The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . oint could possibly fail tonotice.^ 1 John McKeen (Me. Hist. Societys Coll., Series I, 5, 313, 314) identifiedthese mountains as the White and Blue mountains. R. K. Sewall (AncientDominions, 59) held that the mountains Waymouth saw were the WhiteMountains. Dr. Edward Ballard (Popham Memorial Volume, 303) adoptedthe same view. On the contrary William,Willis (Me. Hist. Societys Coll.,Series I, 8, 346) insisted that the White Mountains lie far to the west, andcan only be seen under favorable circumstances; and that the mountainsseen by Waymouth were t
The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . oint could possibly fail tonotice.^ 1 John McKeen (Me. Hist. Societys Coll., Series I, 5, 313, 314) identifiedthese mountains as the White and Blue mountains. R. K. Sewall (AncientDominions, 59) held that the mountains Waymouth saw were the WhiteMountains. Dr. Edward Ballard (Popham Memorial Volume, 303) adoptedthe same view. On the contrary William,Willis (Me. Hist. Societys Coll.,Series I, 8, 346) insisted that the White Mountains lie far to the west, andcan only be seen under favorable circumstances; and that the mountainsseen by Waymouth were the Camden and other heights bordering thePenobscot Bay. Prince (,Me. Hist. Societys Coll., Series I, 6, 294) says the Camden and Union mountains are the only conspicuous heights alongthe coast visible from Monhegan. That the mountains here referred to inthe Relation were the Camden and Union mountains is the view now gen-erally held. For a full presentation of the facts, see Rosiers Relation of Waymouths Voyage, Gorges Society, 1887, Title Pack of Rosibrs True Relation. waymouths voyage. 43 The harbor in which Waymouth anchored the Archangel, andwhich he called Pentecost harbor ^j was an island harbor, andRosiers narrative furnishes abundant means for its identificationwith the present St. Georges harbor. From Waymouthsanchorage a league north of Monhegan, it is reached by proceed-ing along to the other islands more adjoining to the main, andis in the rode directly with the mountains which Waymouthhad before him. Moreover, it is a harbor formed by islands, four entrances, as the harbor mentioned by Rosier. Indeed,the endeavor to identify the Pentecost harbor of Rosiers Relationwith Boothbay harbor, or with any other harbor on the neighbor-ing coast, fails to meet these and other requirements of Rosiersnarrative. But the pai^mount purposes of the voyage were not to be ful-filled by merely an approach to the coast. A few days were spentby Waymouth and his compan
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