The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . of deMonts exploration. The colonists were too easily discouraged. 1 Champlains Voyages, II, 94. Sieur de Poutrincourt, wlio accompaniedthe expedition only for his pleasure, asked de Monts for Port Royal soonafter their arrival upon the coast; and he gave it to him in accordance withauthority received from the King. (Voyages, II, 37.; 2 Champlains Voyages, I, 77. 36 THE BEGINNINGS OF COLONIAL MAINE. They were lacking in high aims and the cheerful endurance ofgreat hardships. Their presence on the coast, however, proved aspur to English endeavor. Th
The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . of deMonts exploration. The colonists were too easily discouraged. 1 Champlains Voyages, II, 94. Sieur de Poutrincourt, wlio accompaniedthe expedition only for his pleasure, asked de Monts for Port Royal soonafter their arrival upon the coast; and he gave it to him in accordance withauthority received from the King. (Voyages, II, 37.; 2 Champlains Voyages, I, 77. 36 THE BEGINNINGS OF COLONIAL MAINE. They were lacking in high aims and the cheerful endurance ofgreat hardships. Their presence on the coast, however, proved aspur to English endeavor. The prize at stake was large, and ifEngland would seize it there was need of haste as well as strengthof purpose and heroic determination. * The tercentenary of de Monts settlement at St. Croix island was com-memorated on that island by the Maine Historical Society, June 25,1904; andthe proceedings were published by the Society in an attractive illustratedpamphlet of seventy-eight pages. See also Me. Hist. Societys Coll., SeriesIII, 2, De Monts Colony Memoriai, on St. Croix June 25, 1904. CHAPTKR Voyage of 1605. ENGIyISH interests upon the American coast, however, hadnot ceased to receive attention in England. The Earl ofSouthampton, who was one of the principal promoters ofGosnolds expedition of 1602, was now at liberty, James I, at thebeginning of his reign, having opened the Earls prison doorsand restored to him the titles and estates of which he had beendeprived. Shortly after this restoration—the Earls new patentwas issued July 1, 1603—occurred the return of Pring from hissuccessful voyage hither. The report he brought awakened in thereleased prisoner an enthusiastic desire for participation in effortsthat would enhance the glory of England on this side of the 1604, he was busily engaged in making plans for another expe-dition to the American coast. With him, in the undertaking, wereassociated his son-in-law, Thomas Arundell,^
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