After the two attacks on Annapolis Royal in 1744, Governor William Shirley put a bounty on the Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq and Maliseet on Oct 20.

[4] The following year, during the campaign, on August 23, 1745, Shirley declared war against the rest of the Wabanaki Confederacy – the Penobscot and Kennebec tribes.

The Confederacy next raided present-day Waldoboro, Maine, burning the village and killing some while taking others into captivity.

[10] A militia of 15 native men ambushed 5 people at Sheepscot (present-day Newcastle, Maine), killing one of them.

[10] At Wiscasset, Maine, natives killed 19 cattle and took Captain Jonathan Williamson[11] captive for 6 months.

The soldiers from New Casco Fort approached, the natives retreated to attack Frost’s garrisoned house at Stroudwater but it was heavily defended.

In response to these events, Shirley sent more troops and munitions to the Maine frontier over the winter, anticipating the Wabanaki campaign in the spring of 1747.