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Fourth Company .- John Welch, private.
Tenth Company .- Angus McFee, Jolın Grimes.
SECOND REGIMENT. GENERAL SPENCER'S.
First Company .- Wm. Cox, drum major ; Joseph Gleason, drummer.
Second Company .- Wm. McCorney, fifer; James Carey, Patrick Colbert, Jaines Lord, Daniel Clark, Herman Higgins, Patrick Leonard.
Third Company .- Cornelius Russell.
Fourth Company .- Timothy Powers, George Carey, John Dodd.
Fifth Company .- Samuel Gleason.
Sixth Company .- Win. McBride, Michael Eggins (Higgins).
Seventh Company,-Edmund Murfy (Murphy), Jos. Grimes, Jr.
Eighth Company .- James McCartey, Jesse Higgins, John Fox, Thos. Martin.
Ninth Company-Michael Barce, Roger Fox, Jas. Murphy, Jas. McLean, John Jack- son, Lawrence Sullivan.
Tenth Company .- John Conly, fifer ; James McCae.
THIRD REGIMENT. GENERAL PUTNAM'S.
Second Company .- Stephen Cummins (Cummings), David Kelley, Joseph Martin.
Third Company .- James Carr, sergeant; John Huges (Hughes), Joseph Griffin, Jas. McDonald, Daniel Preston.
Fourth Company .- Daniel Carryl (Carroll), John Carey, John McCartey.
Fifth Company .- Alexander McNeal (McNiel), Daniel Owen, Win. Moor (Moore), Win. Waters.
Sixth Company .- Benj. Kinny, Benj. Ford, John Terry, Benj. Gary.
On the receipt of the Lexington news, Governor Trumbull summoned the General Assembly to a special session at Hartford to convene on April 26th. The Massachusetts authorities sent urgent appeals to Governor Trumbull for aid and support from Connecticut. On April 20th, the Committee of Safety at Cambridge wrote :- " As the troops have now commenced hostilities, we think it our duty to exert our utmost strength to save our country from abso- lute slavery. We pray your honors would afford us all the assistance in your power, and shall be glad that our brethren who come to our aid inay be sup- plied with military stores and provisions, as we have none of either more than is absolutely necessary for ourselves." Again, on April 26th, they wrote :- " The distressed condition in which we are, and the danger to which the liber- ties of all America, and especially the New England Colonies are exposed, will be the best apology for the importunate application to you for immediate
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assistance. We pray you as regards the safety of your country, that as large a number of troops as you can spare may immediately march forward."
The Assembly met on the date indicated, and during the ten days' session refrained from aggressive declarations, but made preparations for a determined resistance. The leading measure of the session was " An Act for assembling, equipping, etc., a number of the Inhabitants of this Colony for the Special Defence and Safety thereof." It provided that one-fourth part of the Colony militia should be forthwith enlisted, accoutred and assembled, to be led and conducted as the General Assembly should order. About six thousand inen who were to be distributed in six regiments of ten companies each, with a full complement of officers, were represented in this apportionment. At a third special session, convened July 1, 1775, the Assembly provided for two more regiments, making eight in all, consisting of about seven thousand, four hundred men. In October of the same year an act of the Assembly trans- ferred those regiments from Colony regiments, who were subject only to Con- necticut, to Continental regiments under the authority of the Continental commanders. The following names, notable for their Celtic flavor have been selected from the list of staff officers and rosters of the regiments for 1775, and other sources. They were represented in every prominent action from the siege of Boston to the surrender of Yorktown, including Ticonderoga, Quebec, Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Stony Point, Saratoga and the massacre at Fort Griswold.
THIRD REGIMENT.
Seventh Company .- Thos. Barret, Michael Flynn, Oliver Barret, John Fox, John Green, John Lyon, Abbron Reynolds, Cyrus Powers, Michael Jackson, Jas. Murray, Nathan Powers.
Eighth Company .- Michael Richmond, James Reynolds, Jacob Reynolds.
FOURTH REGIMENT. COLONEL HINMAN'S.
