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The Saint George River is a river in Maine with a watershed of in a unique and historic area of mountains, sea coast, lakes, tidal streams and inlets. The origin of the Saint George River is the outflow of Saint George Lake () in Liberty. The river follows a winding course 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed June 22, 2011〕 south to Thomaston, where the river flows into the estuary and runs about miles southwest to Muscongus Bay, forming the border between Cushing and St. George. ==Indigenous settlement== Paleo-Indians first appeared in the Saint George River area about 7,300 BCE. Little is known of Paleo-Indians history in this area. The Wawenock or Walinakiak Indians resided on the banks of the Saint George River at European contact in 1605. The Wawenock Indians were one of four related tribes of the Abenaki, who inhabited central and southeastern Maine. ''Walinakiak'' means "People of the bays". Numbering about 10,000 people in 1500, the Wawenock tribe was decimated by a series of epidemics during the latter 16th century and through the 17th century, falling to about 1,000 people by the end of the American Revolution.〔http://www.tolatsga.org/aben.html Maine Indians and their relations with the White Settlers〕 Two members of the Wawenock tribe were captured by Captain Weymouth in 1605, and one Wawenock was returned from England in 1607 aboard either the ''Gift of God'' or the ''John & Mary'' by the Plymouth Company.〔Gould, Albert T., ''The Saint George’s River'', Athoensen Press, Portland, ME, 1950, page 20〕 The Wawenock along the Saint George’s lived on cultivated products including pumpkins, maize and beans, along with fish, shellfish and game.〔Sylvester, Herbert Milton, ''Indian Wars of New England'', Volume II, W.B. Clark Company, Boston, 1910, page 53〕 A large Wawenock shellfish midden at Damariscotta dates back 2,200 years. Captain Weymouth observed this midden in 1605.〔(Shell Middens )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint George River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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