346 THE WAR IN ACADIA. [1670-90. 



the Duke of York, and which, on his accession to 

 the throne, became a part of the royal domain, it 

 was never safe from attack. In 1686, it was plun- 

 dered by an agent of Dongan. In 1687, it was 

 plundered again; and in the next year Andros, 

 then royal governor, anchored before it in his 

 frigate, the " Rose," landed with his attendants, 

 and stripped the building of all it contained, 

 except a small altar with pictures and ornaments, 

 which they found in the principal room. Saint- 

 Castin escaped to the woods ; and Andros sent him 

 word by an Indian that his property would be 

 carried to Pemaquid, and that he could have it 

 again by becoming a British subject. He refused 

 the offer. 1 



The rival English post of Pemaquid was destroyed, 

 as we have seen, by the Abenakis in 1689; and, in 

 the following year, they and their French allies had 

 made such havoc among the border settlements that 

 nothing was left east of the Piscataqua except the 

 villages of Wells, York, and Kittery. But a change 

 had taken place in the temper of the savages, 

 mainly due to the easy conquest of Port Royal by 

 Phips, and to an expedition of the noted partisan 

 Church by which they had suffered considerable 

 losses. Fear of the English on one hand, and the 

 attraction of their trade on the other, disposed 

 many of them to peace. Six chiefs signed a truce 

 with the commissioners of Massachusetts, and prom- 

 ised to meet them in council to bury the hatchet 

 for ever. 



1 M hnoire pr£sent€ au Roy d'Angleterre, 1687 ; Saint-Castin a Dononville, 

 7 Juillet, 1687; Hutchinson Collection, 562, 563; Andros Tracts, I. 118. 



