. New England; a human interest geographical reader. Newbury beside the Connecticut and the name of the state, derived from two Frenchwords, Verd Mont, which mean Green Mountain, isvery appropriate. The state abounds in lakes, ponds, and httle rivers,and is one of the most attractive of the nations The Sheepscot River, a little east of the KennebecHistoric Maine AN early English visitor to the Maine coast wasCaptain Weymouth, who landed about the firstof June, 1605, halfway between the Penobscot andKennebec rivers, and explored the neighboring streams,harbors, and islands.
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. Newbury beside the Connecticut and the name of the state, derived from two Frenchwords, Verd Mont, which mean Green Mountain, isvery appropriate. The state abounds in lakes, ponds, and httle rivers,and is one of the most attractive of the nations The Sheepscot River, a little east of the KennebecHistoric Maine AN early English visitor to the Maine coast wasCaptain Weymouth, who landed about the firstof June, 1605, halfway between the Penobscot andKennebec rivers, and explored the neighboring streams,harbors, and islands. The Indians brought many316 Historic Maine 317 furs to the English ship to exchange for trinkets. Oneday they took several of the crew who were on shoreto where other Indians sat around some fires laughingand talking, while puffs of smoke rose from theirmouths. Probably the sailors had never seen anyone smoking before. Deerskins were spread for thewhite men to sit on, and a pipe, the bowl of which wasmade of a lobsters claw, was passed to them. Theysucked the smoke into their mouths as they saw thenatives doing, and called the operation drinkingtobacco. When Captain Weymouth was nearly ready to sailaway he had three Indians, who came to the vessel,seized and thrust below deck. Several sailors rowedashore and c
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