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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
ed, regard our little concerns, they do it as men regard the follies of their childhood. The people at Frederica declared to him their readiness to die in defence of the place, grieving only at his exposure to danger without them. But, for that season, active hostilities were avoided by negotiation. The Spaniard did, indeed, claim peremptorily the whole country as far as St. Helena's Sound; but the English envoys at St. Augustine were Chap XXIV} set free; and, if the English post on St. George was abandoned, St. Andrew's, commanding the approach to the St. Mary's, was maintained. Hence the St. Ma- Impartial Inquiry, in Georgia Hist. Coll i. 182 ry's ultimately became the boundary of the colony of The friendship of the red men insured the safety of the English settlements. The Chickasas, animated by their victory over the Illinois and D'Artaguette, came 1736 July. down to narrate how unexpectedly they had been attacked, how victoriously they had resisted, with what exulta