Barbadoes, to bring provisions. Happily before their return a seasonable
supply arrived from England, together with a number of new settlers,
which revived the drooping spirits of the people, and encouraged them to
engage in more vigorous efforts. The governor, sensible of the hardships
the people had suffered, the more readily forgave them for their past
misconduct; but as Mr. Culpepper held an office from the proprietors, he
sent him to England to be tried by them for joining the people in
treasonable conspiracies against the settlement.

The garrison at Augustine having intelligence from servants who fled to
them of the discontented and miserable situation of the colony in
Carolina, advanced with a party under arms as far as the island of St.
Helena, to dislodge or destroy the settlers. Brian Fitzpatrick, a noted
villain, treacherously deserted his distressed friends on purpose to join
their enemies. However, Sir John Yeamans having received a reinforcement,
set his enemies at defiance. Fifty volunteers, under the command of
Colonel Godfrey, marched against the Spaniards, who, on his approach,
evacuated the island of St. Helena, and retreated to Augustine.

[Sidenote] A war among the Indians seasonable for the settlement.

At this period, to form alliances with Indian tribes was an object of
great importance with the governor and council. One circumstance proved
favourable to the colony at the time of its settlement. The Westoes, a
powerful and numerous tribe, who harboured an irreconcileable aversion to
the white faces of strangers, would have proved a dangerous enemy to
them, had not their attention been occupied by the Serannas, another
Indian nation. A bloody war between these two tribes providentially
raged, and was carried on with such fury, that in the end it proved fatal
to both. This served to pave the way for the introduction and