The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-06-06

Cy was 10 operate. IHey appear TO nave mad but
feeble conceptions of the great extent of the country
and to have been entirely ignorant of the amount and
character of the means, necessary for its subectIon
Their schemes wanted unity of design and the l-as-
sorted parts seldom harmonized together. Thus al
though the French established military posts and plan
ted colonies throughout the whole of this region, they
were so distant from each other, and disconnected
to afford mutual support, could they ever be
brought to act efficiently together, component parts
of any colonial or military system. The plan--or
want of plan-was happily conceived for our benefit
and was advantageous only to those whose want of
wisdom, and of vgor, deprived them of territory at
earlier PERIOD than that at which they would other
wise have lost it. &
1t is curious to reflect upon the situation of these
coloniss. Their nearest civilized neighbors were the
English, the shores of the Atlantic, distant thou
sand miles, from whom they separated by a bar
rier then insurmountable and with whom they had no
more intercourse than with the Chinese Their coun-
tymen, it is true had posts, throughout the west but
they were too distant for frequent intercourse, and
they peopled by those who, like themselves were
disconnected from all the rest of the world But the
French brought with them, found in their vicinity,
certain elements of prosperity, which enabled them to
flourish in spite of the disadvantages of their unpro
tected situation They unambitious and con-
tented 1t was always their policy to conciliate the
natives, whom they invariably treated with kindness
and consideration shown to that unhappy race
by other Europeans, and with whom they preserved
faith unbroken upon either SIDE In few years,
kaskaskai grew into town, whose population has
been variousy estimated, at from to 10000 inhab
tants-a wonderful population for place, having lit
tie commerce. arts, and surrounding territory
They lived chiefly by agriculture, hunting and trading
with the Indians. They possessed country prolific
IN all the bountes of nature. The wild fruits were
abundant The grape, the plum, the persmmon, and
the cherry, attain here size unknown in less favour
ed regions. The delicate pecan, the hickory nut the
walnut, and the hazel srew the ground during the a-
tumn, excelng the corresponding productions of the
Atlantic States much in size and favour as in
quality. OF domestic fruits, the peach, the apple and
the pear, attain great perfection. Here the maple
yields its sugar. and the cotton its FIBRE the sweet no
tatoe and the Indian yield abundantly, while
wheat and many other of the productions of colder
countries come to perfection The DEER the bufaloe
and the elk furnished in those days bountifu supplies
the rivers abounded with swhile the furry and the
feahered tribes, afforded articles for comfort and for
trade. Surrounded thus by good things, what more
could Frenchman have desired, unless il were vio
lin and glass of claret The former we are told
they had, and we have good authority for SAYING that
they drank excellent wine from their own cranes
"Of their civil, military and religious institutions
we have little on record-but enough may be gather
ed to show that though simple and efficient they were
entirely anomalous. The priests seem to have been
prudent men. At time when religious intolerance
was sufficiently fashionable we hear of no trouble A.
mong our French. The good men who regulated
their conscences seem to have priced the ornament
OF meek and quiet spirit so highly, as to be con-
tent to pursue their vocation in peace with all the