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Show 256 THE LILy AND THE TOTE:If nations alon"' tho sea-board were perpetually nt war. Full of news and b:rdened with his treasure, Peter Ganibier prepared· to retur'n to La CarolitlC. He had made his way in safety until itO reached the beautiful iilland with the beautiful name, Edclano, lying in the midst of but high up May River. ?u the samo stream which was occupied by Lis countrymen, m force, tho tltou,.htlcss soldier conceived himself to be quite safe. He 'vas hosp~tably entertained by the chief or king of Edelano, and a canoe was accorded him, with two companions, with whom to descend the river to the fort. But the improvident Frenchman, allowed his precious treasures to glitter in the eyes of his host. He had not merely gold and sih·er, but he had been stocked with such European merchandises as 'verc supposed most likely to tempt the s:1.vages to barter. A portion of this stock r~mained in his possession. The natural beauties of the island whtch they 09cupied had not softened the hearts of the savages with a~y just sensD of humanity. They were as sensible to the attn sacra james as were the Europeans, :md just as little scrupulous, we shame to say it, in gratifying their appetites as their pale-faced visitors The possessions of the Frenchmen were sufficien~ to render the 1\lico of £delano indiffl.lrent to all considerations of hospitality, and the two Indians whom he lent to Ga1nbicr were commissioned to take his life. Thus, accompanied by his assassins, he entered the canoe, and they were in progress down tho river, when, aR the Frenchman stooped over some fish which he was seething in the boat, the red-men seized the opportunity to brnin him with their stone hatchets, and possess themselves of his treasures. When tho tidings came to Laudonnierc, he was not in a situation to revenge the crime; but the large acquisitions of gold and silver procured by his soldier, as reported to him, ( HISTORICAl. SUMMARY. .257 confirmed him in his anxiety to penetrate these tantalizing realms, in which the rivers ran with such glittering abundance from rocks whose caverns promised to outvic all that Arabian story lmd ever fabled of the magical treasures of Aladdin. Scarcely had this event taken pbcc, when the war was renewed between Olata Utina nnd Potanou. Tho former applied for assistance to Laudonnierc, who, adopting the policy of tl1e "Spaoiards, when they were imploycd in their conquests, who did alwaycs enter into alliance \Vith some one king to ruine all()ther," readily sent him thirty arquebusiers, under Lieutenant Ottigny. These, with three hundred Indians, led by Utina, penetrated the territories of Potanou, and had a. severe fight, which lasted for three hours, with tl10 people of that potentate. "\Vithout doubt, Utina. had been defeated, unlcsse our harque- 1usicrs had borne the burthcn and brunt of all the battcll, and slaine a great number of the soldiers of Potanou, upon which occasion they were put to flight." The lieutenant of the French would have f-ollowed up the victory, but Utiua, the Paraeoussi, l1ad gathered laurels quite enough for a. siugle day, nnd was anxious to return home to show hi:~ scalps nnd enjoy hi.:~ triumphs among his people. His tribes and dllagcs were assembled at his return, and, for scvcml days, nothing but feasts, songs aud dances, employed the nation. Ottigny returned tQ the fort, after two days spent in tlds manner with Utinn, and his rctu1·n wns followed by visits from numerous other chiefs, nearer neighbors than U tina1 and enemies of that s..wagc, who came to expostulate with Laudounicre against his lending succor to a priuco who was equally faithless and selfish. They, on the other hand, entreated him to unite with them ia the destruction of one who Wlls a com\ U.On enemy. This application had been ma.do to him before |