The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . ate end a public good and true zeal of promulgatingGods Holy Church by planting Christianity. The Archangel,accordingly, now dropped down the river to its mouth, and thento Pentecost harbor, where water was taken on board ; and on thesixteenth of June, the wind being fair, and all preparations hav-ing been completed, Waymouth and his companions set sail.^ Over summer seas and full of the joy which worthy achieve-ment always awakens, establishing on their way confidential rela-tions with their Indian captives, the voyagers returned homeward,anchorin
The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . ate end a public good and true zeal of promulgatingGods Holy Church by planting Christianity. The Archangel,accordingly, now dropped down the river to its mouth, and thento Pentecost harbor, where water was taken on board ; and on thesixteenth of June, the wind being fair, and all preparations hav-ing been completed, Waymouth and his companions set sail.^ Over summer seas and full of the joy which worthy achieve-ment always awakens, establishing on their way confidential rela-tions with their Indian captives, the voyagers returned homeward,anchoring the Archangel in Dartmouth Haven on July Relation of the voyage ends here. We are not toldwith what welcome Waymouth and his fellow explorers werereceived, or upon whose ears the story of their adventures first 1 The Maine Historical Society celebrated the tercentenary of Waymouthsvoyage by services at Thomaston and St. Georges harbor July, 1905. Fora report of the proceedings see Me. Hist. Societys Coll., Series III, 2, waymouths voyage. 49 fell. But it requires no stretch of the imagination to bring beforeus the scene as on that Thursday afternoon, about four oclock,the Archangel came to her anchorage, and the members of theexpedition were surrounded by eager questioners. Heroes they allwere, but of what special, wondering interest were the five Indianswhom Waymouth had brought with him as specimens of theinhabitants of the new world! It was a thrilling narrative thatwas told, first on the deck of the Archangel, and later in thelounging places of the town where the sailors mingled with acrowd ready to catch any word that might fall from their lips. How long the Archangel remained in Dartmouth Haven wasnot recorded ; and it seems probable that Rosier, the historian ofthe expedition, leaving the vessel at Dartmouth Haven, hurriedto I<ondon to place before the promoters of the voyage the tidingswhich they so eagerly awaited. According, to Sir FerdinandoG
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