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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 354376" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Yes yes yes! Baron de St. Castine, a very extraordinary character. According to Voltaire, and the Abbe Raynal, he had been Colonel of the regiment of Coriagon, in France. He was a man of family and fortune: he came to America in l670, and settled among the Penobscot Indians, married a daughter of the Chief; and had several other wives. The baron married Abenaki, the daughter of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachem" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachem</a>sachem Modockawando. She adopted the French name Mathilde and bore him 10 children</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Centaur'"><strong><span style="color: #702420">Treaties were made between each of the two major tribes, the Penobscots and Passamaquoddys, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These treaties pertained largely to lands, goods, and services to be provided by the new state. Becoming a state in 1820, Maine assumed these treaty obligations, but reneged and appropriated a majority of the indigenous lands. These actions were in violation of</span> </strong> <span style="color: #702420"><strong>the Federal Trade and Non-Intercourse Act of 1790, which forbid the transfer of Penobscot land without the consent of Congress, and were the basis for the 1980 lands claims suit against the state and the federal government. </strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 354376, member: 1514"] Yes yes yes! Baron de St. Castine, a very extraordinary character. According to Voltaire, and the Abbe Raynal, he had been Colonel of the regiment of Coriagon, in France. He was a man of family and fortune: he came to America in l670, and settled among the Penobscot Indians, married a daughter of the Chief; and had several other wives. The baron married Abenaki, the daughter of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachem"][/URL]sachem Modockawando. She adopted the French name Mathilde and bore him 10 children [FONT=Centaur][B][COLOR=#702420]Treaties were made between each of the two major tribes, the Penobscots and Passamaquoddys, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These treaties pertained largely to lands, goods, and services to be provided by the new state. Becoming a state in 1820, Maine assumed these treaty obligations, but reneged and appropriated a majority of the indigenous lands. These actions were in violation of[/COLOR] [/B] [COLOR=#702420][B]the Federal Trade and Non-Intercourse Act of 1790, which forbid the transfer of Penobscot land without the consent of Congress, and were the basis for the 1980 lands claims suit against the state and the federal government. [/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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