Our first century . to come out as colonistswith very little thought perhaps on their part of submit-ting themselves to the elaborate aristocratic system whichthe Lords Proprietors had imposed upon the colony, andwhich they, the settlers, when once established here felt themselves entirely freeto cast aside, as so muchlegal rubbish. In 1670 the first suc-cessful colony made underthe auspices of the LordsProprietors was sent outunder one William settled at first at PortRoyal in South far as agricultural pos-sibilities were concernedthere could hardly havebeen a better local
Our first century . to come out as colonistswith very little thought perhaps on their part of submit-ting themselves to the elaborate aristocratic system whichthe Lords Proprietors had imposed upon the colony, andwhich they, the settlers, when once established here felt themselves entirely freeto cast aside, as so muchlegal rubbish. In 1670 the first suc-cessful colony made underthe auspices of the LordsProprietors was sent outunder one William settled at first at PortRoyal in South far as agricultural pos-sibilities were concernedthere could hardly havebeen a better locality than this for the establishment ofa colony that intended to cultivate the soil. But theharbor of Port Royal is a wide one at its mouth, and oneeasily penetrable by an enemy. In those days the cannonin use were small and very short in their ranges. Theycould not defend such a harbor as that of Port Royal ifit should be attacked by Spanish ships from Florida, asit was liable to be at any time. It was soon decided. Seal of the Lords rropiietors ofCarolina—reverse. (From an im-pression in the English State PaperOffice.) THE PEOPLING OF CAROLINA 121 therefore, to remove the colony to a more defensible lo-cality. That locality was found near the peninsula uponwhich the city of Charleston now stands. There theharbor mouth was comparatively narrow and land de-fence was easy. The harbor at that point is formedby the junction of two rivers—the Ashley and theCooper—one of which washes the southern and the otherthe northern side of the peninsula upon which the cityof Charleston now stands. But at first the colonistsseem not to have realized the advantage of settling onthe present site of Charleston. Instead of that theylocated themselves on the southern bank of the AshleyRiver near where Wappoo Cut separates James Islandfrom the mainland. That locality proved to be exceedingly unwholesome,besides being in other ways far less desirable than thepoint of land between the Ashley and
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