit this place who do not wish to come again to enjoy its attractive natural scenery and try to fathom the hidden mysteries of its past. After one year of research here I thought it would be an easy task to write a history of Pemaquid. To-day after ten years of investigation I have changed my mind. It is not from lack of interesting material, but it has been difficult to select the most interesting facts and put them in the most attractive form. I am especially indebted to Rev. H. 0. Thayer of Port­ land, Maine, for valuable aid in compiling this work and for translations of important French documents. From Prof. John Johnston's History of Bristol and Bremen, which has been very freely quoted in this work, I have obtained more information than from any other single volume. Others, too numerous to mention, have contributed a sketch, a poem, a story, or bits of history, - to all of whom I tender my hearty thanks. Because I love good children I have dedicated this work to them. Cruel fate has deprived me of my own for years, but many others have been my constant companions and true friends. The bright spots and much of the sunshine of my life­ time I owe to them. Scattered along the way from Maine to North Carolina I have found many kind friends who always greet me with a hearty welcome. Each springtime for years past, I have visited the "sunny Southland," where with my brother's children and their schoolmates we have roamed the fields and climbed the hills, and the steep sides of Old Pilot vi Mountainof the Old N ortb State to get a bird's-eye view of the lovely scenery near the Blue Ridge Mountains. There we have gathered flowers to send back to children of the old Pine Tree State, before the ice and snow had released theirs from their frozen beds. From beneath the stones in the babbling brook, hundreds of miles west from the ocean, we have hunted out the fresh water lobster, and beneath the arc light on the city streets the rare electric light bug, and upon the stately oaks and other tall trees, that singular p&r1111ite the mistletoe, beneath which every English lassie delights to stand on certain occasions. These with other curiosities of one section of our country have been gathered to amuse and instruct those here who have not the privilege of going there to see them. On the Berkshire bills of western Massachusetts at Beulah Land we have ridden and gathered rare wild flowers, booked the bright spotted troutfrom the clear cold streams that tumble down the water courses there, then cooked and eaten them with a hearty relish. Here at old Pemaquid, barefoot urchins with bright eyes and nimble feet have followed the plough over the soil as it uncovered the stone pavings of former streets, and gathered from the fields relics of former days, and brought me to add to our collection. Some have gathered from our rugged shores and beautiful white sand beaches, rare shells, ribbon or lucky stones, and other odd pebbles to add to our mineral collection, and like­ wise New England sponge, dollar fish, razor clams, spider and horseshoe crabs, tiny lobsters, with many other natural curiosi­ ties. Their week-day and Sabbath-school exercises interest me, as also their evening songs and dances, boat rowing, sailing and bicycle riding. In all their innocent amusements I love to watch and mingle with them and forget dull care. Thus while I have been gathering material for this imper­ fect book I have remembered the children and youth and labored to gather substantial and useful relics and curiosities, many of which have been their contributions, hoping sometime to have a suitable building erected here where all can be on exhibition for the benefit of those who wish to examine them. Such an ex­ hibit I hope sometime to have, properly arranged. It would perhaps be more useful to teach by object lessons than by print­ ed books. Tm: AUTBOB, CONTENTS. CBAPTl:B Part I. PA.OB I: Location of Pemaquid ······-···················· ......................... 1 II. Description of Pemaquid.............. ........................ ___ IS III. Date of Settlement .......... ·----··· ···············-··············· 18 IV. Early History- Weymouth's Voyage.............. ......... 21 v. Visit of the Popham Colonists ...................... ··············- so VI. The Notable Capt. John Smith········-·······-····-·- ....... 84 VII. Early Traffic and Fishery - Relations with the Pilgrims·········-· ······························-·-····················· 87 VIII. Land Purchased- Somerset's Deed of Pemaquid.. " IX. Noted Indians......... ·-···························-······························· ISO X. The Pemaquid Patent......................................... .........._._ ISIS XI. Wreck of The AngelG abriel...... ······-···························· IS7 XII. English and French Rival Claims - La Tour and D' Aulney ................................................................. 62 XIII. The Duke of York's Government.............. - ................ 68 Part II. XIV. Relics ······-····················· ············-··-·····-·····················-·······-· 78 xv. Old Fort Rock and House -Anecdotes................... 81 XVI. Old Cellara........ -·····•··········-·· ··-·· .. ······••································ 92 XVII. Ancient Pavements··········-·· ············································· 91S XVIII. The Old Cache.. ...... ..................................................- ......... lM XIX. Blacksmith Shops....................................... ·-······ ............... 109 xx. Pipe Factories............... ·-········-·········· ..·············· ·················· 111 XXI. Traces of Shipbuilding ...................................................... 114 XXII. An Old Wharf---···-········-·-···-············-··········--············ 118 XXIII. A Shipyard....... ·-····················-······-·········-······ ··········-······- 128 XXIV. The Cemetery............... ....................................·-······ ············ 126 XXV. Field Days of Malne Historical Society....... · -····-······ 184 Part Ill. XXVI. Fortifications- The First Fort.................. - .................. 140 XXVII. Fort Charles- Its Capture -ThomasGyles ............ HS XXVIII. Fort William Henry- Besieged and Taken by French and Indians·-····-·······-·······-·············-·· 166 XXIX. Re-settlement after Treaty of Utrecht- Fort Frederic················-····-······-··················-··············- 176 XXX. N aval Engagement-The Enterprise and Boxer... 188 XXXI. The Pemaquid Improvement Association.............. _ 186 Silt, of Ancitent T'teinaqnid. ACROSS PEMAQUI0 HARBOR. Looking South from the Bay View House. PART I. CHAPTER I. Location of Pemaquld - Once the most noted locality on the New England coast- Pemaquid as known to-day - Boundary lines of Pemaquld and Bristol - Change In the manner and routes of travel since Pemaquid wasfirst settled - Neglect of its an­ tique remains by its own people - Interesting peninsulas and islands extending out from the southernshores of Pemaqutd­ Boundary lines of ancient Pemaquid - Tide of summer trav­ el turning this way - A good retreat from the cares and turmoil of city llfe - Visitedby historians and antiquarians­ How to reach Pemaquid - Its steamboat landings - Hotels and other places of interest. taLTHOUGH once the most noted locality by far of all � New England, to-day comparatively few people know anything of Pemaquid, its location, its topography or formation, or its history. Pemaquid as known to-day embraces two of the three natural divisions of the southern part of the town of Bristol in Lincoln County, Maine. Bristol is bounded on the west by the Damariscotta River, on the north