First Company .- John Garret, Luke Welch.
Second Company .- Alexander Keney, sergeant ; Stephen Fox, Thos. Byrne, corporal ; Ruben Kenny, Theodore Kenny.
Tenth Company .- John Carr, Michael Beach, Jere. McCartee.
FIFTH REGIMENT. COLONEL WATERBURY'S.
First Company .- Andrew Powers, sergeant ; Chas. Stewart, Peter Mead.
Second Company .- James Huges, sergeant (Hughes); Bryan Killkelly, John Down- ing, James Lenniham (Lennihan), lieutenant.
Third Company .- Patrick Kenney.
Fourth Company .- Joseph Hays.
Fifth Company .- Mathew Mead, captain ; W111. McKee, Michael Bourn, James Reed, Michael Wells.
Sixth Company .- Miles Cauty, Win. Griffin, Francis Jackson.
Seventh Company .- Chas. Powers, Michacl Morehouse, Mathew Mead.
Eighth Company .- Geo. Murray, Robert Welchi.
Ninth Company .- John F. Lacy, Thos. Preston, Jeremiah Calahar.
Tenth Company .- Morris Griffin, Jerry Riand (Ryan), Joseph Jackson.
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SIXTH REGIMENT. COLONEL PARSON'S.
First Company .- John Hackett.
Second Company .- Peter Burn, Mathew Coy.
Third Company .- Daniel Carthy, corporal ; Jas. Griffin, Cornelius Griffin.
Fifth Company .- Thos. Carney, Anthony Wolf, Benj. Kelley, David Quinley, Michael Ryen (Ryan), Jas. Butler, Thos. Lyon.
Sixth Company .- Benedict Carey, Joseph Gordon, Joseph Kenedy, Asa Phillips, Josiah Carey, Samuel Carey, Win. Knight, Michael Phillips, Timothy Shea.
Seventh Company .- John O'Brian, Michael Torrey, Daniel Thomas.
Eighth Company .- Daniel McLean, Jas. Casey.
Ninth Company .- Joseph Corbitt, James More (Moore), John Malary, Phillip Dorus.
SEVENTH REGIMENT. COLONEL CHAS. WEBB.
First Company .- William Dunn, John Macannathy, Archibald McLean.
Second Company .- Wni. McQueen.
Third Company .- James Dennis, David McDowell, John Dennis, Lawrence Martin.
Fourth Company .- John Kenney.
Fifth Company .- Michael Hunn.
Sixth Company .- John Cockran.
Seventh Company .- Joseph Murry.
Eighth Company .- Beriah Kelley, Roger Crow.
Ninth Company .- Neal McNeal, Isaac Collins.
Tenth Company .- Wm. Barrett, Cyrenus Collins.
EIGHTH REGIMENT. HUNTINGTON'S. THOMAS HAYDEN, Sergeant-Major.
Second Company .- John Bartlett, Richard Price.
Third Company .- James Burn, Jeremiah Connel.
Fourth Company .- Wmn. Hayes, corporal ; Luke Hayes.
Fifth Company .- Jas. Green, Timo. Malloy (Timothy), Thos. McKnight.
Sixth Company .- John Conley, Isaac Ford.
Seventh Company .- Joseph Cummins, John Moors, John Murray.
Eighth Company .- Thos. Dennis, fifer ; Thos Ryan, drummer.
Ninth Company .- Cornelius Higgins, sergeant ; Wm. Bevins, Silvanus Higgins. Tenth Company .- Thos Reed, sergeant ; Michael Barre (Barry), Thos. Cushin.
Patrick Nugent and Peter Heady were taken prisoners at the defeat of Quebec, December 31, 1775.
COLONEL BURRALL'S REGIMENT. BEFORE QUEBEC DECEMBER, 1775.
John Rielly, lieutenant; Thomas Fleming, drummer ; James Clarey,1 John Mc- Goon,1 John Green,1 Michael McGee,1 John Wren,1 James Laughlin.1
IN COLONEL ELMORE'S REGIMENT. AT FORT SCHUYLER, WINTER OF 1775-76.
