. Memorial volume of the Popham celebration, August 29, 1862: commemorative of the planting of the Popham colony on the peninsula of Sabino, August 19, , 1607, establishing the title of England to the continent. uld be to do the samefor Pophams Colony and Gilberts exploration on the Andros-coggin. 1. The first of these statements, in addition to the upwwrdcourse from the river to their watering place is drawn from anexploring march, made by Weymouth from its western shore. Having left his harbor for this purpose on the 12th of June,from his ship riding in the river, and in his pinnace with
. Memorial volume of the Popham celebration, August 29, 1862: commemorative of the planting of the Popham colony on the peninsula of Sabino, August 19, , 1607, establishing the title of England to the continent. uld be to do the samefor Pophams Colony and Gilberts exploration on the Andros-coggin. 1. The first of these statements, in addition to the upwwrdcourse from the river to their watering place is drawn from anexploring march, made by Weymouth from its western shore. Having left his harbor for this purpose on the 12th of June,from his ship riding in the river, and in his pinnace withseventeen men, he ran up to the codde thereof, ^ where theylanded, leaving six men to guard the boat. The Saxon word codde, in this ancient orthography andapplication, denotes a small creek-like opening of inland water,with a narrow entrance where it is connected with the largerbody. A little bay or creek of this kind, about twelve rodswide, is known to have existed, and indeed in large part still 1 So does the editor of Eosier, p. 154, note; and also of Gorges Brief Nar-ration, Maine His. Col., vol. 2, p. 17 ; and writers generally following Belknap,till Mr. McKeen. 2 Eosier, p. 149. 21 306 MEMORIAL VOLUME,. POPHAM .CBLEBEATION. 307 remains, in the place now occupied by the city of Bath, and isshown on the accompanying map, having its narrow channelopening near the steamboat wharf. It has been sufficientlydeep, within the memory of persons now living, to admit avessel much larger than the pinnace is supposed to havebeen, and indeed could do the same now, if the entrancew,as not covered with a low culvert in the principal businessstreet. It ran back in a south-westerly direction for fifty orsixty rods, and then abruptly turned to the north, where it re-ceived into the tide a small stream of fresh water, from thetwo abrupt bordering ridges between which it flowed, and littleponds at its head. Prom this inlet, ten of the men with shot and some armed,with a boy to carry the powder
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