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Fort Menaskoux (previously known as [[Newtown Fort]]) was a British colonial fort on Arrowsic Island, Maine. | Fort Menaskoux (previously known as [[Newtown Fort]]) was a British colonial fort on Arrowsic Island, Maine. | ||
Fort Menaskoux was built circa 1717 and Captain [[Samuel Penhallow]] became the commander. On 9 Aug 1717, Massachusetts Governor [[Samuel Shute]] and Captain Penhallow conducted a two day meeting on Arrowsic Island with delegates of various Indian tribes, who arrived in a flotilla of canoes and encamped on Lee Island opposite the town. In the meetings the Indians objected to the many English forts in their territory, and Governor Shute responded that he would build them wherever he thought necessary. Hostile Indians later attacked the fort in 1722 and later during the Northeast Coast Campaign of Father Rale's War in 1724 killing numerous cattle and taking three of the herders prisoners. | Fort Menaskoux was built circa 1717 and Captain [[Samuel Penhallow]] became the commander. On 9 Aug 1717, Massachusetts Governor [[Samuel Shute]] and Captain Penhallow conducted a two-day meeting on Arrowsic Island with delegates of various Indian tribes, who arrived in a flotilla of canoes and encamped on Lee Island opposite the town. In the meetings, the Indians objected to the many English forts in their territory, and Governor Shute responded that he would build them wherever he thought necessary. Hostile Indians later attacked the fort in 1722 and later during the Northeast Coast Campaign of Father Rale's War in 1724 killing numerous cattle and taking three of the herders' prisoners. | ||
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* [https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/me2.html#arrow2 North American Forts - Fort Menaskoux] | * [https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/me2.html#arrow2 North American Forts - Fort Menaskoux] | ||
* Williamson, William D., The History of the State of Maine, from Its First Discovery, A | * Williamson, William D., The History of the State of Maine, from Its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to The Separation, A.D. 1820 Inclusive, Vol. II, Glazier, Masters, & Co.,1832, republished, [https://ia802708.us.archive.org/14/items/historyofstateof02will_0/historyofstateof02will_0.pdf Pdf] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Menaskoux Wikipedia - Fort Menaskoux] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Menaskoux Wikipedia - Fort Menaskoux] | ||
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HistoryFort Menaskoux (previously known as Newtown Fort) was a British colonial fort on Arrowsic Island, Maine. Fort Menaskoux was built circa 1717 and Captain Samuel Penhallow became the commander. On 9 Aug 1717, Massachusetts Governor Samuel Shute and Captain Penhallow conducted a two-day meeting on Arrowsic Island with delegates of various Indian tribes, who arrived in a flotilla of canoes and encamped on Lee Island opposite the town. In the meetings, the Indians objected to the many English forts in their territory, and Governor Shute responded that he would build them wherever he thought necessary. Hostile Indians later attacked the fort in 1722 and later during the Northeast Coast Campaign of Father Rale's War in 1724 killing numerous cattle and taking three of the herders' prisoners. Current StatusArchelogical remains only.
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