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faying, The Jefuits would not let them alone till they 
had done it ; and if the Earl of Bellamont^ and Count 
Front enacy would not banifli thefe Devils, they could 
not promife the next Peace would laft long. Major Con- 
fers , and Colonel PhilipSy concluded it with them on the 
Foot with the laft Treaty j to which they added a 
more formal Submiffion to the Sovereignty of the Crown 
of England ; wherein, after acknowledging themfelves 
guilty of breaking the laft Peace, and in not fulfilling their 
Engagements entered into thereby, while they enjoyed 
the Benefit of it, which they charge upon the evil Coun- 
cils and Inftigations of the French y they proceed thus : 
“ Wherefore we, whofe Names are hereunto fubfcribed, 
Segamores, Captains, and principal Men of the In- 
belonging to the Rivers of Kennehecky Amonofcog- 
SacOy and Parts adjacent, being fenfible of our 
‘‘"great Offence and Folly, in not complying with the 
“ aforefaid Submiffion and Agreement, and alfo of the 
“ Sufferings and Mifchiefs that we have hereby expofed 
“ ourfelves unto % do, in all humble and fubmiffive 
“ Manner, caft ourfelves upon his Majefty’s Mercy, 
“ for the Pardon of all our Rebellions and Violations of 
“ out Promifes ; praying to be received into his Ma- 
“ jefty’s Grace and Protefifion ; and for, and in Behalf 
“ of ourfelves, and of all the other Indians belonging to 
“ the feveral Rivers and Places aforefaid, within the So- 
“ vereignty of his Majefty of Great Britainy do again 
“ acknowledge and profefs our hearty and fincere Obe- 
“ dience to the Crown of England and do folemnly 
“ renew, ratify, and confirm, all, and every the Arti- 
“ cles and Agreements contained in the aforefaid recited 
“ Submiffion ; and in Teftimony hereof, we, the faid 
“ Segamores, Captains, and principal Men, have here- 
“ unto fet our Hands and Seals, at Cafco Bajy near Ma- 
“ res Pointy the yth Day of Januarjy in the tenth Year 
“ of the Reign of His Majefty King IFilliam III. 
A. D. 1698-9. Subfcribed by Moxusy and the reft 
“ of the Segamores and petty Princes.” 
Thus ended, to the mutual Satisfadlion of both Parties, 
the Indian War, with refpedl to which the French Wri- 
ters have undoubtedly given a very falfe Account, and a 
ftill more falfe Account of the Peace *, for they fay pofi- 
tively that the Indians infifted upon it, that they were 
not fubjedt to the Crown of Great Britain ; that they de- 
clared againft their occupying any of their Lands •, and 
that they openly profefled they were, and would be. Friends 
to the French ; every Tittle of which, as is manifeft 
by their Inftrument above recited, and cited for that Pur- 
pofe, appears to be a direft Falftiood ; but in one thing 
I believe the French Writers fpeak Truth, which is, with 
regard to the Policy of the Indians, who made ufe of the 
Small Pox for a Pretence to quit the Englijh Army, in its 
March to attack the French Colony of Canada by Land, 
fi'om a Forefight that if this Expedition had been attend- 
ed with Succefs, the French muft have abandoned their 
Country, and they were unwilling to be left wholly at the 
Mercy of the Englijh. 
Many of our Authors, indeed, reprefent the Indians as 
not capable of fo great a Stroke in Politics, but I have 
feen Papers of Governor Dudley, and William Penn, who 
were very well acquainted with them, that feem to coun- 
tenance this Opinion ; for they fay, they have ftrong na- 
tural Parts, imderftand their own Intereft thoroughly, 
and do every thing with great Deliberation. It is, in- 
deed, certain, that they are wedded to their own Senti- 
ments, and to their own Manner of living, and therefore 
we muft refer their Politics to their Maxims, and not pre- 
tend to judge of them by our own, with which they have 
not the leaft Affinity or Conne£lion. 
5. We have, in the Courfe of this Work, given fo 
full and clear an Account of the Manner in which all our 
Colonies were fettled, and of the Motives upon which 
different Sorts of People reforted to them, that the Read- 
er cannot be furprized at hearing their religious Affairs 
were in a very indifferent Situation, when in refpeft to 
temporal Concerns their Condition was moft flouriftiing. 
