. American history:. n 1680 the foundation of a new town was laid there,which was called It was immediately de- * Cooper River rises about thirty-five miles Charleston, and passing along the east side of thecity, unites with Ashley River, to form CharlestonHarbor. Wando River, a short but broad stream, en-ters the Cooper from the east, four miles above thecity. (See Map.) t Charleston, a city and seaport of S. Carolina, issituated on a peninsula formed by the union of Ashleyand Cooper Rivers, seven miles from the ocean. It isonly about seven feet above high tide ; and par
. American history:. n 1680 the foundation of a new town was laid there,which was called It was immediately de- * Cooper River rises about thirty-five miles Charleston, and passing along the east side of thecity, unites with Ashley River, to form CharlestonHarbor. Wando River, a short but broad stream, en-ters the Cooper from the east, four miles above thecity. (See Map.) t Charleston, a city and seaport of S. Carolina, issituated on a peninsula formed by the union of Ashleyand Cooper Rivers, seven miles from the ocean. It isonly about seven feet above high tide ; and parts ofthe city have been overflowed when the wind and tidehave combined to raise the waters. The harbor, be-low the city, is about two miles in mdth, and seven inlength, across the mouth of which is a sand bar, havingfour passages, the deepest of which, near SulUvanaIsland, has seventeen feet of water, at high tide. Dur-ing the summer months the city is more healthy thanthe surrounding country. VICINITY OF Part II.] SOUTH CAROLINA. 257 clared the capital of the province, and duiing the first 16§0. year thirty dwellings were erected. In the same year — the colony was involved in difficulties with the Indians. wmtf>ein-Straggling parties of the Westoes began to plunder the ^i^,!Zinatfoplantations, and several Indians were shot by the immediately broke out ; a price was fixed on In-dian prisoners ; and many of them were sent to the WestIndies, and sold for slaves. The following year peace was a. , and commissioners were appointed to decideall complaints between the contending parties. 5. In 1684 a few families of Scotch emigrants settled Port Royal; but two years later, tlie Spaniards of St. po^c^, claiming the territory, invaded the settlement, laid it waste. ^About this time the revocation^ of the 3. Removalqfedict of Nantes* induced a large number of French Pro- , generally called Huguen
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