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Show 32 THE LILT AND THE TOTEr.(. friendship of four other chiefs or princes, his tributaries, whoBO names arc given as Ma.you, Hoya, Touppa., and St!\lnmC.• Thcso were all, in tum,-c.xccpt the lnst,-visitcd by Albert, who found a frank and generous welcome wherever he came. He conswncd several days in these visits i and the intercourse, in a little while, bctlvccn the French and red-men, grew so great," that, in a manncr, all things were soon common between them." Returning to Audusta, Albert prcpnrcd to visit StalamC, whoso country lay north of Fort Charles some fifteen leagues. This wou1d make his abode somewhere on the Edisto, near Givbam's, perhaps; or, inclining still north, to the head of Ashley lUvor. Sailing up tho river, (the Edisto probably,) they encountered a great current, which they followed, to rench the abode of St.alamC. lie, too, received the strangers with hospitality and friendship. The intercourse thus established between the party soon assumed the most endearing aspect. The Indian kings took counsel of Albert in all matters of importance. The Frenchmen were called to tho conference in the round-house of the tribe, quite as frequently as their own recognized counsellors. In other words, the leaders of tho Iluguenots were adopted into the tribe, that being tho usual mode of indicating trust and confidence. Albert was present at all tho assemblages of state in the realm of Audusta; at all ceremonials, whelhcr of business or pleasure ; at his great hunts; and at the • A remark of Charlevoi.z, which accorda with the experience of aU early, travellers and explorers among the American Indians, iJ worthy to be kept in remembrance, aa enabling us to account for that frequent contra· diction which occuu in the naming of placea and persons among the aavages. He recorda diatinctly that each canton or province of Florida bore, among the red-men, the name of the ruling chief. Now, ua matter of course where the tribes are nomadic, the names of places cont.inualty under'ffent change, according to that of the tribe by which the spot was temporarily occupied. Tit£ COLONY UNDER ALBERT. 33 singular feasts of his religion. One of these feasts, tl1at of ToY A," which succeeded the visit of Albert to the territories of .A.utlusta and the four tributary kings, will call for an elaborate description he~after, when we narrate the legend of Guernacbc, upon whose fate that of the colony seems to have depended. The intercourse of our IIuguenoW! with Audusta wa.s of vital importance to the former. In the form of gifts, he yielded them a regular tribute of maize and beaus, (corn and peas, in modern parlance,) and wa.s easily persuaded to do so by tho simple trifies, of little value, ,,}Jich tho colonists proffered in return. It is not difficult to win the affections of an inferior people, whci'O the su~ perior is indulgent. Kindness will disarm the hostility of tho savage, and justice will finally subdue the jenlousy of conscious ignorance. Sympathy in sports and amusements, above all things, will do much towards bringing together tribes who differ in their laws :md language, and will mnkc them forgetful of all their diffm: ences. 'fho French have been usually much more successful than any other people in overcoming the prejudices of the red-men of America. The moral of their nation is much more flexible than that of Ute Englishman and Spaniard ;-the former of whom has always subdued, and the latter usually debased or destroyed, the races with which they came in eonfiict. The policy of Albert did not vary from that which usually distinguished his countrymen in like situations. The French Protcst: mt wns, by no means, of tho faith and temper of tho English Puritan. In simplifying his religion, he did not clothe his exterior in gloom ; he did not deny that there should be sunshine and • According to Charlevoix, Toya wu the name of the Floridian god, and not that of the ceremonies simply. " Elle e cetellroit en l'honncur d'une Divinit6 nommee Toya." 2• |
