▁province ▁of ▁Maine . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 8 4 , ▁an ▁English ▁developer ▁named ▁Walter ▁G end all ▁claimed ▁to ▁own ▁all ▁of ▁F elt ' s ▁two ▁thousand ▁acres ▁in ▁Cas co ▁Bay . ▁He ▁had ▁purchased ▁one ▁hundred ▁acres ▁from ▁him ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 0 . ▁G end all ▁had ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁America ▁around ▁ 1 6 4 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 8 8 , ▁while ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁on ▁the ▁eastern ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁were ▁building ▁a ▁g arrison , ▁they ▁were ▁attacked ▁by ▁Indians , ▁and ▁attempted ▁a ▁defense . ▁They ▁continued ▁the ▁contest ▁until ▁night fall , ▁when ▁the ▁Indians ▁retired . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁long ▁before ▁they ▁appeared ▁again , ▁in ▁such ▁force ▁that ▁the ▁thirty - six ▁families ▁of ▁the ▁settlement ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁fle e , ▁abandon ing ▁their ▁homes ▁for ▁a ▁second ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁un rest ▁kept ▁the ▁area ▁desert ed ▁for ▁many ▁years , ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 7 1 5 ▁sett lers ▁revis ited ▁their ▁homes , ▁by ▁which ▁point ▁they ▁found ▁their ▁fields ▁and ▁the ▁sites ▁of ▁their ▁habit ations ▁covered ▁by ▁a ▁young ▁growth ▁of ▁trees . ▁The ▁mill s ▁at ▁the ▁First ▁F alls ▁were ▁re built ▁first . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 2 , ▁a ▁" Com mit te e ▁for ▁the ▁Res ett lement ▁of ▁North ▁Y arm outh " ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 5