The Pine-tree coast . le village, so becoming to Castinewhat its gilded dome is to Boston, or, as one might say, the hopeful sign of ahigher education. 271 272 IHE riNE-TREE (_ASI. Its topogra|)hieal features are. such as to luakt this peninsula a natui-alstronghold, easily convertible into a most defensible position, —a fact to whi(;hCastines early importance was undoubtedly owing. Close by the shore-side, as one sails up this beautiful harbor, is the greenV)ank which tradition makes the site of ancient Fort Pentagoet,- sometime theliold of Messire DAulnay Charnisay, and after him, of the Bar
The Pine-tree coast . le village, so becoming to Castinewhat its gilded dome is to Boston, or, as one might say, the hopeful sign of ahigher education. 271 272 IHE riNE-TREE (_ASI. Its topogra|)hieal features are. such as to luakt this peninsula a natui-alstronghold, easily convertible into a most defensible position, —a fact to whi(;hCastines early importance was undoubtedly owing. Close by the shore-side, as one sails up this beautiful harbor, is the greenV)ank which tradition makes the site of ancient Fort Pentagoet,- sometime theliold of Messire DAulnay Charnisay, and after him, of the Baron true history begins with the prompt reoccupation of Acadia, when CardinalRichelieu put his powerful hand to the task of awakening colonial France fromits long stupor. As the extreme outpost of Acadia, Pentagoet was to Ixi sustained at allhazards, and New England henceforth found an enemy at her doors, determinedto resist her every attem])t to regain possession of the territory between the. SITE OF FORT PENTA<iOKT. Penobscot and Saint Croix; for the kings lieutenant, in his double capacity ofmilitary commandant and monopolist of the Indian trade, could be relied onto defend his personal rights even more vigorously than the national was French colonial policy — feudalism transplanted. DAulnay began by driving out the thrifty Pilgrims, who threatened hismonopoly. But he had a more formidable rival in La Tour,^ of Saint John, whoheld command beyond the Saint Croix. Stripped of their titles, they were reallyrival traders, masquerading as solfliers, who showed much more jealousy of eachother than of the English ; and as neither ])aid any respect to the limitsmarked out for him by his commission, a, very pretty quarrel soon fell outbetween them. Engrossed by their personal hatreds, each applied to the detested Englishfor a helping hand against the other. The crafty Puritans, after first searchingthe Scriptures to see if they could find Avarrant fo
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