was one of accommodation on the part of the Abenaquis and their

many of whom sympathized with King Philip and eagerly Nor were they disheartened when, on the I2th

allies,

shared his fate.

of August, 1676, that great leader gave up his life.

In that re

markable struggle for the restoration of the Indians to independ ence, one of the branches of the formidable alliance, the Pennacooks, was crushed and its fugitives, bleeding and torn, sought

refuge in the friendly villages of their kindred on the Hudson. Reference has already been made to the immediate subsequent history and

organization of these fugitives as the Sckaticooks* After their settlement, the authorities made no little effort to in

crease their number by inducing those who had found refuge elsewhere to remove to the lands assigned, and in this were par tially successful.

At the close of the French war of 1698, and

meanwhile a very subsequently, these efforts were renewed; considerable number of them had reached Canada, and were

encouraged by the French to invite their brethren of New York, The as well as their old Mahican allies, to unite with them. result of these efforts was the organization of

what was known

as the St. Francis Indians.

Meanwhile an element other than introduced to divide the Indian tribes.

that of war

had been

With the French, reli

gious zeal and commercial ambition walked hand in hand, and the banner of the cross became the pioneer of that of France.

No sooner had Champlain discovered the territory of the St.