Madockawando
Madockawando (born in
Biography
The Penobscot lands, lying east of
When
In 1678, a treaty was made at Casco, whereby the English settlers were permitted to return to their farms on the condition of paying rent to the Penobscot. The peace was kept until the territorial dispute with France was brought to an issue in 1688 by Edmund Andros, who arrived among the Penobscot in a frigate. He sacked Castin's house near the ruins of the old French fort. The Penobscot Chiefs took up the quarrel, being abundantly supplied with arms by Castin, and attacked English settlements. This was one of the catalysts for King William's War, though the larger Anglo-French conflict came about as a result for of a contest between the two nations for influence in North America. Madockawando took a prominent part in all major stages of the conflict.[1]
When the English built
The war continued for more than a year after the Peace of Ryswick had been concluded between France and England. Meanwhile, Chief Madockawando had moved to Meductic, a Maliseet-Abenaki Indian mission village on the St. John River where he died in a smallpox epidemic in 1698.
Memorials
In Castine, Maine, there was a plaque on Dyce Head Lighthouse Rd. that read:
UPON THESE HEIGHTS, in 1692, James [Thomas?] Giles [brother of John Gyles], a boy, and an Englishman, taken at Casco (Battle of Falmouth (1690)?), held in slavery by MADDOCKAWANDO for attempting to escape, were tortured by fire, compelled to eat their noses and ears and then burned to death at the stake.[3][4]
This was a description of ritual torture used against enemies who were taken captive in war.
Notes
- ^ a b c Wilson & Fiske 1900.
- ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1900). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. D. Appleton.
- ^ History of Castine, p.32
- ^ "Ancient dominions of Maine : Embracing the earliest facts, the recent discoveries, of the remains of aboriginal towns, the voyages, settlements, battle scenes, and incidents of Indian warfare, and other incidents of history, together with the religious developments of society within the ancient Sagadahoc, Sheepscot, and Pemaquid precincts and dependencies". 1859.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
- Madockawando: Chief and Shaman (Jud Hartmann Gallery website; visited December 30, 2009)