While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Bomazeen. A chief or sachem of the Kennebec tribe whose
residence was at Norridgewock, Kennebec r., Me., the ancient capital or
principal village of the tribe. He is mentioned as early as 1693 and is known to
have died in 1724. He made a treaty with Gov. Phips in 1693; went to the fort at
Pemaquid, Me. , in 1694 under a flag of truce, and was treacherously seized and
cast into prison in Boston. After his release he waged war for a time on the
settlements, attacking Chelmsford, Sudbury, and other towns in Massachusetts in
1706, and Saco, Me., in 1710. A treaty of peace to which his name was signed was
made at Portsmouth, N. H., July 13, 1718. He was killed by a party under Capt.
Moulton near Taconnet, Me., in 1724; about the same time his family at
Norridgewock was fired upon, his daughter being killed and his mother taken
prisoner, (C. T.)
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