Robert Cochran, major ; John Moody, John Redmonds, John Oneal (O'Neil), Thos. Powell, David Brady, Thomas Owen, John Cain (Kane), Jeremiah Ryan, Michael Kirk- land, Michael Caern, Cornelius Lynch, ensign ; Daniel Owen, John Shield.
" KNOWLTON RANGERS."
Daniel Conner, Chas. Kelley.
BIGELOW'S ARTILLERY COMPANY. FIRST IN CONNECTICUT DURING REVOLUTION. John Reynolds, corporal ; George McCarty.
The failure of the Canadian expeditions and the campaign around New York demonstrated the need of a permanent disciplined army to cope with
1 Taken prisoners at the Cedars, Canada, May 19, 1776.
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the veteran British regulars. All enlistments on the American side were for short terms, and the continual discharging and recruiting of new men played sad havoc with army discipline. To remedy this state of affairs Congress provided that the entire American army be re-organized January 1, 1777. This re-organization provided that eighty-eight regiments be raised for con- tinuous service to the end of the war, unless otherwise ordered, proportioned among the States according to population. Connecticut's portion was eight regiments, and its quota was designated as the "Connecticut Line," which with the other State "Lines " formed one grand "Continental Line." It was these State "Lines," inspired in a common cause, under the leadership of the immortal Washington that bore the burden of the war for the succeed- ing six years to the grand close. In these regiments we find additional evi- dence of Irish participation.
FIRST REGIMENT CONNECTICUT LINE.
Daniel Collins, lieutenant ; Patrick Donally, sergeant ; Wm. Collins, corporal ; Geo. McKenzy, corporal ; John Connolly, Wm. Griffin, Patrick Hynes, Thos. Jackson, Alexander McCoy, Mathew Connor, Joseph Fox, James Griffin, John Joy, John Martin, John Ryan, John Roach, John Whealy, Pell Collins, Michael Stochy, Walter Carey, Thos. Roach.
SECOND REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
Patrick Hynes, John Kelley, John McNulty, Thos. Mitchell, Jas. Gleeson, Thomas McKnight, Ab. Mooney, James Powers, John Ryley, Mathew Reynolds, Wm. Kennedy, John McGarry, John McKinny, Mathew Reynolds, Thomas Kelley, John Mooney, Wm. McFall, Benj. Reynolds, Sim. Reynolds, Reubin Reynolds, Daniel Stewart.
THIRD REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
Wm. Higgins, quartermaster; Thomas Hayden, lieutenant; James Reynolds, sergeant ; John Laflin, corporal; Jas. Gordon, musician ; Daniel Powell, musician ; Ashbel Riley, musician ; James Slater, musician ; Wm. Bryan, Jas. Burn, Chas. Bryan, Jas. Bayley, Abel Collins, Martin Canary, John Conner, Asher Carty, Wmn. Cum- mins, Darby Connell, Richard Crary, Richard Cary, Wmn. Duncan, John Delaney, Thos. Durfy, John Fay, William Fay, Timothy Fay, John Griffin, John Grogan, David Hay- don, Jesse Higgins, Richard Jackson, James Kenney, Benj. Kenney, Jas. Laffin, Patrick Lyons, Jas. Linden, Andrew Morrison, Wm. Moor, Andrew McKee, Abel McEntire, Wm. Mathews, Patrick Murphy, Joseph McHook, Michael McNiel, James McElvay, Daniel Miles, James Malıar (Maher), Patrick Marr, James McKeys, Edmond Murphy, John McMullen, Thomas Owen, Stephen Owen, Oliver O'Kean, David Reynolds, Jacob Reynolds, Owen Reurk (Rourke), Michael Ribley, Daniel Rivers, Timothy Stevens, Patrick Thomas, Peter Thomas, Thadeus Barre (Barry), George Farrell, Thos. Fox, Samuel Fox.
