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Show 26 THE LILY .AND TilE TOTEM. was at Coos:nvhatchic, in South Carolina. Now, the Coosaw11ntchio is the principal stream that forma the Gra11dc Riviere of tho Frenchmen; and was, questionless, the first of the streams that was penetrated by the pinnace of Uibnult. It. is !Jighly probable that it bore the name of Coosawhatchic thro1,1gh its entire course, until it emptied itself into the ocean. The testimony of the Indians, based simply upon their tradition, is of quite as much value as that of any other people. It is wc\1 known with what tenacity they preserve the recollection of important C\'Cnts, and with what singular adherence to general truthfulness. 'l'hc island upon l'l'hich Beaufort now stands was most probably that wlJich yielded the first American asylum to tlw Huguenots of France! Our Frenchmen travailed so diligently that, in a short space, the fortress was in some sort prepared for the colonists. It was soon in a defensible condition. "Victuals and warlike munition 11 were transferred from the shipping to the shore, and the gtllTison were furnished with all things necessary for t11e maintenance of their fortress and themselves. The fort was christened by the name of Charles, the King of France; while the small rh·cr upon wllich it was built received the name of Chegonceau. .All things being provided, tl1c colonists marched into their little :md lovely place of refuge. 'l'hcy were confided to the charge of one Captain Albert, to whom, and to whose followers, Hibault made a speech at parting. His injunctions were of a p:ucntal and salutary character. lie cxl10rtcd their Capt:1in to justice, firmness and moderation in l1is rule, and his people to obedience; promising to return with supplies from France, and reinforcements before tltcir present resources should fail them. But these exhortations do not seem to have been much rcgnrded by either party It will be for us, in future cb&ptel'!l, to pursue their TilE fiRST \'0\"AGt: o ~· IUIIAULT. 27 fo1·tunes, and to pluck, if possible, from the unwritten hi. .; OOry, the detailed events of their melancholy destiny. Sad enough will it luwc been, c\·cn if no positi\'C evil sht~ll befall thcm,·that scvcnmcc from their t~ncient comrades-that separation from the old homes cf their fathers in La B rlle Frat!ct-that lonesome abode, on the ,·ergo of "ocean's gray and melancholy w:u;tc," on the one hand, and the dense, dark, l'epclling forcsl8 of Apalachin on the other ;-doubtful of all they scc,-in spite of all that is fresh and cll!t.rming in the it sight ;-apprehensive of every I'JOund that rca.chcs them from the wildernC's~,--and filled with no better hope th:m that which spring!! up in the human bosom when a.ssuted that all l10pc is cut off-that one hope excepted, wllich is born of neCcSI:!ity, und which blol380ms amid the nettles of despa.ir. The isolation was the more oppressive and likely to be grievous, as we have reason to doubt that., though founding a colony for the refuge of a religious and persecuted people, they brought any becoming sense of religion with them Our progress thus far with the advcutu1·ers has shown nfl but fc" proof~ of the presence among them of any foolings of devotion Ribault himself was but a soldier, and his ambition wU!J of a~ earthly complexion. llad they been elevated duly by religion, they would have been counselled and strengthened in the solitude by God. Unhappily, t11cy WCI'O men only, rude, untaught, and full of selfish pnssions,-badly ruled and .. often ill·lrcatcd, and probably giving frequent provocation to the pride and passions of those who bad them under rule. But they began their career in the New 'Vorld with sufficient cheerfulness. Its climate was delicious, like that of their own country. Its woods and forests were of a majesty and splendor beyond any of which their wildest fancies had C\'er drcumed ; and tho security which tho remoteness |