They are the gypsies of the North, and occupy a very low place in the social scale, certainly no higher than that of the penobscot Indians of Maine.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Sence then I've been livin' in Downingville, county of penobscot, State of Maine, and enjoyin' in gineral a good state of helth.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
In 1784 he was one of the commissioners who made a treaty with the penobscot Indians.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson