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REBELLIONS AND INDIAN UPRISTNGS 
Through the trees fierce eyeballs glowed, 
Dark human forms in moonshine showed 
Wild from their native wilderness 
With painted limbs and battle dress! 
A yell the dead might wake to hear 
Swelled on the night air far and clear, 
Then smote the Indian tomahawk 
On crashing door and shattered lock— 
Then rang the rifle-shot-—and then 
The shrill death-scream of stricken men. 
7. G. Whittier. 
Introduction. — The story of the earlier colonies—of Vir- 
ginia, Maryland, New York, and the New England colonies— 
has been carried forward in previous chapters through the first 
half of the seventeenth century. The important events in these 
volonies during the latter half of the seventeenth century must 
Now receive attention. These events have to do, for the most 
Part, with the actions of discontented colonists and with the up- 
tisings of restless and jealous Indians. 
57. Charles II Rules Virginia Harshly.— Virginia during this 
Period was especially a scene of violence and misrule. You will 
recall that, while the Puritans were pouring into New England 
between 1630 and 1640, Charles I was having a quarrel with his 
People about church matters and about taxes, That quarrel did 
Not end until 1649, when the king was beheaded and Oliver 
Cromwell, a great man and a man of the plain people, was 
Chosen to rule over England. Cromwell and his son Richard 
held the reins of government until 1660, when Charles II, the 
Son of Charles I, was restored to the kingship. . 
Charles II was no sooner on his throne than he began to rule 
Virginia with a heavy hand. In the first place, he appointed as 
SOvernor of the colony Sir W "am Berkeley, a man who was a