Keywords: St. John's Indians
Item 16149
Letter concerning Indian treaties, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1749–1864 Media: Ink on paper
Item 18403
St-Jean-Baptiste parade, Lewiston, 1958
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1958 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Exhibit
Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative
"… indicating the area on the Georges River as an Indian village still referred to as Segochet. After Captain Smith reported his discoveries, Prince…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church
"The Indians were visited by Reverend John Bapst, S.J. and Reverend Eugene Vetromile from 1884 to 1885."
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
