. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET. 1702-1703] THE NEW OUTLOOK 147 ward. Many of the chief actors had disappeared fromthe stage. Frontenac was dead at seventy-seven. Brad-street, one of the last survivors among the first-comers,had died at the great age of ninety-four; so had LordBellomont, after a brief rule of only two years ; and sohad StOughton, who had borne the burden of govem-. THE EARL OP BELLOMONT. ment since the death of Phips. Madockawando, thefather-in-law of St. Castin, had also succumbed to thedread de
. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET. 1702-1703] THE NEW OUTLOOK 147 ward. Many of the chief actors had disappeared fromthe stage. Frontenac was dead at seventy-seven. Brad-street, one of the last survivors among the first-comers,had died at the great age of ninety-four; so had LordBellomont, after a brief rule of only two years ; and sohad StOughton, who had borne the burden of govem-. THE EARL OP BELLOMONT. ment since the death of Phips. Madockawando, thefather-in-law of St. Castin, had also succumbed to thedread destroyer, with many more whose names oncestruck terror to the hearts of their enemies. In view ofits probable murderous character, it would perhaps betoo much to say that the war was popular in New Eng-land. But the people v/ere intensely loyal to the cause 148 THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1702-1708 of Protestantism, of which William was the recognizedchampion, and intensely partisan, too. They resented,as warmly as all Protestant England did, the insult putupon the nation in challenging Williams right to thethrone. Canada was wholly Catholic. Those in authoritythere took their cue from their royal master in declaringWilliam a usurper. So that there was no want of an-tagonisms to fan the old embers into a fiercer blazethan ever. The short administration of the Earl of Bellomontcovered a season of recuperation from the exhaustionof war. He died in offic
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