Some Three Hundred Years Ago

In a time when the dense forests of what would become New Hampshire were still untouched, a young Native boy named Nonowit roams the riverbanks and pine‑scented woods of the Piscataqua. The narrative opens with his spring‑time adventures—gathering reeds for arrows, tracking fish at the falls, and sharing campfires with his tribe—painting a vivid picture of life before any written record.

One stormy night his camp vanishes, and the next morning he awakens to a startling sight: a massive white‑sailed ship gliding into the narrows. Hidden in the hollow of an ancient oak, Nonowit watches bewildered strangers step onto the shore, their strange clothing and foreign language filling the air with both wonder and dread. The boy’s instinct to stay silent as the newcomers examine the trees creates a tense, breath‑held moment that captures the clash of two worlds.

Through Nonowit’s eyes, listeners are invited to feel the raw beauty of early New England and the fragile uncertainty that greeted its first European visitors, sparking curiosity about the lives that shaped the region’s hidden past.