Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . ed, and eventu-ally they recovered their wives and children. Although Castin gave in his adhesion to the Englishin 1693, it was evidently, in a measure, a compulsory one,and probably not sincere, for in 1696 he started with aflotilla of canoes and two hundred Indian warriors to jointhe French under Iberville in their attack on 1701 Baron Castin sailed for France to give an accountof his conduct in regard to trading with the English, hisjustification for which, he declared, was the necessity ofthe c
Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . ed, and eventu-ally they recovered their wives and children. Although Castin gave in his adhesion to the Englishin 1693, it was evidently, in a measure, a compulsory one,and probably not sincere, for in 1696 he started with aflotilla of canoes and two hundred Indian warriors to jointhe French under Iberville in their attack on 1701 Baron Castin sailed for France to give an accountof his conduct in regard to trading with the English, hisjustification for which, he declared, was the necessity ofthe case, he being unable to obtain the goods he requiredeither at Newfoundland or Port Royal. It is said thathe took with him on his departure two or three thousandcrowns in good dry gold. It was evidently his inten-tion to return to America, though not to this locality, ashe asked for a grant of land upon the river -de la Pointean Hestre, and stated that he had a design of establish-ing a fishery at Molue and of removing the Indiansthere. He never returned, however, and probably did. HON. J. W. CASTINE, Australia. The Castin Family. 23 not live many years to enjoy his paternal patrimony. Inthe office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mas-sachusetts are letters referring to Indian affairs, writtenby Joseph Dabadis St. Castin, as lately as 1754. Nofurther particulars in regard to the barou or any of hisimmediate family have come to light. No trace of thefamily is to be found in France, and probably they wereforced into exile in consequence of the French Revolu-tion. Hon. J. W. Castine, , of Glenburn, Eiverton,South Australia, is thought to be the only living repre-sentative of the family name outside of America. He in-forms the author that his immediate ancestors came fromEngland, but that their ancestors came from the south ofFrance, and are supposed to be a collateral branch of thebarons family. The name is extinct in England. Itwas thought for a long time that
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