It was not till 1731 that Knight’s Journals as left at Churchill were sent home to London. They cease at 1719.
Richard Norton first went North by land in 1718. His next trip was after Knight’s death; his next, by boat as told in this chapter.
In 1723, Samuel Hopkins was sent home in irons from Albany for three times absconding over the walls to the woods without Governor Myatt’s leave. Examined by the committee, he would give no excuse and was publicly dismissed with loss of wages. Examined later privately, he was re-engaged with honor—which goes to prove that Myatt may have been one of those governors, who ruled his men with the thick end of an oar.
At this period, servants for the first time were allowed to go to the woods to trap and were given one half the proceeds of their hunt.
CHAPTER XVII
1740-1770