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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)
. 30 Possession of his majesty's fort is what I demand, replied Ingoldsby, and issued a proclamation requiring submission. Thus the aristocratic party obtained as a leader one who held a commission from the new sovereign. Leisler, conforming to the original agreement Jan. 31 made with his fellow-insurgents, replied, that Ingoldsby had produced no order from the king, or from Sloughter, who, 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
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
distance of a half mile dwelt the Yamacraws, a branch of the Muskhogees, who, with Tomo-chichi, their chieftain, sought security by an alliance with the English. Here is a little present, said the red man, as he offered a buffalo skin, painted on the inside with the Chap XXIV} head and feathers of an eagle. The feathers of the eagle are soft, and signify love; the buffalo skin is 1733 warm, and is the emblem of protection. Therefore love and protect our little families. On the first day of February, or, according to the new style of computation, on the twelfth, the colonists, on board of a small sloop and periaguas, arrived at the place intended for the town, and before evening encamped on shore near the edge of the river. Four beautiful pines protected the tent of Oglethorpe, who, for near a twelve- New Voyage to Georgia. month, sought no other shelter. In the midst of the pleasant region, the streets of Savannah were laid out with greatest regularity; in each quarter a pub