It was on these occasions that some of the inferior chiefs frequently requested to be permitted to make an offering to the Orono.
Hence Captain Cook was received with honor approaching to adoration, as they imagined him to be their 'Orono.'
As a colt he had been the marvel of the county, from Orono to Hermon Centre.
Located originally about a mile below Orono, was not platted as a village until 1865.
Orono was surveyed and platted May, 1855; Ard Godfrey, proprietor.
