C a p. V 1 1 1 . The Caribby- Wands* 



them to the knowledge of the true God who created the Sun 

 whom they adored as God, the Provinces which are feated in 

 the Vales of the Apalach^an Mountains , and had been en- 

 lightned but by a very weak ray of coeleftial light, would ea- 

 fily have returned to thedarknefs of their ancient fuperftition, 

 if <3od, by a remarkable difpoial of his Providence, had not 

 fent to them fome Englifo Families, which at their arrival thither 

 blew up that little fpark, which lay hid under the embers, into 

 a weak flame. 



Thefe Families came out of Virginia in the year M DC XXL 

 with an intention to go to New-Englattd, to avoid the frequent 

 incurfions and maffacres committed there by the Savages , but 

 the wind proving contrary to their defign, they were caft on 

 the Coafts of Florida, whence they pals'd into the Province 

 of Matica, and thence into thofe of Amana and Bern ar in, and 

 in the iaft they fetled themfelves, and have drawn thither a 

 conilderable number of Ecclefiaftkks and perfons of quality, 

 who have there laid the foundations of a fmall Colony. Moft 

 of thofe who are retir'd into thofe places fo remote from all 

 Commerce in the world, undertook that generous defign, in 

 tfaeinidft of the great revolutions which h append in England 

 during the late troubles, and the main bufinefs they propos'd 

 to themfelves at that time, was only to make their advantage 

 offo feafonable a retreat, that they might the more ferioufly, 

 and with le(s diftra&ion, mind the attainment of their own fal- 

 vation, and dilate the limits of Chriftianity among thofe poor 

 people, if God gave them the means. 



We underftand alfo by the laft papers that have been fent us 

 from America, that, God bleffing the endeavours of the firft In- 

 habitants of this fmall Colony, they have within thefe twelve 

 or thirteen years baptiz'd moft of the Officers and the moft 

 considerable Heads of Families in the Provinces of Bemarin 

 and Amana , That at the prefent,they have a Bifhop and many 

 learned and zealous Ecclefiafticks among them, who carry on 

 the work of the Lord 5 and the more to advance it, they have 

 built Colledges in all thofe places where there are Churches., 

 that the Children of the ApalachiUs may be inftru&ed in the 

 myfteries of Chriftian Religion and true piety. 



The fame Papers add further, that though the Ring of Apa- 

 lacha hath received Baptifin, and feems to have much affection 

 for thefe Strangers, who have procur'd him that happinefs 5 

 yet hath he of late entertain'd feme jealoufie of them, out of 

 an apprehenfion, as it was reprefented to him by fome of his 

 Councel, that if he fuffer'd them to grow more numerous, they 

 might in time become Mafters of the Country : He thereupon 

 in the firft place difpers'd them into feveral Cities, that they 

 might not be able to make any confiderable body, or foment 

 any faftionsj and afterwards, there was an order pais'd, that 



