Excerpt from Old Orchard Maine: Pen and Pencil Sketches
Of Powhattan and history Of Virginia. He sailed up the Saco in 1614 as far as the Falls, where now stand the cotton mills, and with Indian guides explored the river to Salmon Falls, twelve miles from the ocean. Sir Fernando Gorges, of Ply mouth, England, a gentleman Of wealth and dis tinction, became so interested in these expeditions that he employed men, as he said at large cost. And fitted out a vessel, which he placed in com mand Of Richard Vines, and sent it to the mouth of the Saco River, to explore the country, fish, and trade with the natives.
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