FOURTH REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
Thos. McLure, sergeant ; John Reynolds, musician ; Simion Reynolds, musician ; Chris. Brady, Roswell Croker, Roger Cary, Benj. Cary, Dennis Dins, Chris. Downing, Thos. Fitzgcaral, Mathew Golden, Win. Glenny, Cornelius Griffin, Joseph Griffin, John Gary, Jas. McDonald, Jno. Mclaughlin, Alex. McCoy, Jas. Mallony, James McCarty, Will McFall, Geo. Martin, Manuel O'Daniel, Thos. Powers, Jeremialı Reed, James Shields, Patrick Thomas, Daniel Thomas, Daniel Ward, Phillip Martin.
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FIFTH REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
Cornelius Higgins, lieutenant; Cornelius Russell, lieutenant ; Daniel Cone, corporal ; Timothy Cone, corporal ; Wm. Cummings, corporal ; John Branigan, Thomas Burns, John Bragan, Jas. Burns, Patrick Brown, Luke Brown, Samuel Barret, Moses Barret, Jeremiah Barret, Cornelius Cahale (Cahil), John Carrel (Carroll), Dennis Clark, Dennis Collins John Downing, Joseph Green, Thomas Green, James Green, Jack Green, Thos. Hughes, John Hayes, John Kelley, Henry Keeler, Thomas Keeler, Jeremiah Keeler, Jas. Laughlin, Kit Moore, Michael McKee, Win. McLane, Edw. McClaning, Wm. McCluster, Jeremiah Mead, John Mathews, Win. Murphy, Jas. Patrick, Joseph Reed, Thomas Reed, John Ryan, Chris. Welch, Andrew Gleason, Wm. Cummings, Abel Collins, Thos. Green.
SIXTH REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
John McLean, Sam. Collins, John Clary, Wm. Collins, Henry Fitzgerald, Daniel Fourd, James Gainer (Gaynor), John Griffing, Jas. Keley (Kelley), Joshua Keley (Kelley), John Lines, Angus McFee, Dourson Melone, Anthony McDaniel, John O'Briant, Jas. Power, Jonathan Riley, Wm. Rennals, Joseph Stark, Jas. Clary, Jeremiah Kelley.
SEVENTH REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
John F. Lacy, Chas. McDonald, Patrick Downs, Thos. Finn, Boston Ford, Edward Griffin, John Green, Andrew Hays, James Higgins, Benj. Kelly, Oliver Kelly, Joseph Lynes, Morris Maloney, Henry McIntire, Andrew McClary, Edward Murphy, George Murry, John Moor, Antony Moor, Chas. Riley, Miles Ryon, Darby Sullivan, Robert Welch, Daniel Collins.
EIGHTH REGIMENT. CONNECTICUT LINE.
Thomas Dyer, lieutenant-colonel ; Thos. O'Brian, lieutenant ; John Green, corporal; James Bailey, corporal ; Peter McFarlane, corporal ; Jas. Carr, Abel Cuff, Martin Ford, Amos Ford, Patrick Fling, Samuel Kelley, Joseph Martin, John McKinzy, John McMan- ners, Jas. McDonald, David McLane, Jas. Russell, David Reynolds, Justice Reynolds, Stephen Rany, James Ryon, Michael Robins, Daniel Vaughn, John Vaughn, Morris Welch, Luke Welch, Moses Rilley, George Griffin, Joseph Lyon.
COLONEL S. B. WEBB'S REGIMENT. KNOWN AS THE NINTH.
John Riley, captain ; Thos. Quigley, John Burns, Thos. Doyle, Stephen Fox, John Fay, Wm. Fay, Timothy Fay, Gershon Fay, John McLean, John McKensie, Matthew Melonee (Maloney), Patrick McDonald, Wm. Martin, Geo. O'Bryan, Daniel Ward, Moses Ward, Daniel Gilmore, Daniel Lane, David Welch, Nehimiah Higgins, John Welch, Jamies Brown, John Bailey, David Ward, Timothy Higgins, Jos. Goldsmith, Francis King, Malachi Cornning, Niel McLean, Jas. Kirkland.
