10. At last, after two years delay upon his journey, Eastchurch made his appearance in Albemarle. He had won his bride, but lost everything else. Culpepper scouted his claims to the government. He went to Williamsburg, in Virginia, to beg the Governor of that province to aid him in regaining the place he had lost by his folly; but so slow and ceremonious was his lordship, that Eastchurch died of vexation before anything substantial had been accomplished in his behalf.
11. Miller escaped from the confinement to which he had been subjected by Culpepper, and again went to England to utter his complaints. Culpepper followed him there, and though indicted and tried for treason, was acquitted by aid of Lord Shaftesbury.
12. Thus it was, in the earliest days of our history as a people, that the men of North Carolina found means to resist the execution of laws enacted abroad for their oppression, and commenced a struggle which was to continue for a century.
QUESTIONS.
1. Who succeeded Samuel Stephens as Governor? How did he obtain the place? Why did Governor Carteret go to England?
2. What two men from Carolina did he find in England and what was their mission?
3. What duty had the colonists entrusted to Eastchurch? How did he fulfill the trust?
4. How were Eastchurch and Miller rewarded for their betrayal? What was the determination of the London authorities?
5. What was the conduct of Eastchurch while on his way to Carolina?
6. What did Miller do in the meantime? What was the condition of the colony at this period?