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our Enemies living was; being in great hopes to come up 

 with the Army of French & Indians, before they had fcat- 

 tered and were gone paft Penobfcot or Mount-Defart, 

 which is the chief place of their [89] departure from each 

 other after fuch actions ; and having a fair wind made the 

 belt of our way, and early next Morning they got into 

 Monhegin, and there lay all day fitting their Boats, and 

 other neccffaries to imbark in the Night at Muffel nec/e 204 

 with their Boats ; lying there all Day to keep undifcovered 

 from the Enemy; at Night the Major ordered the VefTels 

 all to come to Sail and carry the Forces over the Bay 

 near Penobfcot', but having little Wind, 305 he ordered all 

 the Souldiers to imbark on board the Boats with eight 

 days Provilion, and lent the VelTels back to Monhegin, that 

 they might not be difcovered by the Enemy; giving them 

 orders when and where they Ihould come to him. The 

 Forces being all ready in their Boats, rowing very hard, 

 got a-lhore at a Point near Penobfcot™ juft as the day 

 broke, and hid their Boats, and keeping a good look-out 

 by Sea, and fent Scouts out by Land; but could not dii- 

 cover neither Canoo's nor Indians', what Tracks and fire 

 places they faw were judg'd to be 7 or 8 days before they 



Pemaquid, and 25 miles S. W. of the the mips ; and fo, finding that the wind 



entrance of Penobfcot bay. was too light to make progrefs by fails, 



204 I am not clear whether the refer- he put his men into the boats, and fent 



ence here is to a point of that name on the mips back. 



Motihegan, or to the Mufcle Ridges, 206 At Owl's Head, in the N. E. cor- 



which is a clufter of about a dozen ner of Thomalton. [Sewall's Anc. 



iflands, not far oft". Dom. of Me. 215 ; Eaton's Hijl. Thom- 



2U5 The boats, of courfe, were with aft on, Rockland, and So. Thorn, i: 29.] 

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