New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-08

cfuDer, the cllel ClllLfne use~uo' " ""S''y 49,
General Gebin Gibbons, commandeT'Ti'chlei
of the Massachusetts, mi.ia) to be at bis office to
give due reception, BY whom DruiRetes was re-
ceiyed as "a real ambassador, and not only shat,
but Gibbons invited him home and gave him
the key of room in lis house. where be might
in all liberty pray and perform tie exercises Of his
religion, begging him 70 take no other lodgings
while be remained in Boston.
Tie next day be was taken 10 u village called
Rugsbray (Rcabury], te be presented TO Sieur
Dudley Governor of the Colony, who assigned
the 18th for an audience, on which day be was in
vited to dine with the Governor aud magistrates.
After the dinner came the audience, at which was
present, beside she magistrates aud secretary,
"one man as deputy OF the people whom they
call representative" Beside presenting his let
ter of credence from the Governor of Quebec,
Druilletes had assumed the character of Eubassa-
dor from his Indian cstechumens of the Kennebec,
finding sufficient letter Of credence from them in
his "poor habit and eqgiPage' mere resembling
those Of a savage than of Frenchman of mod
"erate condition" Having in their name asked aid
against the lrOquois, be was told that Boston bad
no interest in that matter. and that he must apply
to Ply mouth, which bad charter Of that district.
Accordingly be proceeded to Plymouth.
Tie Governor of the place, by name John Brent.
ford VIM BRADFORD received me with courtesy and
appointed the next day for audience, aud then invited
NE to dinner Of fish, which he prepared on my ac-
count, learning Il was Friday.
| left on the oath and returned by land 20 Boston,
accompanied by the and nephew ot my SAID
PIerara ia name which Druipetes had gwen TO ms
friend John Wnslow, being the name Of Portuguese
merchant who had greatly beiriended NJ. Frances
Xsvierl, Who paid all my expenses. On the way
reached Rogsbray where the minister, named Master
Heliot the famous Eliot, who was inStructng some
Indians, received in his house, a. night had sur
priced me- He treated ne with respect and affection,
and invited he to pass the Winter with him.
Druilletes, however, had his own affairs to at
tend to- lie returned to Boston the next day, and
on the 9Th of January " the said Sieur Guebn' con-
Quoted him TO the port, and commended him very
particularly to Thomas Yau master of vessel
clearing for the kennebec.
The 9th Of said month, bad weather stopped us at
MaIbetz lMaibeheadl, where there is quantity OF
people. The minister, by name William Walter, re-
ceived me with great affection. In company WIN
him. | went To Salem 10 speak To the Sieur lndicott
(Endicott, who speaks and understands French weii
aud il good friend of the nation and very earnest
10 have his children inherit this affection. Seeing
that had no money he betrayed my expenses, aud
invited me to the table Of the magistrates.
Endicott, who was at this time Deputy Governor
accepted written proxy from Druilletes to act in
his behalf at the next General Court of Massachu-
Sets to be holden in May, aud promised to do his
best to bring the Boston colony to grant the aid
asked for. As it was expected that EndlcOtt weud
be elected Governor at that Court as in fact he
was-Dudey, who was very DID, having died in the
iuteryal-D ruilletes, buoyed up by his apparent
good will and the kindness which had gene
rally been extended to him by the magistrates and
ministers, had great hope of the success of the mis-
sion; and as the "single colony of Boston" could
put on foot A. eco men; there were at least 40 900
souls in the four United Colonies; he supposed tia
certain fact and that the English of these colo
MES bad "a very good hand at exterminating Indian
nations" they having recently extermiAased two
abiding, we suppose to the destruction of the
Pequots; and as the road leading from these colo
nies to the Iroquos was, according to his idea
"short ard easy;" as Plymouth, though she farmed
out the Indian trade on the Kennebec to a company,
yet received sixth of the profits, thus having q
direct interest In the protection Of the kenneoec
Iudians and as the Bostonans seemed anxious for
trade with Quebcc-fron all those considerations
Father Drulletes, as would seem from his journal,
was very sanguine of periectng the alliance, or If
not Of obtaining permission for such volunteers
as would like to strike blOw"-of which recent
instance had occurred in an expedition, on behalf
of one Of two rival French claimants of the province
of Acadie, undertaken by no less person than
Major. General Gibbons himself but resulting we
are sorry to be obliged to add like some other fill
clustering enterprises in the pecuniary rain of that
hospitabe and worthy gentleman, who, from having
been one of the wild companions of Morton OF
Merry Mount, had risen to be pillar at Boston Of
church, state, trade and the militia. Even if
military aids, neither public nor private, could be
had, at the very least Drletes expected to obtain
Letters of favor for the Province of Maryland, all
composed of English Catholics who are quite near
the lrOquos."
Bat dread and distrust Of Frenchmen and Catho-
lies was by no means confined TO the Eastern fish
ermen. The Massachusetts code, enacted the very
year before contained a clause forbidding Jesuits
to enter the colony, and publishing their second
coming with death-a prohibition, no DOUBT AIMED
specially at the Jesuit missionaries.
In the Autumn, Druilletes made second visit
to New-EDgand, accompanied, this time, by the
Sieur John GOdefroy, one Of the Council of New
France Of this mission, our only memorials are
the letters borne by the Commissioners, and their
authority to treat, and the reply Of the Commission
ers Of the United Colonies of New-EDglnd, which
documents Mr Shea has annexed TO his translation
Of Druilletes's journal-the two first from Charlie
voix's History Of N,r-Franee the last from Haz'
ards Coilectons. Tie New-England Commits
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