130 A MANOEUVRE. P'T. II. who had made a fortune in India. His name is preserved, in grateful remembrance, by that of the college. P'D. II. 11. Colonel Fletcher, governor of New York, was empowered to take command of the militia of Connecticut. The colony, alarmed, immediately despatchGov. ed General Winthrop to England, as an agent, to remonstrate with the king and council. Colonel Fletcher, tempt, however, went to Hartford, in 1693; and, in his majesty's name, demanded the surrender of the militia to his command. Fletch er's at 12. Captain William Wadsworth, the man by whom the charter was hid, paraded his company; but as an attendant of Fletcher began to read his commission, 1693. Oct 26. the captain gave command to "drum;" and when Foiled by Fletcher called out "silence!" the captain raised his Captain Wads voice higher in a second order, "drum, drum, I say." worth. At length Fletcher gave up in despair; perhaps fearing, if he persisted, that Wadsworth would, in good earnest, fulfil his threat, and "make daylight shine through him." CHAPTER II. European Politics.-Peace of Ryswick, which closes King William's War.-Queen Anne's War soon begins. 1. KING William's war had been feebly pursued. Settlements on Oyster river were, however, destroyed by the French and Indians, and the fort at Pemaquid, 169% which Sir William Phipps had rebuilt by the special Ryswick. direction of the sovereigns, had been taken. In 1697, peace was made at Ryswick, in Germany, by which it was stipulated that all places captured during the war should be restored. Thus had the barbarous ap Peace of 10. From whom receive its name?-11. How was Connecticut now alarmed? What measures were taken by Fletcher ? 12. What by Captain Wadsworth? What was the result? CHAPTER II-1. What settlements had been destroyed? What fort taken? What was done in 1697? What was stipulated? QUEEN ANNE's war. 131 P'D. II. peal to arms been to no other purpose but that of mul- P'T. II. tiplying human woes. But the parties profited little by the lesson. In May, 1702, the contest began, CH.11. which is known in American history, as “Queen 1702. Anne's war." 2. The eastern Indians now devastated Maine from Casco to Wells. Deerfield, in Massachusetts, was surprised at midnight, February, 1704, by a party of French and Indians, under Heurtel de Rouville. The 1704. sentinel of the fort being asleep, and the snow of such Deerfield a depth as to allow them to pass over the palisades, surprised by they silently entered, and scalped and murdered, or French secured as prisoners, the wretched inhabitants. Only Indians. a small number escaped by flight. Forty-seven were killed, and one hundred and twenty carried captive to Canada. and Wil 3. Early in the assault, the house of the Rev. John Williams, the minister of the place, was attacked by about twenty Indians, who, after the murder of two of The his children, secured as prisoners, himself, his wife, liams and his remaining children. Mrs. Williams, on the family. second day, faltered in the march, and, according to the Indian custom, was cruelly put to death. settle 4. Roused by these inhumanities, the veteran warrior, Benjamin Church, mounted on horseback and rode seventy miles to offer his services to Dudley, now governor of Massachusetts, in behalf of his dis- 1704. tressed fellow citizens. He was sent with five hun- Indian dred soldiers to the eastern coast of New England, to ments attack the enemy in their own settlements; and, as- destroycending the Penobscot and St. Croix rivers, he destroyed several of their towns, and took a considerable number of prisoners. ed. 5. In 1705, Vaudreuil, now governor of Canada, 1705 proposed to Governor Dudley, a treaty of neutrality. PrisoArrangements were accordingly made for an exchange changed of prisoners; and thus a large proportion of those 1. What object has been answered by the war? Was war soon made again? What war?-2. What can you say of the eastern Indians? Describe the assault upon Deerfield?-3. What happened to Mr. Williams and his family?— 4. Who went against the Indians? --5. What was done in 1705 ? ners ex 132 P'D. II. PEACE OF UTRECHT. P'T. II. taken at Deerfield, were finally released. Among the number was Mr. Williams, and some of his children. CH. II. One young daughter remained, married, and raised a family in the tribe which adopted her... In 1710, Port 1710. English Royal was taken from the French, and its name, in take Port honor of the queen, was changed to Annapolis. Peace of Royal. 6. Queen Anne's war was closed by the treaty of 1713. Utrecht, by which Acadia was ceded to the English. Utrecht For more than ten years, this war had exposed the closes frontiers to continued attacks from a savage foe. AgriAnne's culture was necessarily neglected, a heavy public debt incurred, and a state of general depression ensued. Queen war. Palatines 7. Some Palatines of Germany, having been reduced to great indigence, by the wars in that country, went 1710. to England to solicit charity of Queen Anne. This settle in princess having obtained for them, grants of land in the pro- America, about six or seven thousand arrived, during the year 1710, and planted themselves in the provinces of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Carolina. George I. In 1714, Queen Anne dying, George I., ascended the throne of England. vince. 