Several worthy Perfons, in the Reign of King Charles II. 
had ufed their Endeavours to corredi: this Evil, but 
their pious Defires did not meet with proportionable Sue- 
Settlements Book I, 
cefs, which, however, was far from difcdiiraging others 
from following their Example j but though they were 
fomev/hat more fortunate, chiefly from the Afliftance 
given them by the pious Qtieen Mary, whofe Characler 
for Religion and Virtue will live as long as there is either 
Religion or Virtue in the World, yet it was at laft 
found that nothing could be effedtually done, unlefs the 
Encouragers of this noble Defign ot fpreading the Chri- 
ftian Faith through the Britijh Dominions in America, vrefe 
incorporated by Charter, the Neceffity and Expediency of 
which Dr. Thomas Tenifon, then Archbifliop of Canterbu- 
ry, undertook to reprefent to King William III. and 
upon his Reprefentation a Charter was obtained, dated jhe 
1 6th of June, in the 13th Year of his Reign, by which 
feveral Perfons, equally diftinguillied by their Titles and 
Virtues, were incorporated for that Purpofe, under the 
moft honourable of all Names, the Society for the Propa- 
gation of the Gospel in foreign Pamts. 
^ This truly, fays the Author of the Hiftory of this So- 
ciety, Dr. Humphreys, was an Adlion fuitable to Arch- 
biffiop Teniforls public Spirit and honeft Zeal for the Pro- 
teftant Religion, and exceedingly becoming his high 
Station and Authority in the Church. The American Co- 
lonies, fure, can never, without the greateft Veneration 
and Gratitude, remember him, when they fhall, many 
Ages hereafter,' feel the happy Effedls of having the 
Chriftian Religion planted among them •, and refledl how 
hearty and forward Archbifliop Tenifon appeared to ob- 
tain that Charter, which gave Life and Authority to fo 
glorious an Undertaking : Nay, that his Zeal and Spirit 
did not reft here, he continued to promote and guide, 
by his wife Councils, the Affairs of the Society •, he paid 
them an annual Bounty of fifty Pounds, during his Life, 
and at his Death bequeathed them a thoufand Pounds, 
towards the Maintenance of the firft Bilhop that fliould 
be fettled in America. A Charter being thus obtained, the 
next endeavour was to carry their laudable Defign into 
Execution ; accordingly his Grace the Archbifliop, as 
impowered by the Charter, caufed Summons to be iffued 
for the Members of the Corporation, to meet within the 
Time limited ; and feveral met at the Place appointed, 
on the 27th of June 1701, and chofe proper Officers for 
tranfadling the Bufmefs. At following Meetings they 
made divers Rules and Orders for their more regular Pro- 
ceedings in the Adminiftrations of their Truft, and fub- 
fcribed, among themfelves, near two hundred Pounds ; 
for defraying the Charges of paffing the Charter, mak- 
ing the common Seal, and other neceffary Expences, 
they alfo ordered five hundred Copies of the Charter to be 
printed forthwith, and diftributedamongft the Members, to 
be fliewed by them to all proper Perfons, the farther to 
notify the Defign they were engaged in, and to invite more 
Perfons of Ability and Piety to affift in carrying it on. 
This Step was but an Opening of the Matter to the 
Public j the Society were diligent to confider of farther 
and more effeblual Ways and Means to obtain Subfcrip- 
tions and Contributions fufficient to enable them to main- 
tain the Expence of fending many Miffionaries abroad. 
They immediately agreed that the beft Argument to 
Mankind was Example, and the moft effedlual Means to 
engage others to contribute, v/as to lead the Way them- 
felves, by fubfcribing towards the Support of the Work. 
Accordingly Archbifliop Tenifon, the Prefident, the Vice- 
Prefidents, all the Bifliops and Members then prefent, 
did fubfcribe a yearly Sum to be paid to the Treafurer 
of the Society for the public Ufes, according to the Form 
of Subfcripticn drawn up for that Purpofe ; having now 
made this Advance themfelves, they gave out Deputa- 
tions, under their common Seal, to feveral of their Mem- 
bers, and other Perfons of Figure and Intereft in the 
Counties of England and Wales \ fignifying their being 
conftituted and appointed by the - Corporation to take 
Subfcriptions, and to receive all Sums of Money which 
fhoLild be fubfcribed or advanced for the Purpofes men- 
tioned in the Charter and here it is to be gratefully ac- 
knowledged, that feveral worthy Perfons did, with a 
public Spirit, take thefe Deputations to help on v/ith a 
Work fo truly for the national Intereft, and the Honour 
of common Chriftianicy j and did, by their Example and 
Inftances, 
