A report on Vermont, Maine and Dummer's War
The eastern theater of the war was located primarily along the border between New England and Acadia in Maine, as well as in Nova Scotia; the western theater was located in northern Massachusetts and Vermont at the border between Canada (New France) and New England.
- Dummer's WarDuring Dummer's War, the first permanent English settlement was established in 1724 with the construction of Fort Dummer.
- VermontThe other Abenaki tribes suffered several severe defeats, particularly during Dummer's War, with the capture of Norridgewock in 1724 and the defeat of the Pequawket in 1725, which significantly reduced their numbers.
- MaineMaine's Moosehead Lake is the largest lake wholly in New England, since Lake Champlain is located between Vermont, New York and Québec.
- MaineAs of the 2010 census, Vermont was the second-whitest state in the U.S. after Maine.
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New Hampshire
2 linksState in the New England region of the United States.
State in the New England region of the United States.
It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
Father Rale's War was fought between the colonists and the Wabanaki Confederacy throughout New Hampshire.
Abenaki
2 linksIndigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States.
Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States.
The Eastern Abenaki language was predominantly spoken in Maine, while the Western Abenaki language was spoken in Quebec, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
The Third Abenaki War (1722–25), called Father Rale's War, erupted when the French Jesuit missionary Sébastien Rale (or Rasles, ~1657?-1724) encouraged the Abenaki to halt the spread of Yankee settlements.
Wabanaki Confederacy
2 linksNorth American First Nations and Native American confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet (Wolastoqey), Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
North American First Nations and Native American confederation of four principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Miꞌkmaq, Maliseet (Wolastoqey), Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
It is made up of most of present-day Maine in the United States, and New Brunswick, mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island and some of Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River, Anticosti, and Newfoundland in Canada.
The Western Abenaki live on lands in Quebec as well as in Vermont, and New Hampshire within the United States.
Gray Lock, who was among the most successful wartime Wabanaki sakoms, refused to make peace after the 1722-1726 Dummer's War, given that his Vermont lands were being settled by English colonists.