In 1716 Colonel Samuel Shute came out to succeed Dudley as governor; and in the next summer he called the Indians to a council at Georgetown, a settlement on Arrowsick Island, at the mouth of the Kennebec. Thither he went in the frigate "Squirrel," with the councillors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; while the deputies of the Norridgewocks, Penobscots, Pequawkets, or Abenakis of the Saco, and Assagunticooks, or Abenakis of the Androscoggin, came in canoes to meet him, and set up their wigwams on a neighboring island. The council opened on the ninth of August, under a large tent, over which waved the British flag. The oath was administered to the interpreters by the aged Judge Sewall, and Shute then made the Indians a speech in which he told them that the English and they were subjects of the great, good, and wise King George; that as both peoples were under the same King, he would gladly see them also of the same religion, since it was the only true one; and to this end he gave them a Bible and a minister to teach them,--pointing to Rev. Joseph Baxter, who stood near by. And he further assured them that if any wrong should be done them, he would set it right. He then condescended to give his hand to the chiefs, telling them, through the interpreter, that it was to show his affection. The Indians, after their usual custom, deferred their answer to the next day, when the council again met, and the Norridgewock chief, Wiwurna, addressed the governor as spokesman for his people. In defiance of every Indian idea of propriety, Shute soon began to interrupt him with questions and remarks. Wiwurna remonstrated civilly; but Shute continued his interruptions, and the speech turned to a dialogue, which may be abridged thus, Shute always addressing himself, not to the Indian orator, but to the interpreter. The orator expressed satisfaction at the arrival of the governor, and hoped that peace and friendship would now prevail. GOVERNOR (_to the interpreter_). Tell them that if they behave themselves, I shall use them kindly. ORATOR (_as rendered by the interpreter_). Your Excellency was pleased to say that we must obey King George. We will if we like his way of treating us. GOVERNOR. They must obey him. ORATOR. We will if we are not disturbed on our lands. GOVERNOR. Nor must they disturb the English on theirs. ORATOR. We are pleased that your Excellency is ready to hear our complaints when wrong is done us. GOVERNOR. They must not pretend to lands that belong to the English. ORATOR. We beg leave to go on in order with our answer. GOVERNOR. Tell him to go on. ORATOR. If there should be any quarrel and bloodshed, we will not avenge ourselves, but apply to your Excellency. We will embrace in our bosoms the English that have come to settle on our land. GOVERNOR. They must not call it their land, for the English have bought it of them and their ancestors. ORATOR. We pray leave to proceed with our answer, and talk about the land afterwards.