alonguinnation

The Indians of Maine were part of the “Alonguin” Nation, one of the eight great North American tribes.

With settlers arriving in large ships and taking the land and resources away from the Nation combined with inter tribal warfare and feuds erupting a meeting was called by the "Great Chief" at the Village Falls.

The Falls was a "Mitgonpontook" a favorite meeting place of the Indians due to it's rich supply of wild game and fish.

The two more powerful chiefs oversaw the meeting at the Falls.

The “Abnaki” spelled “Wanb-Naghi” and means “Our Ancestors of the East”, and the “Etechemins”, a warrior chief who led the more agressive tribes.

The settlers were quick to drive the Indian Nation further from their natural resources so as to secure it for themselves. After several massacres the Etechemins who oversaw the Tarrantines and the Openangos or Passamaquoddy wanted to go to battle against the settlers.

In the meantime the Abnaki were disagreeing on how to handle the influx of settlers that were cheating them out of their land and resources. After a lengthy elders meeting the Abanaki Chief along with the chiefs of the Canabis or Kennebec, the Penobscots, the Wawenocks, the Sokokis or Sochigones, and the Anasagunticooks met again at the falls to smoke the peace pipe and seek guidance from the spirit gods of their fathers.

The Sokokis who governed the Pegwackets and Ossipees agreed to fight. With more settlers arriving hardships grew daily upon the Indian Nation. The Chief of the Canabis or Kennebec called another elders meeting with the Sagadahocs, Cussenocks, Ticonnects and Norridewocks and Sheepscots they also met at the Village Falls for several reasons. The assembly was better represented and they could fish and hunt and bring a large supply of resources back to their villages. The Anasagunticooks which tried to maintain the falls called an elders meeting consisting of the Pejepscot, Rockomekas, Pennacooks and Amascontees. The Rockomekas after a violent attack on settlers divided up forming the Caghnaugas who wanted revenge. The Pennacooks were also caught in a fire fight with the settlers which also resulted in the formation of the Sawcooks who wanted revenge as well.

It was just a matter of time that all of the tribes were forced back into Canada, battered, diseased, wounded, tired and lame.

signed: Little Fierce Bear, Saint Ephrem-de-Beauce, Canada

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