MIDNIGHT MURDERS. 123 there a trading fort. In 1686, the fort, built at Pema- PT. II. quid, was taken by Castine; and thus the French P'D. I. claimed, as Acadia, all Maine, east of the Kennebec; and CH. XI. they artfully obtained great ascendancy over the natives. 1686. 3. The tribe of Pennicook, in New Hampshire, had lost several of their number, by the treachery of the whites, who had taken and sold them into slavery. At Dover, in that state, the venerable Major Waldron, a 1689 magistrate, and a trader among the Indians, hospitably admitted two squaws to sleep by his fire. At dead of Penninight, they let in a war party from without. They attack placed Major Waldron upon a long table, and then Dover, mocked him with a jeering call, to "judge Indians.” Those indebted to him for goods, drew gashes on his breast, saying, "here I cross out my account." Twenty-three were killed, twenty-nine made prisoners, and the town burnt. cooks 1690. 4. Governor Frontenac, at Quebec, planned to send, through the snow, three parties. The first arrived at Schenectady, the night of the 18th of February, and, separating into small parties, they invested every house Feb. 18. at the same moment. The people slept until their Schenecdoors were broken open, and themselves dragged from tady detheir beds. Their dwellings were set on fire, and sixty stroyed. of the inhabitants butchered. Twenty-seven were carried captive, and most of the small number which escaped, lost their limbs in attempting to flee naked, through a deep snow, to Albany. 5. The second party of French and Indians, leagued for murder, were sent against the pleasant settlement at Salmon Falls, on the Piscataqua. At break of day tion of Salmon a day which, for fifty of their number, had no morrow, Destructhe peaceful inhabitants were waked to experience the horrors of Indian warfare, aided and directed by French Falls. ingenuity. The third party from Quebec, in like manner, destroyed the settlement at Casco Bay, in Maine. 2. What fort was taken by Castine? How far did the French claim in Maine?-3. What provocation did the Pennicooks receive? What shocking cruelty did they exercise ? --4. What three parties were sent out? By whom? Trace, and describe the route of the first party? Describe the massacre of Schenectady?-5. Trace and describe the route of the second party? Of the third ? March 18. 124 THE UNION NOMINALLY AT AN END. P'T. II. 6. Fear and terror were on every side. The several P'D. I. governors of the provinces, convened at New York CH. II. city. General Winthrop with a body of troops, and May 1. Sir William Phipps, with a large fleet, were sent against 1691. the French. Port Royal was taken; but both expediCongress tions were, on the whole, failures. at N. Y. 7. Great expenses were, by these means, incurred The by Massachusetts, and the general court authorized, "credit for the first time, the emission of paper money, or notes of credit; making them, in all payments, a legal tender. system." 8. The Revolution in England produced a disagreeble change, in the affairs of Massachusetts. King Wil liam, refusing to restore its former Government, 1692. granted a new charter, which extended its limits, but charter restricted its privileges. Massachusetts now embraced, of Mass. besides her former territory, and the adjacent islands, New Plymouth, Maine, and Nova Scotia; extending north to the river St. Lawrence, and west to the South Sea, excepting New Hampshire and New York. 9. Almost the only privilege which the new charter allowed the people, was that of choosing their representatives. The king reserved to himself the right of appointing the governor, lieutenant governor, and secretary; and of repealing all laws within three Union in years after the passage. As Plymouth, the oldest, and heart. Massachusetts, the principal member of the New Eng land confederacy, were now placed under a royal governor, the union was nominally at an end. But it was already firmly cemented in the hearts and habits of the people. nors? 6. What measures were taken in the congress of goverWhat expeditions were undertaken?. What means did Massachusetts take to procure money?-8. How did the English Revolution affect Massachusetts? What course did King William take? How did the new charter affect Massachusetts in regard to territory? What did that province now embrace ? 9. How did the new charter affect the liberties of the people? What power had now the king of England? Why could not the confederacy remain as it had been? In what respects had the union become already cemented? THE FIRST settlement 1733.} OF GEORGIA BY OCLethorpe. CHAPTER I. Sir William Phipps.-Cotton Mather.-Salem Witchcraft.- 1. THE new charter was received at Boston, May PT. II. 14th, 1692. It was brought over by Sir William P'D. II. Phipps, who brought also his commission, as royal ca. 1. governor. He was nominated by the influence of his May 14. pastor, Cotton Mather, who received him with great 1692. joy. Phipps was a native of Pemaquid, in Maine. He New was made apprentice to a trade; but being active and Sir Wm. enterprising, he went to England; and, at length, ac- Phipps. quired riches and a title, by recovering, with a diving bell, the treasures of a Spanish wreck. 2. The delusion, with respect to witchcraft, was now at its height. The first settlers brought it with them from the mother country. Laws, making witch CHAPTER I.-1. Where was the new charter received? By whom brought over? By whose influence was he nominated for governor 2-2. What delusion existed? Give some account of this delusion? charter. Delusion respect ing witchcraft. |