, 1877-12-29

tInually in c,nse Of their silver shin. was first
70 convert them, and make Eood Catholics of
them, and then to hang them, or burn them
Immediately nfteYwAsd, for fear 0f rrlspsc.
In Atnnan rawlctt'a caac, flnreyer. there wis
tr!GfnE difficulty. lie wns Catholic already.
lh!s circumstance puzzled tic doctors, nni
Pa"lctt was EGth, ,lookanR en",sgli ami casulst
cno''gh to get the Indies on ITS s!'le. The tiuv
er1!nrts wife of Nou1bre took fancy TO him,
mil tho Governor came con,p1nteir OYcr tp Ills
e!le when awlctt offered IL nfiot an expedition
against some Of hts ancient COMPANIONS IN tho
Bahamas.
Tho expedition was entirely hucccssfu], pnw.
lett got hall through his elhnw, bat nearly ali
this pirates werc slain. and law,ett's own trcas-
nrc, III veil. as that OF tho freebontcrs, was
fetched nway 10 Nomhrc, where shc latltrs maic
much nt The handsome young EnEIi.l,n,an, mud
but they wounded him deeper c1sewlcre,-
~ THE nKART.
fawlett seems to have oee', a passlonate fet-
low, ntwnGs upon extremes. liz fell desperate.
1y In luvo with q black-cyed Donna Mart. lIuz-
man, niece OF tho Governor, and might have
rnarrte,1 her then and there. Hut no, he was
nut c.,ntent with that. As soon as he fctl in
rrplrntion for mis- pLraetes and aims. lie heard
Of tho ncw co|ony In Maryland, ard he safici
sway from Ncn,bre to- aid !, planting il. When
he was established "somcffw On thc cbcsa-
charming Maria, ami take her TO hi. new home.
Wien pawiett arrived at at. Mar5's he ha,l Il
eTew Of thiftT or forty Frenehngn nnl gpon.
lards. lie wanted to 10 against tho Vltginians
vent the lnc,1rslons of Col. Scarborough ftuy,
Stone, however, preferred to hare hin further
away. AMI. ns have said. made hin grant Ut
lanls at Uplanls O. Chester on the Delaware.
This was in 1j3. There were few Swe.lcs al.
reaiIyin and around uplnnls, but, although
they had been there moro than ten years, Paw
lett md his fierce crew 30 intitntdatcd them TINT
sosnc fed aeross the Delaware, and tho rest wcre
Ctx11 ht4x.I.t
new lle9e lord, Capt. pawlctt. The latter, who
sectns to hare becii vol supnliet! With money.
hired a ship out Of James River TO brnE hin
orer q colony of English men md women, and
stockaac at Uplanls. This lonc, and wtEmlst
waiting for Ills English cuion!sts. PAwtctt sailed
nwRy again to Nofnbrc dc Dtos after his bridc.
When he got there he found that Maria had
been married. to another mat. rawlctt
HAN THE INTRUDER THROUGH THE noDr,
and smiled out OF port the cncxt day. He crcssctl
oyer to Ltsbon, Dismissed tta crcw, aul deiiler-
atcly burned tho ship in tho Tag,t. lie would
hare nothing moro to do over again With my
to s Se s5n 5 o1er 10 e te se bsarere rorees9 5 ssp
as he landed at Clicstcr'6eE 10 behave like a
madmnn. lie burnt his stockade AMI huuse,
and expelled at1 Frcnchncn aud Spantarts. 4
vessel, With l,ts English colqnis.s. was lying ln
ngFntttctl all tho Single young incn to land.
The slip, with tho women anil married men, he
sent ruuud to tho Chesapeake. with money
e"1f c tSs t oy fs ~ s Ssh II 9sr Csf.
maft,, but would never c.iter tlcfr houses npr
speak to thcir women.
Fur hI1rsclt Anasa rawlctt turned half hunt.
or and l'alf savage. md kept his little prluci-
ID nroltiid him bantl Of nftccA or twenty men,
gotnl n,ilskctccrs, and With these lie kent thu
wuUts for weeks and weeks together. Theru
nrs lottots from nephew OF big, who catne out
ftrSr6
mention Is lnaae Of an expedition fur up tlls
delaware a!lu IN encounter with the froguos.
lawlctt, howcver, did not make settlement.
