. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. ds in Acadia. This wasa bold measure for England and France were ostensiblyat peace. La Tour seeing that resistance was uselesssurrendered his fort, and the flag of Britain was hoistedover the ramparts. However, la Tours address did notdesert him ; he went to England and laid before Crom-well his claims as a grantee under the charter of SirWilliam Alexander. He proved as skilful a diplomatist asever and succeeded in obtaining, conjointly with ThomasTemple and William Crowne, a grant which includednearly all Ac
. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. ds in Acadia. This wasa bold measure for England and France were ostensiblyat peace. La Tour seeing that resistance was uselesssurrendered his fort, and the flag of Britain was hoistedover the ramparts. However, la Tours address did notdesert him ; he went to England and laid before Crom-well his claims as a grantee under the charter of SirWilliam Alexander. He proved as skilful a diplomatist asever and succeeded in obtaining, conjointly with ThomasTemple and William Crowne, a grant which includednearly all Acadia. La Tour had now attained an age inwhich men usually enjoy tranquility more than desired to be no longer the foot ball of fortune, andhe was sagacious enough to see that disputes were sureto arise between England and France with regard toAcadia. He accordingly sold his rights to his co-partnerSir Thomas Temple and retired to private life. He diedin 1663, at the age of about sixty-seven years, and hisashes rest within the confines of his beloved Acadia. 84 THE RIVER. CHAPTER VI. First English Trading Post at Jemseg on the St. John — French Rule inAcadia re-established by the Treat} of Breda — Census showed only400 Persons in all Acadia — Sieur de Soulanges at Fort Jemseg —Attack on the Fort by Privateers — Soulanges Taken a Prisoner toBoston for Ransom — Le Valliere appointed Governor — IndianTreachery Against the Whites. T the time of the capture of Fort la Tour byMajor Sedge wick, little progress had beenmade in the settlement of Acadia and thevalley of the St. John remained an almostunbroken wilderness. Acadia was for thenext twelve years nominally in the hands ofthe British. The First English trading post on theriver was established at the mouth of the Jemseg in 1659by Sir Thomas Temple. The situation was deemed lessexposed to marauders than the fort at the mouth of theriver. There can be but little doubt that Temple wouldsoon have had a flourish
Size: 1110px × 2251px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1910, initial, initiala