CONNECTICUT MEN WITH COLONEL SHERBURN'S REGIMENT. LIGHT INFANTRY.
Ebenezer Blake, sergeant; Stephen Bartlett, corporal ; Thos. Fanning, corporal ; Roger Welsh, private; David Fanning, private ; Elesha Fanning, Michael Freeman, Edward Freeman, Peter Freeman, Joseph Freeman, Hezekiah Carey.
CONNECTICUT MEN IN COLONEL SETH WARNER'S REGIMENT STATIONED AT BENNINGTON AND SARATOGA.
Alexander McLowry, ensign ; Joseph Bennet, sergeant ; Wm. Collins, corporal; John Campbell, Benj. Gleason, Robert McKnight, George McCarthy, Allen Reynolds, Daniel Welch.
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COLONEL MOSES HAZEN'S REGIMENT. BRANDYWINE, GERMANTOWN, MONMOUTH AND YORKTOWN.
Samuel Cochran, sergeant ; James Ward, sergeant ; John Burk, James Dawah (Dowagh), David Kelley, Michael Kirkland, Peter Lines, Michael Welch, John McCoy.
COLONEL DURKEE'S WYOMING VALLEY COMPANY.
Thomas McClure, Stephen Preston, John Cary, Win. Dunn, James Bagley, Chas. Bennet.
CAPTAIN RANSOM'S WYOMING VALLEY COMPANY.
Timothy Pierce, lieutenant ; Lawrence Kinney, Wm. McClure, Thos. Neal, John O'Neal, Thos. Pickett, Michael Foster.
FIRST TROOP. LIGHT DRAGOONS.
Richard Dowde (Dowd), John Butler, James McDavid, Edward Hayes, Michael Hannon, Eph'ron Kirby.
SECOND TROOP.
Michael Couney, John Conly, Dan'1 Buckley, John Carroll, Geo. Couney, Thos. Neal, Stephen Taylor, Wmn. Bennet, Jno. McMullen, Jno. Mckinsey.
FOURTH TROOP.
Wm. McBride, Daniel Cashman, Daniel Clary, Thos. Cushman, Peter Hare.
FIFTH TROOP.
Joseph Conner, Robert McColloch, Henry Martin, David Ross, David Martin, Jas. Connolly.
SIXTH TROOP.
Wm. Lane, Jos. McClanon, John Bennet, John Henry, Wm. Denivan (Donovan), Thos. Dongall, Jas. Reed, Jas. Murphy, Aron Fox.
RECRUITS.
John Kilborn, John Welch, Martin Stiles, John White, Jos. King.
COLONEL LAMB'S ARTILLERY.
Henry Cunningham, lieutenant ; Jas. Hughes, lieutenant ; Daniel Meloney (Ma- loney), Edmond Sweaney (Sweeney), gunners ; Jeremiah Ryon (Ryan), bombardier ; Jolin Welch, John McCloud, Samuel Gibson, Andrew Dowling, Cornelius Gordon, Daniel Melone (Malone), David Slater, Patrick Snow, James Newall, Peter Rose, Michael Barley, John Powers, matrosses.
COLONEL CRANE'S ARTILLERY.
Daniel Pierce, John Reynold, sergeants; Niel McNiel, corporal ; John Brown, Jos. Murphy, matrosses ; Joseph Griffin, Stephen Murry, Chas. Reynold, Geo. Cary, Moses Collins, Joseph Green, Jolin Matthews, James Dougherty, Daniel Tracey, Oliver Carey.
CAPTAIN PENDLETON'S COMPANY OF ARTIFICERS. ONLY COMPANY SERVED SOUTH OF VIRGINIA DURING REVOLUTION.
Phillip Barrett, John Martin, Dennis Knox, Oliver Grafton, Win. Glisson (Gleeson), Maurice Cummins. Patrick Rodney, Thomas Clark.
INVALID CORPS.
Jolın Finnegan, Patrick Mahar, Jolin Kelley, Owen Rewick (Rourke).
