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Show 130 'tHE LILY AND TilE TOTE)!. sway. The government of I~nudonniero, if not a wise, was not a brutal or despotic one. llut they threatened equally his peACe nnd safety. Tl~ey Lad cause for apprehension, if not for cornmotion. The promised supplies from l~ranco, which were to be brought by Hibault, had failed to arrive, and the discontent in the colony was beginning to assume an aspect the most serious. A~ this point, our narrative must enter sorncwllnt more into dc~ ils, and, for the sake of compactness, we must somewhat antiCipate events. XL THE CONSPIRACY OF LE GENRE. IIISTORICAL SUMMARY. Tm: necessities of tho colony now began to open the eyes of Lnudonnicre in respect to the errors of which he had been guilty. He found it important to discontinue his explorations among the Indian tribes, and to employ his garrison in domestic labors. They must either work or starve. Their tasks in the fields were assigned accordingly. This produced discootent among those wl10, having for some time, in Europe as well as recently in the new world, been chiefly employed as soldiers, regarded labor as degrading, and still flattered themselves with the more agreeable hope of aehie,·ing their fortuoes by shorter processes. Their appetite for the precious metals had been sufficiently enlivened by tho glimpses which had been gi,·en them, during their intercourse with •e natives, of the unquestionable treasures of tl1e country. lt was still farther whetted by the influence of hvo persons of the garrison. One of these was named La. Roquette, of the eouotry of Perigort; the other was known as Le Genr6, a lieutenant, and aomewhat in the confidence of Lnudonniere. Le Gcnr6 wn.s tho |