ENGLISH REVOLUTION AFFECTS NEW YORK. 113 3. The next year, 1674, the war terminated, and P'T. II. New York was restored to the English. The Duke P'D. I. of York, to prevent controversy about his title to the CH. VIII. territory, took out a new patent, and the same year 1674. appointed Sir Edmund Andros, governor. N. York 4. Andros claimed jurisdiction over that part of restored. Connecticut west of the river, it having been included in the grant to the Duke of York. To seize it, he arrived off the fort, at Saybrook, with an armed force. 1675. The governor and council, being apprised of his de- Andros sign, sent a few troops under Captain Bull, who con- at Sayducted himself with such spirit, that Andros, jocosely declaring that his "horns should be tipped with gold,” made no further attempt. repulsed brook. 5. In 1682, Andros was removed from the government of New York. The succeeding year was a happy era in the history of this colony. The excellent Colonel Dongan arrived as governor, and the de- 1682. sires of the people, for a popular government, were Dongan. gratified. The first general assembly was convoked, 1683. consisting of a council and eighteen representatives. First general Governor Dongan surpassed all his predecessors, in attention to affairs with the Indians, by whom he was highly esteemed. assembly. Leisler. 6. The news from Europe, that the inhabitants of England had resolved to dethrone James, and offer the crown to William and Mary, raised the hopes of the 1688. disaffected. Among these, was Jacob Leisler, an active militia captain, and a favorite of the people. He was not, however, a man of talents, but received the guiding impulses of his conduct, from the superior energies of his son-in-law, Jacob Milborne. Leisler assumes to act as 7. By his counsel, Leisler, at the head of a few men, declared for William and Mary, and took possession of the fort of New York. His party increased to more than five hundred. The governor left the province, liam's and Leisler assumed to administer the government. agent. 3. What took place in 1674?-4. Give an account of Andros's attempt to take Connecticut?-5. What happened in 1682? What the next year?-6. What happened in New York when news came of the expulsion of King James? Who was Jacob Leisler?-7. Give an account of his and Milborne's operations ? king Wil 114 RELIGIOUS FEELING PERVERTED. P'T. II. Milborne went to Albany, and made himself master of the place. The regular authorities were against CH. VIII. these lawless proceedings. P'D. I. ter gov 8. King William now commissioned Henry Sloughter, as governor of New York. Never was a gover1691. nor more needed, and never was one more destitute Slough- of every qualification for the office. He refused to erns N. treat with Leisler; but put him, and several of his adherents to prison. Finally, that unfortunate man, together with his son-in-law, perished upon the gallows. Their execution was disapproved by the people; and Leisler their executed. property, which was confiscated, was afterwards restored to their descendants. York, 9. Motives derived from pure religion, are the best, and most effective, of all which influence human conduct. But when the religious feeling of men becomes gious perverted, all history shows, that it then produces the feeling. very worst effects. Under the influence of this feeling, Reli in its right operation, our Puritan forefathers resisted oppression in England, suffered hardship, and braved death, to enjoy their religion unmolested. 10. But they were not free, from the common error of their age, which was, that all in the same community, must, on religious subjects, think very much May become alike. The Puritans believed their way was certainly pervert right, and they were utterly unwilling, that any should be among them, who should teach any thing different. This produced uncharitableness towards others, and the bad effects of the religious sentiment perverted. ed. 11. The denomination of Friends or Quakers, had arisen in England. They had heard that the Puritans exercised a persecuting spirit, as in the cases of Mrs. The Hutchinson and Roger Williams. They also thought Friends the Puritan religion consisted too much in outward kers. form, and too little in inward purity. The Quakers or Qua believed, that they were called by a voice from a divine 8. Who was Henry Sloughter? How did he proceed in regard to Leisler?-9. What may be said of motives derived from true religion? When the religious feeling of bodies of men becomes perverted, how is it then? What did our Puritan forefathers, under the impulse of right religious feeling ?-10. What was the common error of their age? Were the Puritans free from it? 11. What induced the Quakers to come to Massachusetts ? -- THE DISCOVERERS OF THE NORTH-WEST. 115 P'D. I. 1660. inward monitor, to go to New England, particularly p'T. II. to Boston, and there warn the people of their errors. 12. The Puritans, when they came, imprisoned them, and sent them away. The Quakers came again, and boldly denounced that, which the Puritans held 4 execudearer than life. Laws were made to banish them, pro- ted in hibiting return, on pain of death. The Quakers came back, and four were actually hanged. The Puritans then became convinced of their error, opened their released. prison doors, and released twenty-eight persons. 28 CHAPTER IX. Jesuit Missionaries of France-their Discoveries. 