TbeHijloryof BookII. 



dangeroufly wounded 5 that the fubjedts of King Timagoa, ha- 

 ving obferv'd their march, had follow'dthem for feveral days, 

 and not being able to overtake them, they laid ambufhes for 

 them, thinking to have met with them in their return } that 

 after they had run through abundance of dangers, and many 

 times endur'd much hunger and thirft, they got at laft to the 

 Province of Matte -a, which is under the jurifdiftion of the 

 Ring of ApaUcha, that the Governor of the City of Akpveka, 

 which is the Metiopiolis of that Country, caus'd them to be 

 brought to the King, who was then gone to vifit the Province 

 of Amana 5 that thar Prince entertain'd them with fo much 

 kindnefs, and exprefs'd fo much friendship towards them, that 

 they refolv'd to fend back their Guides into their Country ,and 

 to fetle themfelves amongft the Apalachites, fince they found 

 them anfwerable to the account they had received of them. 



The remembrance of the dangers they had run through ere 

 they could get into the Province of Matica 5 the lively appre- 

 henfionthey had of the difficulties which were unavoidable in 

 their return the little hope there was that the French would 

 ever undertake the re-eftablifhment of their Colony 3 the 

 pleafantnefs and fertility of the Country into which divine 

 Providence had brought them and the good natures of the 

 Inhabitants, befides feveral other considerations, prevail'd with 

 them to refoive on that fetlement. But the Guides whom 

 Satunova had given them, obftru&ed their refolution fo much, 

 and fo earneftly remonftrated to them, that they durft not pre- 

 fent themfeives before their Lord without them, that to corn- 

 pole the difference, and prevent the reproach they were afraid 

 of at their return into their own Country, they prevail'd fo far, 

 that two of thofe Travellers mould come back along with 

 them to Saturiova, to teftifie their care and fidelity in the exe- 

 cution of t he Commiffion he had given them. 



The fame Relation adds further, that thofe four French-mn 

 who voluntarily ftay'd among the Apalachites, being well in- 

 ftructedin the ways of God, left them fome knowledge of his 

 Sovereign Majefty : And the Englijh 3 who have fome years fince 

 found the way into thofe Provinces, write, that the Inhabi- 

 tants of the Province of Bemarin do ftill talk of thofe (Gran- 

 gers, and it is from them that they have learnt feveral words 

 of the French Language, fuch as are among others thofe that 

 fignifie God, Heaven, Earth, Friend, the Sun, the Moon, Para- 

 dife. Hell, Yea, No. Befides which there are many other words 

 common among thofe people, and are us'd by them to exprefs 

 the fame thing which they fignifie in French. 



After the death of all thefe French-men^ who were very 

 much lamented by all the Apalachites , excepting only the 

 Priefts of the Sun, who bore them an irreconcileable hatred, 

 becaufe they turned the People from Idolatry, and inclined 



them 



