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Moving Image		The Frontier Wars MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans. (Relevance: 13959) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Land Disputes Native Americans History - Colonial Period

Artifact		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. (Relevance: 7533) Find Similar Resources	Abnaki Indians -- Maine Boxes Indians of North America -- Maine -- Norridgewock -- Indians of North America -- Missions -- Maine Jesuit Missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Jesuits -- Maine -- Norridgewock Rasles, Sebastien

Text		Letter from John Minot to his father regarding the murder of Jesuit priest Sebastien Rasles Maine Historical Society, Text This letter dated June 20, 1732 discusses logging in the Brunswick, Maine area, then goes on to relate issues around the murder of the Jesuit Priest Sebastien Rasles (Rale), who had a Mission in Norridgewock, Maine with the Abenaki Indians. (Relevance: 6608) Find Similar Resources	Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- History -- 18th century Dummer's War, 1721-1727 Indians of North America -- Maine -- Alcohol Indians of North America -- Maine -- History -- 18th century Jaquish Jesuit missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Lumber industry -- Maine -- Brunswick -- History -- 18th century Minot, John Minot, Stephen Missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Murders -- Maine -- Norridgewock -- History -- 18th century Native Americans Rale, Sebastien

Text		William Allen's essay on Norridgewock Maine Historical Society, Text This essay describes the natural beauty of the area around Norridgewock, Maine. Also, William Allen describes the Abenaki Tribe and Father Sebastien Rasle's ministry with them. Allen gives the Indian Name to the area which seems to be, "Nanransouack". (Relevance: 5335) Find Similar Resources	Abenaki Indians Allen, William, 1780-1873 -- Prose literature Indians of North America -- Maine -- History Jesuits -- Missions -- United States -- Maine Manuscripts Names, Indian Native Americans Norridgewock (Me.) -- Description and views Rasle, Father Sebastien Rasle, Father Sebastien, 1657-1724 Sandy River (Me.) William, Allen

Artifact		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. (Relevance: 9359) Find Similar Resources	Bells -- Maine -- Norridgewock Churches -- Maine -- Norridgewock Indians of North America -- Maine -- Norridgewock -- Indian Missions Jesuit Missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Rale, Sebastien Rasles, Sebastien

Map		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. (Relevance: 9321) Find Similar Resources	Abenaki Indians -- Maine -- Norridgewock Eastern Indians, Wars with, 1722-1726 Indians of North America -- Maine -- Abenaki Jesuits -- Missions -- Maine -- Norridgewock Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Mohawk Indians -- Maine -- Norridgewock Native Americans Rale, Sebastian Rale, Sebastien Rasles, Sebastien Rasles, Sebastien (1657-1724) -- Engravings History - Colonial Period

Text		Diary of a farmer in Phillips, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Text Diary of a farmer in Phillips, Maine. Includes brief notations of work for the day and the weather for various times of the year. (Relevance: 3417) Find Similar Resources	Agriculture Farm life Farming/Agriculture

Text		1722-1727, Dummer's War (Lovewell's War) UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Text "Dummer's War (c. 1721-1725), (also known as Lovewell's War, Father Rale's War, Greylock's War, Three Years War or the 4th Indian War) was a series of battles between the British and French."--Wikipedia. (Relevance: 1820) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Eastern Indians, Wars with, 1722-1726

Moving Image		Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees. (Relevance: 1409) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

Moving Image		People of the dawn MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:37 The first and longest lasting period of Maine’s history is the world of the Native American, stretching from the retreat of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years to the present. People of the Dawn tells the story of the dynamic people who’ve inhabited the landscape of Maine. (Relevance: 1244) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Canoes and canoeing Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe

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