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Item 7309
Title: Thomas Burnham deposition against Rachel Clinton
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1692-04-22
Media: Ink on paper
Item 28654
Title: Glooskap Setting His Dogs on the Witches, ca. 1884
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1884
Media: Ink on paper
Item 22382
Title: Samuel Sewall letter regarding female prisoner, 1693
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1693-07-14
Location: Boston
Media: Ink on paper
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Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.
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Creation and other cultural tales are important to framing a culture's beliefs and values -- and passing those on. The Wabanaki -- Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot -- Indians of Maine and Nova Scotia tell stories of a cultural hero/creator, a giant who lived among them and who promised to return.