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A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America / By William Douglass, M.D.

  • William Douglass
Date:
1755
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Credit: A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America / By William Douglass, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘nifh privateers were roving from South-Carolina to New- York: They failed up Delaware bay and river fo high as New-Caftle, and with their armed boats to within five miles of Philadelphia: Philadelphia news-papers fay, ‘¢ foreign trade is now at a {tand, and the port as much ‘¢ fhut up as if the river was frozen.” In Chefaepeak bay of Virginia they went fo high as Repahanock river and carried off feveral fhips. In September 1748 two Spanifh privateers failed up Cape-Fear river of North-Carolina, Janded Men, plundered Brunfwick, took poffeffion of fix veffels, but from fome cafual difafters, they foon re- turned down the river. Here was a fine opportunity given to the French and Spaniards to plunder our conti- nent ports, or put them to high contributions; but the French and Spanifh pufilanimity favoured us. II. A treaty of peace with the |] Abnaquie or eaftern Indians. Or, rather the formal fubmiffion of thefe Indi- ans by their delegates to the government of New-England. Vol. I. p. 564, ended our account of the late French and Indian incurfions in New-England ; fince that account, there have been only fome {mall damages done by a few {cattered Indian banditti. As this Indian treaty or fubmiffion to King Grorce Il. is very plain, eafy, and voided of fome antiquated wild fooleries which ufually accompany fuch affairs, we fhall infert it here by way of a {pecimen of Indian treaties. | The St. John’s Indians of Nova-Scotia, are of the Abnaquie nation, but were not in the congrefs, becaufe lately they feem chiefly to affociate with the Mikmake Indians of Nova-Scotia.—The Pigwaket tribe of Abnaquie are almoft extin@, they did not engage in this war, but retired and lived amongit the Englifh, during the war, in the county of Plymouth; fourteen of them, men, women and children, were prefent at this congrefs —-The Mafifaffuck In- dians on the eaft fide or Dutch fide of Lake Champlain or Corlaer, are in the Abnaquie divifion, but never do affociate with the Abnaquies. The {mall tribe of Scatacooks, on Houffuck river, eaft fide of Hud- fon’s great river, and the fcatter’d Mohegins on Hudfon’s river, though Abnaquies, are under the proteétion of the Mohawks or Iro- quies great nations. B 2 EE Here
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