Keywords: Encroachments
Item 7474
Penobscot Tribal petitions about encroachment and timber industry, Stockton Springs, 1772
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1772-10-12 Location: Stockton Springs Media: Ink on paper
Item 25680
Indian attacks, Brunswick area, 1756
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1756 Location: Brunswick; Topsham Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Father Rasles, the Indians and the English
Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.
Exhibit
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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"The settlers encroached on the native hunting grounds and set nets which interfered with their fishing."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2
"… years, stylistic and decorative details began to encroach on the early simple and plain greco-style gowns, as may be observed in a delicate almost…"
