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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
ho, it was known, had received a commission as governor, and, promising him aid as a military officer, Feb. 1. refused to surrender the fort. The troops, as they landed, were received with all courtesy and accommodation; yet passions ran high, and a shot even was fired at them. The outrage was severely reproved by Leisler, who, amidst proclamations and counter- March 10. proclamations, promised obedience to Sloughter on his arrival. On the evening on which the profligate, needy, and March 19. narrow-minded adventurer, who held the royal commission, arrived in New York, Leisler sent messengers to receive his orders. The messengers were detained. Next morning, he asked, by letter, to whom he should 20 surrender the fort. The letter was unheeded; and Chap. XIX.} Sloughter, giving no notice to Leisler, commanded Ingoldsby to arrest Leisler, and the persons called his council. The prisoners, eight in number, were promptly ar- 1691. raigned before a special court constitute
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
s, were to be encountered; nature itself offered trials; and the first colony of the French, making its home near the Lake of Onondaga, and encountering the forest with the axe, suffered from fever before they could prepare their tenements. Border collisions also continued The Oneidas murdered three Frenchmen, and the French retaliated by seizing Iroquois. At last, when 1657. a conspiracy was framed in the tribe of the Onondagas, the French, having vainly solicited reenforcements, 1658. March 19. abandoned their chapel, their cabins, and their hearths, and the valley of the Oswego. The Mohawks compelled Le Moyne to return; and the French and the Five Nations were once more at war. Such was the 1658, 1659. issue of the most successful attempt at French colonization in New York. The Dutch of New Amsterdam were to give way to the English; and the union of the English colonies was a guaranty that France could never regain the mastery. Meantime, the Jesuits reached our country in