The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
HOW A KING WAS BUNC0ED.
CAPT JOHN SCOT AND HIS CLAIM
no am LONG ISLAND.

serves to rank with the best OF his successors
for he flew high. lie even worked tho ming
81 England OF his period. took him IN ana ola
him lin for the eole right hnd title 10 Long
Island. and worked It out with bogus pooh
-, dnvo,ious for the lhpetongas and other In
dian tribes between BROOKLYN and Mohtauk'
VIA, Ch,rl,, T. ca ne back to the throne after
tho Restoration with tbs recollection OF his
t.,b.r'a fnls ever present in his mind. he
found IL prudent to assume an interest IN mat
tsrs OF devotion which he was Tar from ieelinG
personally, and that may account ior inc ease
with which tho bogus deVotons took MN IN.
There exist but two copies oil the work In
question, and the title page In one IL not the
ti,I, mage in the other. That in itself Is
enough to stimulate curiosity when IL hsppehs
20 any rare book and particularly when IL Is
one NJ the early American books In 1858 the
p.y Abraham person. who had been the
,,inieter at southampton in Long Island and
Inter was stationed at Brhnford. Conn. pub
, lishsd Il book through the press OF the Inited
COLONIES al Cambridge which bore the Tito
Some Ilelrs for tho Indians" 1t was In the
snguauo spoken by the Indians on both siues
Long Island Sound and had an intorllnear
ngltsh text The title in the Indian was
,osh.hs ACKNOWLEDGEMENT wutche
,rst,t.mbaNg" but that is really matter
ti,tle concern for there has not boon u ps.-
on who could understand that language these
hundred years The Rev. SIR. Plerson wrote
, ,.w mora hooks IN this outinnd!sh and hap
,,iiv .orsotten tongue. lie became the father
q, Rector Ahrahamus l'Iersrn. who was the
frat Yale President. as il a'tested by little
bronze statue on the cAmuus.
There ia a copy in the l.enoN Library which
ia high,y treasured for its rarity. On the tito
,,re NJ the leuox copy appears the printed
Ir5nrs.nent; Examined and approved by
Thomas stanton. Iuterpreter-Genoral to the
United Colonies for the Indian language. and
I,y some others OF the most able interpreters
,murrs.u. Cambridge printed bv Samuel
Green lc.S' For a lona time that COPY was
believed 10 he unique There were later edit
tious. lut New Yo.k was consi Tered TO be in
Inssesaion o, the only surviving copy OF tho
first edition. alter discovery was made in
the Eri,eh Museum Of second cory OF The
FIRST edition, The date VA, the same rs in the
IruoN rouy the volume was the same IN every
partiru'ar save one, and that one was on the
tirle page uscN Where the l.enox copy gave
,he arrraval 81 the translation to Thomas
S,art,, and others the British Museum dis
coverv ~ral rs follows: Examined and an
moved hy tnrt eNrerienced gentleman I'm
the Ird AN language Captain John Scot II
raa Gear thai one tile was falsined and an in
ye.tigation Was ,tartrd to find out the mean
ing OF this singular ease an offence which Is
uroba,,y Uni sue in literary history.
The first cN lluiuation showed that the lcn1N
cory is the genuine Nrst ediion and the British
Museum holds tn" spurious title on IA ge'.'
nrint This was set beyond doubt by nuuIAG
that. while tbs IeuoX title is printed ON the
frat signature q tho book, the British Mu
scum title has been separately printed and
deity inserted in place OF the one which gave
the credit ~ Stanton. Further examination
OF contemv,ra,v documents and record. dis
tba tii,ri,l' .,lbiDtmplt OF stanton
to lass gu the iI1r station.
Other records make i; quite clear that Cart.
John Scot really dill bu4"o Charles IL aad t!.a.
he did It with this ysry curY Of the Indian book
rreserycI In the British Museum.
John Scot recorded OF himself that. as
boy. he delighted III slasling the saddle girthS
OF trumNeIs cavalry aud waichln. the SOL
dlers come to grief. He played this trek once
too often. however. ANA was kidnauped. ire
rhirsG' they called It III those DAYS. By
such means he was brought t" America and
sold n, a reLemr' inner fur his passage money
and set 70 work Tending COWS in Salem. hen
he had .crved out his time he seemed TO have
lIt,c liking for his follow citizens. for lie
Ia nsNt heard "T as living with the Indians on
Long Island. tradinE II little, medlnE sons
probably n siuaw man. but making the record
winch every whIte nan similarly situated al
WAS makes II he can get the savage TO sell
y
an Indrln tide to the Whole Of Long Island.
nud this ls when he got it. In lGJ+ the Dutch
rounded him NJ Is I suspicious character and
gave him ~ examination at Now Amsterdam.
lie -ea.n4 To- have had little difficulty in clear
ing h.r.rcf for 1t il only month later that
Ns is arraigneI by the New Maven Yankees
for defamation. That would he Il much more
J serious affair. hut IT was settled privately and
" the letai.S hrYe been lost.
or the neat few years hs made his estab-
Nsnmcnt NJ SOUTHAMPTON, J.. l.. and became a
freeman OF that town and n property holder.
rne Who knew him well has left a dsscrin-
won NJ him A. lie WAS Mt this period: Having
i"rnr" somewhat All wa the commo on le"pls. ="
" i slul uihr that. although the modern sig
Gm CT MAS hen snE se M t tns
word should have been chosen to chnraeterlzs
h""t
Tnon tho King came homo to his own nEain,
navy men. 7" John scot at 50 uthnmI tn il
was chance al lie on u bigger scale than
Was afforded 10y the American colonies. an
ra!tcuIsrry at his own, little peck OF woods
rntr. he !. known to have sailed Tor London IL
the 1hiG EycA"Eboom from New Amste rdhin n
l,tNl % tho voyage he became captain. but
of what service Ia particular was by no means
rt-nr, n hls baggage was cony OF Minister
tor sW"h man. vet it was 10 te ,ut TO his ser
t Wre n'd then va TO lie preserved f9r GsnS a.
%1 "a wa. ' # .'S 1ro to that %k t "D b;
who had been kidnnuuel over seas under The
t"mnri wealth because no dismUuntrd on
NeT- u semen W. now to enter On his re-
ward non. lh- house ~ Stua 1T. This book %
IH-N ,"r Inc aNorlg.ncS was part OF the play
hul IuNt how much Of Il part none now can dc
fermine. Nti., II must havo been important II
Hose DAYS ~ licensed printers or Cant. JOIN
Nr"t would never have run the risk OF hunt
inG ont arnntraband PRINTER in hlsatia and o
i"isiN iNg he tttle. However !, may have besI
used, the 50 rlnus Some Helps" accomplished
Tor CAPT. scot what he was working the King u
Get, namely, a rulorabs tito to Long Island.
IN the centuries which have gone by JOIN
Scot has not had a single de fender: the Kin.
mas mad succession OF Judges whose inter
~ htd whose policy lay in proving the Kin!
right and scot wrong. Yet. despite all thi
array there Is every reason to feel convince,
4 Ihht Scott really did bunro the King for al
ing Hlanl, and that the bogus book o. In
dian d"ygtions had something TO do with II
S'"l MAJ lived with the Ind ans and ola lined I
nave bong hi Long Island from them. II
YOU'D ind an advantage IN having SON!
voucher before the King that he was snt
Ietboh with the sayagea and that there wa
nntecednmt nrohnhilltY TINT hil story Of hnY