 Evidence supports the tradition that St. Francis was first occupied by the Sokoki ("Ozogwakiakas" in Abenaki) as early as 1660, with as many as twenty families; the earliest Sokoki baptism recorded in the area was nearby in Trois-Rivières in 1658.The Sokoki were a band or tribe within the larger Abenaki group.Central Maine was formerly inhabited by people of the Androscoggin tribe, also known as Arosaguntacook.