Historical Sketch, Town of Deer Isle, Maine e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. From the account given us, they appeared to have been as well pleased with what they saw, as was Pring two years earlier. The intercourse of Weymouth with the natives was at first friendly, but, unfortunately for his reputation, he kidnapped five of them and carried them to England, three of whom he delivered to Sir Ferdinand Georges, who kept them in his family three years, and in 1639 the Province of Maine was chartered to him.