The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-07
TODAY IN HISTORY
King Williams War.
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910,


During the early colonial period in this
country, when England, France and other
foreign powers got into conflict-dnd they
were almost continually doing so-these
conflicts were reflected in America One
OF the first OF these was King Williams s
wal.
When King James II OF England be
gan 10 reign, being an ardent Catholic
and the majority OF his subjects being
Protestants, trouble began to brew. for
1t was claimed that he tried to use his
power 10 convert his country TO his own
religion. He was compelled 10 flee to
France and his daughter and her hus-
band became the joint sovereigns of Eng
land as William and Mary.
The King of France, Louis XIV, was
In full sympathy with James, Moreover.
he denied the right of people to change
sovereigns, and war between the two ma
tions followed. The American end of
Williams war" and was commenced in
rather unusual way on July Z. 1883. On
the evening Of that day two Indian
ss9uaws % came to the home OF the aged
shire, They begged a nights lodging.
Being admitted. shortly after retiring
they arose and let in a large number OF
Indians who lay in ambush.
Waldron was put to death with fright
ful tortures, the town was burned to
the ground. about half the people were
ried away and sold into slavery. This
was the start OF series OF fierce con-
flcts on the American continent between
the English Protestants and the French
years. with occasional Intervals of peace,
other New England towns met the
same fate as Dover Including the burn
ruary. 1890, The war. spirit was thor
oughly aroused throughout the colonies.
land force was organized and sent
tion was started for Quebec, The ex-
penses of the former were borne by Con-
necticut and New York and the latter
by Massachusetts, Sir William Phlpps'
He met with little success and soon
afterwards was sent to England TO seek
aid of the king. William was hard
pressed at home, and he left the colonies
TO fight their own battles; but he granted
new charter and made Phipps the first
royal governor OF Massachusetts,.
The war dragged on for several years
longer, but 1t consisted only in desultory
sallies and frontier massacres. Various
towns In Maine, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. were the scenes OF bloody
In 1897 a treaty of peace was signed
at RyswicR. a village near Tho Hague,
Holland. and the cruel war was tempor-
arlv over. Acadia. which had been per
maturely incorporated with Massachusetts
was restored to France. But this treaty
was only q truce: The English and
each other and the questions in dis
pute had made no progress toward set
tlement.
After the death OF William and Mary
the crown of England was settled, In
1909, on Anne. the sister OF Mary. James,
the exiled king, died in 1901, and his
son, known as James the Pretender. was
proclaimed king Of England by the French
sovereign. This act alone would have
brought another war. but there was an
other provocation.
King Louis OF France placed his grand.
son.. Philip OF Anjou, on the throne of
Spain. and thus greatly increased his
power among the dynasties of Europe;
This was distasteful 20 the English. and
the war that followed was known as the
War of the Spanish Succession, but in
America 1t was styled Queen Annes war.
On July Z. 1865, four of the conspira-
tors In the assassination OF President
Lincoln, Harold, Payne; Atzeroth and
Mrs. Surrat were hanged, II is the date
OF the battle of Tirnoya, Bulgaria; in
1877 and the annexation Of Hawaii 10
the United States In 1898. 1t is the birth
day OF Philip s. Physlek. the Father of
American Surgery G76S), Chief Justice
George Sharswood GS10): Mrs. Sarah P.
Parton (Fanny Fern), the author .dS1p;
and Miriam c. Harris. the writer OF popu-
lar fiction (1S3D. IT is the date OF the