. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. ;^s&!*>s»*- ,, / m^. Birds-Eve View hk IokiLAMi i\ 1891. (Frniii Cihi Jliiililiiiii tnirnrih Prills IslaniL) quaintly expresses it) of getting to know the countr\-, capturing whales, preparing for the spread of Chris-tianity among the savages, and extending trade and traffic in regions rich in furs. Captain Smith says in his account of this excursion: Westward of Kennebec is the country ofAucocisco, in the bottom of a deep bay full of many great isles, which divide it into many great name Casco is a cor
. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. ;^s&!*>s»*- ,, / m^. Birds-Eve View hk IokiLAMi i\ 1891. (Frniii Cihi Jliiililiiiii tnirnrih Prills IslaniL) quaintly expresses it) of getting to know the countr\-, capturing whales, preparing for the spread of Chris-tianity among the savages, and extending trade and traffic in regions rich in furs. Captain Smith says in his account of this excursion: Westward of Kennebec is the country ofAucocisco, in the bottom of a deep bay full of many great isles, which divide it into many great name Casco is a corruption of the Indian word Aucocisco, the meaning of which — like that ofabout all Indian words from which bays, lakes, rivers, etc., have derived their names — seems to eitherhave been remarkably elastic, or to have been very vaguely understood by the whites, for some authoritiestranslate Aucocisco as a resting place, while others say it means a crane or heron. Certainly here is agreat divergency of meaning, but one that is not at all exceptional, as it can be paralleled by numerousother ex
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