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Morning 108 before day, and as foon as the clay appear'd they 

 difcovered fome Smokes rifing towards Skamans Garri- 

 lbn: 109 He immediately fent away a Scout of 60 Men, and 

 follow ? d prefently with the whole body; 110 the Scout coming- 

 near a River difcovered the Enemy to be on the other fide 

 of the River: 111 But three of the Enemy was come over 

 the River to the fame fide of the River which the Scout 

 was of ; ran haftily down to their Canoo, two of which 

 lay at each end of the Canoo, and the third flood up to 

 paddle over: The Scout fired at them, and he that pad- 

 dled fell down upon the Canoo and broke it to pieces, fo 

 that all three perifhed; 112 the firing put the Enemy to the 



[Willis's Portland, 16.] A better fug- 

 geftion of the origin of the name is 

 that of Folfom [Hift. Saco, 24] : " We 

 have the tradition of the inhabitants of 

 that part of Biddeford, that an Englim 

 veffel wintered in the Pool before the 

 fettlement of the country, and that 

 the ihelter thus afforded gave rife to 

 the name of Whiter Harbor." 



108 This would appear to have been 

 Wednefday, 17 Sept. The fort was 

 taken on Sunday; Monday "and one 

 more " brought them to Maquoit, and 

 "the wind being fair," they feem to 

 have failed immediately, and reached 

 their deftination the next morning. 



m Scammon's Garrifon was " on the 

 eaft fide of the Saco, 3 miles below 

 the falls." [ William/on, i : 625.] Hum- 

 phrey Scammon(Scamman, Scammond) 

 was born 1640; m. Elizabeth, dau. of 

 Dominicus Jordan, of Spur-Mink ; lived 

 at Kittery Point and Cape Porpoife 



(Kennebunk-port) before he went to 

 Saco; where he received a town grant, 

 in 1679, and the fame year purchafed of 

 Henry Waddock's widow his 200 acres, 

 extending "from the lower part of the 

 river acrofs to Goofe-fair brook, and fo 

 down to the fea." He died 1 Jan., 1727. 

 Had Humphrey, (b. 10 May, 1677 ) ; 

 Elizabeth (m. 1697, Andrew Haley, of 

 Kittery) ; Mary (m. Puddington) ; Re- 

 becca (m. Billings); Samuel, (b. 1689.) 

 [Savage's Gen. Did. iv : 34; Folfom's 

 Hift. Saco, 1S8.] 



110 "I fent out a fcout of 60 men to 

 Salco Falls to make difcouery; the reft 

 in arms ready on fhore : intending at 

 their returne to march by land to Wells." 

 [Letter, p. 93.] 



111 " The fcout met with a fmall pty. 

 upon the riuer, making fifli and other 

 prouifions, viz. old Dony and his crue, 

 — about 40, in all." [Ibid. p. 94.] 



112 In the letter, Capt. Church repre- 



