Dawnland Time Line - 1764 to 1820 at Ne-Do-Ba

Period Summary - With the loss of their French allies in Canada, the Wabanaki People are left to survive on their own as best they can.

A Table of Events Affecting Wabanaki People
for the period 1764 to 1820
with links to additional information
Date	Event	Location	Notes	More
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1765, Aug.14	Conference	Boston MA	attended by a representative of the Arowseguntuc [St.Francis]
1767, Jul.29	Document	Maine	a document from the Abenaki forwarded to Boston by James Flagg; they complained that certain of their tribe were robbed and murdered at Sebago Pond, they suspect Daniel Astin [Austin?]; Paul Higgins was the interpreter. A whole family was murdered - Joseph, his wife Molly-Aeneas [Marie Eunice] and two daughters, Hannah (aged 14), and Prasawa [Francoise] (aged 4).	Paul Higgins - Biography
1767, Sep.8	Letter	Ft. Pownal ME	16 "Canada Indians" were seen near the fort and were arousing suspicion
1767, Sep.10	Proclamation	Boston MA	offering a reward for the apprehension of the robbers and murderers of the Abenaki at Sebago Pond;
1770's+	Interior Settlement Begins	Western Maine	frontier becomes safe from Indians!
1772-74	Henry Tufts lives among the Abenaki	Western Maine		Henry Tufts on life with the Abenaki
1773, May 4-5	Conference	Boston MA	with Joash [Joachim?], representing the Abenaki Indians of the Arrasaguntecook Tribe [probably St. Francis], with the Council; the Indians usually conferred with Sir William Johnson or with the governor of Canada, but since this affair concerned Massachusetts men, they decided to confer at Boston ... asking means to prevent the English hunters from killing the Indians; mentioned are two murderers, one of whom was in a Falmouth jail; a letter authorizing Joash to act for other chiefs who were ill at the Height of Land
1775	Expedition	Kennebec River	Col. Benedict Arnold	Natanis Biography
1775	Correspondence	Brownfield ME	Local Abenaki React to the War	Details
1775	Volunteers	Gardiner ME to Cambridge MA	Paul Higgins leads a group of Abenaki ready to fight against the English	Paul Higgins - Biography
1775	Population	Northeast	Abanakis still in place in ancestral locations at Missisquoi, Memphremagog, Cowas and the upper Androscoggin River
1776-1783	Revolutionary War	Colonial United States	Some Wabanaki men offer their services to the Americans, some remain neutral, while those living at mission villages in Canada are impressed into service against the Americans.	Warriors of the Revolutionary War
1781, Aug-3	Attack	Bethel ME region	Several men killed, Nathaniel Segar & other's taken captive. The event is now called the last Indian raid in Maine
1796	Visits	Androscoggin & Kennebec River	Local historians claim Abenaki make their last annual visit as a tribe
1805	Durham Land Grant	Odanak Quebec	17 Odanak families receive land grants further up the St. Francis River at Durham	The Durham Band of Abenaki
1812-1815	War of 1812	America	Wabanaki men serve on both sides of the conflict	Warriors of the War of 1812 St. Francois Abenaki in the War
1815	Census	Maine	Penobscot	Census Penobscot
1819	Funeral	Newbury, VT	Locals turnout for the burial of "Indian Joe", a Rev. War Veteran	Newbury
1820	Maine Statehood	Maine	Maine is no longer a part of Massachusetts Penobscot & Passamaquoddy become wards of the State of Maine