Ao drove of settlers. lie VAS
Io1susE AND HAuGnTI MIsArrnRorR,
and when Gov. Stone tried to call him to ac-
count, la offered to settlo al1 clnfms fn hard
cash; Il not, anl le slapped the barrcl Of it's
tnuskGt atgnldcantly, hs said there might b.
When ut home, rawlctt lived In a 1oon-lo1cd
log fort at uplands. lie had i,u companion hers
but his dogs md ono negro 1nnn, aud the cauin
VIVA not more than twenty feet sVuaro, but very
,strong: The Hermit q Up1ands," Tor 50 lo
bic personage. tle had forty or atty followers,
sotno Ills hunters, A01lo sHuattcr4 upon Ills
lo',ds, who. paid him no rent, but VERY willing
service, and all the Indians around fcared bin
'nedicfns-in their eyes. tho more 70 tllat'ttey
considered him posscssed by spirit. I1e prols-
ably WA more than half insanr ret stycwd
enough when It CAN'T to looking after Ills own
business.
lie showed this IN his interview with Penn. In
tho Winter Of lt83-'5I. Tho Hermit uf Upiands
was at this time an old man, past G0, worn out
r., ~ exposure and crippled with rheumatism.
WI. When Fem eamn to sisit him mutual desire
WITH ono another. Penn said that hIs listlo
eolony up tue river was composed Of men Ut
peace, and they had no objects In view but hon-
ce,,ja CT nhaa'sfy az tho quet enjoyment ot tllcr
90 got expect to live long. His rnco was run.
ltn tlsd not caro- for himself. but hc had nephew
or two to whom e would like to leave hs little
possessons. r. liz held hfs little property un,1cr
ned !Ands undcr !atcr grant, OF purchase, from
the King. lie did not know but their lands
in,Vht overlap, and he did hot want any trouble.
~ ua n9t have the patent with him lha did not
hpwcyer). but i would b. easy for Penn to
Eiro hlN, a. decd covering mud confirming
ba'tlnore's lend-crant. Penn would DO No, OF
sourso, but What wcto tue mctcs and bountls3
i!alt!nores patcnt TO hin, would >o all sufficient,
Pawlett was too nuch crippled up With fhcu-
,.atism to 70 out, but old Peter would 70 witt!
hlt ": and "a show bin the 'l4nd., Penn saw that
over modest circuit. liz was satisfied, r.
turned to the cabin, md gavc decd, duly Wit
''csscd and authenticated. by which he actually
CONVEYED AwAr ALI Ills AiuMT AND TlrLz
W Hla oHM ~1ty u Entadelpls3l
IaWlctt's s,cpaew died befuro hin, He him.
self L. supposed 10 have died III 1857, aud the
been the sight OF . Spanish snip in ths Dcla-
war;, about " Gust anchor utl tte Hermitage of
unlanas. Tho pess!ouato oil uun ra,, i1ltu tjs
cabttl, loaded cutysstn, which le Ind IuDunird
Here With muskct bsl's, and WIS about to dis
charge i nt tho hated iiag; but he fell back
dead, With apopaexy.
When Capt. Anlasa Taw}stt died. neither
t!eAsuro nor papers could In found tp A|s eablu,
Nothing would probably hayo been kllown Vi
tho iarts Of his death but for tho clreun4saneo
TINT II needed 70 te legally established. eotne
,,, YEAR, stIef' IN settling the propreturshp Of
found that tho land on tho Delaware lad auiut-
" paaacd Into other hands, and nothing wal
knawn, about 1t. Since then, Aiuasa Tawlelt;s
grave has disappeared, ami ail memory of the |
!nan in A1aertva would probably l,ays gone out
fureyer but for tbs accidental .l,seoyery uaIn
b. Nj. Kenrieh Albums Of tho recosd nf pcnus
decd, conlrnlatory ot EHgillus Calyrftis patent,
~ glyeu by tiuv. stune.
~. Adams knew that Penn, IN bis offer for
aestlc1Rcnt of tho boundary question, iiati uilc,
proposed to confirm alt grants to ,ndiytjua,s
sna.io by Calvert ana thai, in the Anal settle.
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