1. FROM the devotion of the Puritans, and the Quakers, we turn to that of the Jesuit missionaries of France; and in all, we perceive "the operation of that common law of our nature, which binds the heart of man to the Author of his being.' "The Jesuit mission- Reliaries desired to extend the benefits of Christian re- gious dedemption to the heathen; yet they unfortunately united natural worldly policy with religious enthusiasm, and sought, principle not only to win souls to Christ, but subjects to the king of France, and the papal dominion. votion a 2. The Catholics, already in Canada, seconded their efforts, and in 1640, Montreal was founded, to give the missionaries a starting point, nearer the scene of their operations. Within thirteen years, the wilderness of the Hurons was visited by sixty missionaries, mostly 1634 Jesuits. Making the Huron settlements of St. Louis, and St. Ignatius, their central station, they carried the 60 misgospel to the surrounding tribes; and thus visited and sionaries 12. How were they treated? CHAPTER IX.-1. When we see that different sects are willing to suffer death, in the service of God, what do we perceive? What two principles of conduct did the Jesuits unite?-2. When was Montreal founded? For what object? Learn from the map of this period, in connection with the book, the central station of the missionaries. to 1649 116 FRENCH ATTEMPTS TO COLONIZE NEW YORK. P'T. II. became the first European explorers of the southern P'D. I. portion of Upper Canada, of which they took possesCH. IX. sion for the French king. Father 3. One of these missionaries, Isaac Jouges, undaunted by the terrors of the Mohawk name, went among these savages, and was imprisoned. He escaped, but 1646. afterwards attempted a permanent mission. Arriving Jouges. at the Mohawk castle, he was accused of blighting the corn of the Indians, by spells of sorcery. Being conThe Mo- demned, he received his death blow with composure. His head was hung on the palisades of the fort, and his body thrown into the placid stream. hawks. to colo 4. Circumstances changed. The missionaries were received among each tribe of the Five Nations. Rude chapels were constructed, where the natives chanted French the services of the Romish church. But when the attempt missionaries sought to bring their lives under the influnize ence of Christian principles, as to war and the treatment of prisoners, the fierceness of their character prevailed. They returned to their former customs, gave up their religion, and expelled the missionaries. Thus ended the attempts of the French to colonize New York. N. Y. 1665. 5. Father Allouez, bent on a voyage of discovery, early in September, passed Mackinaw, into Lake SupeAllouez pior. Sailing along the high banks and pictured rocks at Lake of its southern shore, he rested, beyond the bay of Superior. Keweena, on that of Chegoimegon. Here was the great village of the Chippewas. 6. A grand council of ten or twelve tribes was, at the moment, assembled, to prevent the young braves of the Chippewas and Sioux, from taking up the tomaIndian hawk against each other. In this assembly came forcouncil. ward the missionary, and stood, and commanded, in the name of his heavenly, and of his earthly master, that there should be peace. 2. What part of the country did the missionaries take possession of for the French king? 3. Give an account of Father Jouges?-4. Of the further attempt to convert the Indians of New York?-5. Give an account of Father Allouez's route to the village of the Chippewas, and show it on the map?-6. What did Father Allouez at this village? JAMES MARQUETTE. 117 P'D. I. 7. The Indians listened with reverence. They had PT. 11. never before seen a white man. Soon they built a chapel; and there they devoutly chanted their vesper CH. IX. and matin hymns; and the mission of St. Esprit was St. founded. The scattered Hurons and Ottawas here Esprit collected around the missionary. He preached to the Pottawotamies, the Sacs and Foxes, the Illinois, and the Sioux. founded. The great heard of. 8. From each of these tribes, he gained descriptions of their country, their lakes and rivers, of which he made reports to his government. He especially dwelt on what he had heard of the great river "Mesipi." river He urged the sending of small colonies of French emigrants, to make permanent settlements in the west. 9. A small company, headed by two missionaries, 1668. Claude Dablon, and James Marquette, founded the first St. Mary's French settlement within the limits of the United States. founded. It is at St. Mary's, on the falls between the Lakes Superior and Huron... Allouez founded a mission at Green Green Bay. 1669. Bay. Mar 10. Marquette selected a young Illinois as his companion, and learned from him the language of his nation. The Hurons heard with astonishment, that he had formed the bold design of exploring the great quette's river of the west; notwithstanding their assertions, boldness. that its monsters devoured men and canoes, its warriors never spared the stranger, and its climate was rife with death. 11. Marquette walked from Green Bay, followed the Fox river, crossed the Portage from its head waters to those of the Wisconsin; when, with no com- 1673. panion but the missionary Joliet, he embarked upon Follows its bosom, and followed its course, unknowing whither the Wisit would lead. Solitary they floated along, till, in the Miss. seven days, they entered, with inexpressible joy, the broad Mississippi. They continued to float with its 7. How was it with the Indians? What was the mission called? 8. What information was gained, and reported?-9. What account can you give of St. Mary's? Where did Allouez found a mission? 10. What was said by the Indians to deter Marquette from executing his design?-11. Give an account of his route, and trace it on the map. consin to |