Re: more Pittston, ME VR's - Moody's
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more Pittston, ME VR's - Moody's
Silver Hawk 6/04/05
I knew I had heard the name Castine in association with Native America Indians.
Last night I was reading The Annals of Warren - a book written in the 1800's.In it it talks about a chief Madockawando, "whose influence was great, and whose political relations extended as far as Massachusetts and Quebec, was averse to a war with the English; and the influence of his son-in-law, the Baron de Castine, then engaged in a successful trade at the place which now bears his name, and unwilling to have it interrupted, was exerted on the side of peace."
It goes on to talk how Castine had an "unbounded influence over the tribe; and his counsels, together with those of the Sachem his father in law, prevailed in favor of a pacific policy."
Then further on in the book for the year 1702 it states, "Castine had now returned to France with his wealth; but his son, generally called Castine the younger, born of a Tarratine woman, continued at Bigayduce."
Marilyn
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Re: more Pittston, ME VR's - Moody's
Silver Hawk 12/04/05