But, beyond the necessity of hard labor, they had little to deplore, at the outset, in their new condition.

They had been schooled sufficiently by misfortune to have acquired humility.

They observed, accordingly, in their new relations, a policy equally prudent and sagacious.

More flexible in their habits than the English, they conciliated the latter by deference; and, soothing the unruly passions of the Indians--the Santee and Sewee tribes, who were still in considerable numbers in their immediate neighborhood--they won them to alliance by kindness and forbearance.

From the latter, indeed, they learned their best lessons for the cultivation of the soil.