John Burnett, Danicl Durfee, Thos. McClure, Thos. Fanning, Benj. Ilayes, Jolin
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Fox, John Casey, drummer ; Jas. Mahar, Jas. Shields, John Briant, Stephen Bennet, Joseph McHood, Martin McNary.
CONNECTICUT PENSIONERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Jeremiah Bennett, private ; Daniel Buckley, private ; Daniel Collins, lieutenant ; James Downs, corporal ; Richard Flood, private ; Martin Ford, private ; John Fanning, sergeant-mate ; Thos. Fanning, private ; Daniel Griffin, private ; John Griffin, private; Cornelius Higgins, lieutenant ; Timothy Higgins, private ; Wm. Hughes, private ; John Laflin, private ; Daniel Murray, private; Peter McGuir (e), Joseph Martin, private ; Thos. Powers, private; Daniel Preston, private ; Joseph Preston, private ; Michael Phillips, private; Thos. Quinley, private; Owen Ruick, private; Thos. Ruig, private ; Timothy Scranton, private; Jas. Slater, musician; Wm. Tracy, private; Thos. Ward, private; John Welch, private; Joseph P. Martin, private, residing in Maine; Chris. Blake, private, residing in New Hampshire; William Cummings, Joseph Cushman, William Prior, George Martin, privates, residing in Vermont ; Jas. Phillips, John Rus- sell, privates, residing in Massachusetts; James Bennet, John Butler, Patrick Bugbee, privates, residing in New York ; William Collins, private; Jamies Dailey, first private ; David Dorrance, captain ; Wm. Fay, private ; John Fay, private ; Jack Green, private ; John Green, private; Wm. Kennedy, private ; John Kilborne, private; Paul McCoy, private ; Martin McNeary, private; Andrew McKee, private; John Martin, private ; John Phillips, private ; John Reed, musician ; Richard Reed, private; John Reynolds, sergeant ; Stephen Reed, private ; Robert Welch, private ; Lawrence White, private ; James Connolly, private, residing in New Jersey ; John Ryon, sergeant, residing in Pennsylvania ; Stephen Fox, private, Wm. Manning, sergeant, Robert Mccullough, private, Justus Reynolds, musician, John Halfpenny, private, residing in Kentucky ; Wm. Carr, James Grant, privates, residing in East Tennessee ; Daniel Welch, private, re- siding in Indiana.
INVALID PENSIONERS.
James Slater, James Wayland, privates, Andrew Mead, ensign, Fairfield County ; Michael Deming, Jr., Matthew Cadwell, privates, Hartford County ; Daniel Preston, pri- vate, New Haven County ; John Bailey, Jr .; Wm. Bailey, Jr., Daniel Cushman, John Chilson, John Downs, Isaac Higgins, Fred. Moore, Thos. Pickett, Thos. Phillips.
EARLY PRIESTS IN CONNECTICUT.
CHAPTER XXI.
REV. GABRIEL DRUILLETTES, S. J.
HE first representative of the priesthood to enter Connecticut was the Rev. Gabriel Druillettes, a priest of the Society of Jesus. Father Druillettes was the spiritual guide and father of the Abenaki of Maine, whose mission he founded in 1646. He remained with them, how- ever, for a brief period only, his object being to lay the foundation for a subsequent permanent mission. During his residence among the Abenaki the New England Colonies manifested a desire to enter into a commercial
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alliance with New France. Having in the meantime returned to Quebec to report to his ecclesiastical superiors concerning the prospects of the Abe- naki mission, Father Druillettes was appointed ambassador by the Gov- ernor of New France, and invested with authority to treat with the Grand Court of Massachusetts, whose sessions were held at Boston.
On September 1, 1650, the reverend ambassador set out from Quebec in company with John Guerin and Noel, an Indian chief, as guide. After a voyage in which hardships and sufferings formed the chief features, the little band arrived at Augusta, Maine, where Father Druillettes met Commandant John Winslow. Between these two men a bond of friendship was formed that was severed only by death. So strong was their attachment for each other that Winslow could pay the priest no higher compliment than to call him his Xavier, while Father Druillettes affectionately designated the Com- inandant as his Pereira, in allusion to the friend of the great apostle to the Indies.
