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Adaptation and Resistance: Indigenous History of the Pejepscot RegionNotes
Though peace treaties prohibited the building of forts, English settlers nonetheless erected them to claim land, incite violence, and displace Indigenous people. This cannon was a part of the defense system for Fort George, which stood where the Fort Andros mill building is now (14 Maine Street, on the shore of the Androscoggin River in Brunswick, Maine). Fort George was originally financed by the Pejepscot Proprietors, who had claimed ownership of the Brunswick area. It is important to note that Indigenous people did not take the same forceful view of land ownership as Europeans. If they had forced colonizers from the area, the Proprietors would not have been able to sell the land to settlers for a profit.
Cannon barrel, about two feet in length, mounted on a modern wooden stand.