. History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. \ ^a ^.. ^^ A I. ?MS IMSS^ATCOJ^f TO G O f>J M ECTBCUT. iirn«Lrfi?,,tth,5;fc, D,,!:,,)-, «!,..„„ rf Oit O ; WAR WITH THE PEQUODS. 397 Haynes had for one year been the governor of Massa- ; and Hooker had no rival in public estima- —^tion but Cotton, whom he surpassed in force of char-acter, in boldness of spirit, and in honorable , investigating the causes of events, haveendeavored to find the motives of this settlement in *the jealous ambition of the minister of ingenui
. History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. \ ^a ^.. ^^ A I. ?MS IMSS^ATCOJ^f TO G O f>J M ECTBCUT. iirn«Lrfi?,,tth,5;fc, D,,!:,,)-, «!,..„„ rf Oit O ; WAR WITH THE PEQUODS. 397 Haynes had for one year been the governor of Massa- ; and Hooker had no rival in public estima- —^tion but Cotton, whom he surpassed in force of char-acter, in boldness of spirit, and in honorable , investigating the causes of events, haveendeavored to find the motives of this settlement in *the jealous ambition of the minister of ingenuity is gratuitous. The Connecticut wasat that time supposed to be the best channel for agreat internal traffic in furs; and its meadows, alreadyproverbial for the richness of their soil, had accquiredthe same celebrity as in a later day the banks of theGenesee, or the bottom lands of the Miami. The new settlement, that seemed so far towards thewest, w^as environed by perils. The Dutch still in-dulged a hope of dispossessing the English, and thenatives of the country beheld the
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