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Chapel bell, Norridgewock, ca. 1700
Maine Historical Society, Artifact

Tradition has it that this bell came from the chapel that Father Sebastien Rasles had built in the village of Norridgewock in the early 1700s. After a raid on the village in 1721 it is said one of the Indians helping to bury the dead hid this bell. It was found in 1808 under a decayed hemlock, taken to Norridgewock and later given to the Maine Historical Society. Sebastien Rasles, 1657-1724, was a Jesuit priest living and working with the Native Americans in the late 1600s and early 1700s.

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Death of Father Sebastian Rale of the Society of Jesus
Maine Historical Society, Map

This engraving serves as the frontispiece of "Indian Good Book made by Eugene Detromile Indian Patriarch for the Benefit of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, St. John's, Micmac and other tribes of the Abnaki Indians, 1856." Father Sebastien Rale, or Rasles, was serving the Abenaki Indians at the settlement of Norridgewock in 1724 when he was murdered by the English and another tribe, on Aug. 23, 1724. The full title of this engraving is, "Death of Father Sebastian Rale of the Society of Jesus. Killed by the English and Mohawks at Norridgewock, Aug. 23, 1724.

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Letter about a raid on an Abenaki village
Maine Historical Society, Text

This letter was written by Johnson Harmon and Joseph Heath to Col. Goffe recounting a raid on the settlement at Norridgewock where Jesuit priest Father Sebastien Rasles (Rale) lived.

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Sebastien Rasles' strongbox, ca. 1720
Maine Historical Society, Artifact

Father Sebastien Rasles, 1657-1724, came to Canada from France in 1689 and learned many of the customs and languages of the Indians in the Northeast. He became a very beloved and powerful influence on the Indians. In 1721 the British raided the village of Norridgewock (Maine) where Father Rasles was living. He escaped capture, but his strongbox was confiscated containing letters and documents. The box has a secret compartment shown here.

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