Samoset
Videos
Samoset was an Abenaki sagamore and the first American Indian to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in New England. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621, by walking into Plymouth
The cover of the 1853 book, Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, depicting Samoset meeting the Pilgrims
Monhegan, Maine
Videos
Monhegan is a historic island plantation in the Gulf of Maine, approximately 12 nautical miles off the coast of Maine. Part of Lincoln County, Maine, the island has been inhabited for over 400 years a
Samoset
…in Maine. An English fishing camp had been established in the Gulf of Maine, where Samoset learned some English from fishermen who came to fish off Monhegan Island, coming to know most local ship captains by name. The Abenaki language is an Algonquian language related to the Massachusett language of the Nauset and…
Monhegan Harbor in 1909
Artist painting fisherman en plein air at Fish Beach. Photo by Warner Taylor.
The Gulls, Monhegan by George Bellows
1940s view of the main track in town by Sears Gallagher