In the prosecution of his mission Father Druillettes had conferences with the Commissioners of Boston and Plymouth Colonies. He sought to perfect a league offensive and defensive. He was informed, however, that the four English Colonies were confederates, and that all treaties and leagues concern- ing war and peace with neighboring nations or colonies were referred to the "consideration and conclusion " of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, who met annually in September, and that the next annual session would be held at New Haven.
Plymouth Colony, recognizing the commercial benefits that would accrue to it from a league with the French, were from the beginning well disposed towards Father Druillettes and his mission,1 and its acquiescence in the repre- sentations of the reverend ambassador operated as a spur to the Colony of Massachusetts to enter into the compact.
Father Druillettes' reflections on the probable result of his mission are here set forth in his own words :
Ist. "I presume," he says, " as something quite certain that the Eng- lish of the four colonies, Boston, Plymouth, Connecticut and Kwinopeia (Quinnipiac or New Haven) have power to exterminate the savage nations. They have exterminated two tribes.2 They are so powerful and numerous that 4,000 men could be gotten ready in the Colony of Boston alone. There are at least 40,000 souls in these four Colonies, and, moreover, the road to the Iroquois grounds is very short and easy of travel.
2nd. "I presume, according to the articles of agreement, no Colony can commence an offensive war without the consent of the four Colonies. Fur- thermore, the deputies inust assemble to deliberate on the inatter, and three colonies must consent to extend aid ; so that the decision shall be given by a majority. This gives reason to hope for assistance through the intervention
1 As an instance of kindly feeling, it is related that Father Druillettes was invited to dine by Governor Bradford of Plymouth, who paid his guest the delicate compliment of serving a fish dinner, as it was Friday .- Fitton's Sketches.
2 The Pequots and Narragansetts.
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of the English, and sufficient certainty that three of the four Colonies will consent. The Governor of Plymouth, with his magistrates, is not only favor- able, but urges the matter; and all are in favor of the Abenaki, who are under the protection of this Colony.1 The Colony has a considerable interest in this 111 atter on account of the seignorial rights by which it will receive the sixth part of all that will be received from this treaty along the Kennebec river. The Governor himself, and the four other principal men would lose much in forfeiting all hope of commerce with Kennebec and Quebec, because of the Abenaki; and this would inevitably occur if the Iroquois continue to kill and hunt to death the said Abenaki, as they have been doing for several years. The Governor has a strong reason for extending this aid, as all the colonies waged war in favor of a savage nation, named 'Morchigander,' which is on the river Pecot, and that on the demand of the Colony of Connecticut, which had that nation under its protection."
Father Druillettes returned to Quebec on June 4, 1651. On the 22nd he set out again, having received increased powers to confer with the Commis- sioners of the United Colonies, who were to meet at New Haven in September. His departure is thus noted in Lallemant and Ragueneau's Journal :
"June 22, 1651. Father Druillettes, Mr. Godefroy and John Guerin set out with the Abenaki and one Sokoquinois (Saco Indians) for New England in seven or eight canoes. Noel Tekwerimat was of the party."
In the Registers of the Ancient Council of Quebec there is this entry, June 20, 1651:
"The Council assembled at nine o'clock in the morning. Present : the Governor ; the reverend Father Superior ; Messieurs de Mauze, de Godefroy and Menoit. On the proposition made to the Council touching a certain rescription made by the Council in the year 1648, to the end that a union be inade between the Colonies of New France and New England to carry on commerce with each other, the Council, desiring to meet their wishes, has nominated and nominates Sieur Godefroy, one of the Councillors of the Council established by his Majesty in this country, to proceed with the Reverend Father Druillettes to the said New England, to the said Commissioners, to treat and act with them according to the power given to them by the Council."
The Governor of New France addressed a letter to the Commissioners of the United Colonies, as follows:
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