1714. Mass. all 8. After the treaty of Utrecht, by which France ceded to England, the whole of Acadia, the general court of Massachusetts extended its jurisdiction to the takes in utmost bounds of the province of Maine; and, enterMaine. prising fishermen and traders, not only revived the desolated villages, but on the eastern bank of the Kennebec erected new forts, and planted new settlements around them. Father 9. Father Rasles, a Jesuit missionary of France, had for many years ministered, in a rude chapel at NorPer ridgewock, on the Kennebec, among his savage converts of the Abenakies. The Indians under his charge 1717, "began hostilities against the English, by burning Bruns war. to 1724. wick. The authorities of Massachusetts had ascertained, by getting possession of the papers of Father 5. What place was taken in 1710?-6. When was Queen Anne's war closed? What were some of its bad effects? -7. What persons were sent over? By whom? At what time? To what place? Who succeeded Queen Anne?-8. What was the condition and prospects of Maine?-9. Give an account of Father Rasles? Where did the Indians, acting under his directions, begin their warfare? THE LAST OF THE JESUIT MISSIONARIES. 133 Rasles Rasles, that both he, and the governor of Canada were p’T. II. in the counsel of the savages, and were the instigators p'D. II. of their depredations. A party from New England, in CH. III. August 1724, destroyed Norridgewock, and put to death the aged Jesuit. He was the last of that devoted order, who, in the wilds of America, had labored to gain at the same time, a spiritual kingdom for a heavenly Master, and a temporal one for an earthly sovereign. 10. The Indians now found, that, though instigated by the French, they were not supported by them; and their sachems, at St. John's, concluded a peace with the colonists; which, as French missions were now at an end, proved durable. English trading houses flourish ed, and the eastern boundary of New England remained undisputed. and his party de stroyed. 1726. Aug. 6. Peace with the eastern Indians. CHAPTER III. Fletcher.-Piracy.-The Jerseys united, and joined with New 1692. Colonel 1. GOVERNOR Sloughter, of New York, dying in 1691, Colonel Fletcher received the commission of governor. Fletcher was a good soldier, and having fortunately secured the friendship of Major Schuyler, Fletcher he was, by his advice, enabled to conduct the Indian affairs of the colony, to the acceptance of the people. 1693. Episcopalian ministers were, by the influence of the Introdu governor, settled in several parishes; and a religious copacy. order thus introduced, which, at this day, forms so respectable a portion of the population of the state. 1698 2. In 1698, the earl of Bellamont, succeeded Governor Fletcher. During the late wars, the seas were 9. How did the colonists proceed?-10. What made the Indians willing to conclude a peace? What followed this peace? CHAPTER III.--1.Whom did Fletcher succeed? At what time? What enabled him to conduct well the Indian affairs? What was done by his influence in respect to religion? - 2. Who succeeded him? M ces Epis Bella mont. 134 P'D. II. THE JERSEYS UNITED. PT. II. infested with English pirates. Bellamont was particularly instructed "to put a stop to the growth of piracy." Oн. ш. As no appropriation of money had been made by goSends vernment, a private adventure against the pirates was out to agreed on, and one William Kid, undertook the expestop piraey, Kid, dition, and sailed from New York. He soon turned pirate himself. After some time, he burnt his ship and pirate returned to the colonies. There is a vague tradition still existing, that he brought large quantities of money, 1699. which he caused to be concealed in the earth. He was apprehended at Boston, sent to England for his trial, and there condemned and executed. who turns Is executed. 1692. The Jer joined to Corn bury. 3. Such disagreements arose in West Jersey, that seys uni- the proprietors surrendered the right of government to ted, and the crown. Queen Anne united it with the east proN. Y. vince, and NEW JERSEY, as the whole was now called, 1698. was to be ruled jointly with New York by a royal Lord governor, having a separate council and assembly of representatives. The queen appointed, as governor of 1708. the two provinces, the worthless lord Cornbury. In Lovelace. 1708, she removed him and appointed Lord Lovelace. 4. After a short administration, Lovelace was suc1710. ceeded by Sir Robert Hunter, and he, in 1719, by Hunter. Peter Schuyler, who so often acted as the mediator between the whites, and Indians. Commissioners were 1719. at this time, appointed to draw the line of partition between the provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Schuyler. built. 1720. 5. In 1720, Mr. Burnet succeeded Schuyler. He Burnet. instituted measures to stop the trade between New Oswego York and Canada; and by this means displeased the 1722. merchants. A trading house was built at Oswego, Fortified which was, in 1727, converted into a fortress. Burnet 1727. was superseded in the government, by Colonel Mont Mont gomery. gomery. 2. How did he happen to employ Kid? Give an account of William Kid?--3. What happened in West Jersey? What was the whole now called? How was it to be governed? Who did Queen Anne make governor? What did she do in 1708 ?4. Who were the successors of Lovelace?-5. How did Governor Burnet incur the displeasure of the merchants? What did they do? |