Excerpt from Leading Business Men of Bangor, Rockland and Vicinity: Embracing Ellsworth, Bucksport, Belfast, Camden, Rockport, Thomaston, Oldtown, Orono, Brewer

Romantic tradition, which throws its mystic veil over the early days of every community, has a peculiar and preeminent place in the annals of Bangor. The remoteness of the situation of the present flourishing city from the infant colonial settlements on the sea coast, long rendered this region, with all its beauties, a veritable term, incognita to the English colonists. The French, however, early discovered its advantages and established a number of stations among the Indians, along the Penob scot, who belonged to the famous tribe of the Tarratines. This nation was one of the purest, strongest and most courageous in Northern New England, and at the same time one of the most trustworthy and just. They had a strange peculiarity among the Indians of standing by their word and maintaining their treaties. Although the historical remains of this tribe are not very numerous or valuable, there is no doubt, from what little is known of them, that they had reached a stage of civilization equaled by but few others of their race in America: They were well advanced in what is called the middle or semi-barbaric stage, were the recognized leaders among all the various nations of this part of the State, and seemed a race especially fitted to inhabit the beautiful and productive region along the Penobscot. They appear to have had no trouble Whatever in their dealings with the French, and very little with the English, later on. Their principal sustenance consisted of the salmon and other fish with which the Penobscot abounded during the summer, and the moose, caribou, deer, bear, and smaller game which roamed in immense numbers through all the surrounding forests.

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