The real Saco Curse is about the a sachem of the Sokokis tribe named Squandro whose son Menewee was thrown into the river by three white english sailors. The boys mother pulled him from the river but he died shortly after. Squandro mourned for three days then cursed the river, commanding the spirits to “claim 3 lives a year until all white men had fled its banks.” Every year until the mid 1940’s it has sometimes even more. I think the curse still holds because some bodies probably have never been found since it is a big river. I cant wait for our camping trip to Saco this weekend!

This story is true, stupid *******.
Read the newspaper, or ask your parents to sound it out for you.

my dad fell asleep in the river and almost got pulled down still alive and my cosin almost got pulled down when he was younger put he was saved by my gramps on my moms side

I’m a Maine resident who lives on the Saco River. The story is 75% wrong. Some white sailers intercepted a skuaw with a baby. They wanted to test the notion that indian babies could swim at birth so they took the baby(named Menewee) from her and trew it in the river. The mother dove in and rescued her baby but it died that night from pnemonia. The skuaw was married to a cheif named Squandro. He placed the curse on the river that 3 whites would die untill the whites left the land. Only one year has gone by without at least three drownings.

hey ummmm i always thought the story went that 3 children of white men would die every 7 years, not just 3 people every year???? idk. who knows if its true, guess u gotta reasearch it. makes for a good story thogh.

i live a mile away and two years ago a man died in the saco river

I had lived in the Fryburg area for over 30 years andyes thestory is
true. three or more people seem to drown on the saco every year. This is a story that never changes from one generation to the next.

I blame the Jews