PEJEPSCOT- A poem
Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Volume 9
July, August, September, 1921
page 135

PEJEPSCOT

All alone and unmolested,
Dwelt a tribe of the Anasagunticooks,
By the Androscoggin River,
Dwelt this tribe of the Pejepscots.

Up and down the mighty river
In canoes they paddled daily;
Through the forests roamed for hunting
All young braves of the tribe so dusky.

Then the white man came among them,
Built his cabin near their lodges,
By the Androscoggin River,
River of the mighty waters.

Time went on, one day at evening
By the Androscoggin River,
Sat a hunter with his peace pipe,
Of the tribe of the Pejepscots.

Long he sat there thinking, dreaming
Of the people come among them,
Of the many pale-faced people
Who bad settled there among them.

Then the smoke from out the peace pipe
Curled and wreathed and wandered skyward,
Till at last this dusky dreamer
Saw therein a mighty vision.

Saw beside that mighty river
Flickers of the lights and firesides,
That no longer came from camp-fires,
But from homes pale-faces builded.

Then he saw beside the river
Mighty wheels by water turning;
Heard the roar of bridled water
As it tumbled down the courses.

Then he rose, this dark-hued hunter,
Paddled back to tribe and kindred,
Told them of his dream and vision,
As the western sun was setting.
Years have gone, as have the red men,
From among the pale-faced people,
And we see no longer visions,
Visions, as he saw at sunset.

Mighty wheels are there in motion,
Run by water where he paddled;
Logs are fallen by the river,
Where he sat and smoked the peace pipe.

He no longer sits there dreaming,
But the kindly, pale-faced people,
Ever mindful of the tribe so dusky,
Call the land for the Pejepscots.

NELLIE RICKER,  Winthrop, Me.

c) 1998
Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs> 

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