ABSTRACT
St. Christopher’s.— Discovery and situation-Delightful appearance, and extraordinary fertility o f the island. First settlement under Sir Thomas Warner.— Injured by a hurricane.— Assisted by the Earl o f Carlisle.— The Colonists joined by some Frenchmen under D'Esnambuc. •— Both parties form a compact, encroach on the lands o f the Natives, provoke them to war, and nearly exter minate them.— The Charaibees in other islands make a common cause with the unhappy fugitives, who had es caped the sword.— Attack the Colonists in great force, and, though defeated, they nearly ruin the Colony.— The Settlement soon afterwards totally destroyed by the Spa niards.— Again re-established, on their departure, by the former occupants.— These differ among themselves, and mutually destroy each other.— This leads to an open rupture, which finally terminates in the expulsion o f the French.— The English confirmed in their possession by the peace o f Utrecht.— Captured by the French in 1782, and restored again in 1783.— Character o f the inha bitants — Present state and population o f the islandTopography.— View o f the Island in relation to Reli gion.— Moravian mission.— Account o f that mission.— Remarks on a violent inundation.—Advantages o f toleration.
