y, in
reality resulted from the uselessness or danger of action; nor can it be
a matter of surprise, that men expelled from their minds an evil merely
possible, which they hoped to escape, and which no forethought would
avoid. Whether these imputations were just, or not, they were revived in
various forms, by the Governor's private and public addresses. They
constitute a large portion of his correspondence with the Home
Government; but they drew forth from the Secretary of State what,
perhaps, was chiefly desired--an approbation of his measures of
protection; for, however apathetic individuals, it was admitted, that
the repression of outrage, from whatever cause, and at whatever cost,
was an obligation on government. There were, nevertheless, several
instances of courageous defence: large numbers were successfully
resisted by a single musket; and it was stated by Governor Arthur, that
two armed men would strike a whole mob with panic--a contempt of their
valour, which was often provoked by the subtlety of their escape. Such
is commonly the case: savages, even when courageous, are unwilling to
face the deadly weapon of the white man. They, however, lost much of
their alarm; and, at length, would pause for the report, and rush on
with shouts of defiance, when the English had discharged their guns.

The most courageous instances of defence, were furnished by females:
they were sometimes surprised by a visit, when escape was hopeless, and
relief unattainable. Mrs. Maclanachan maintained a post, purely by her
resolution. Mrs. Dalrymple Brigge, a half-caste woman, was rewarded
with twenty acres of land, for her heroism. She drew inside her house
her wounded child, barricaded her door, and fired through a crevice. The
blacks attempted, first to pull down her cottage, and then to destroy it
by fire. The conflict lasted more than an hour, when relief came.
Another: Mrs. Connel defended her house with the musket; a little child,
of four years, bringing one to her as she fired off another: she was
within a few days of her confinement. The fortitude displayed, on these
occasions, was very justly admired: we cannot, however, but be sensible,
that few possessed either the physical strength, or the knowledge of
arms, equal to a task so hard.

In this colony, 1830 will be ever memorable, as the year of the Black
War--that campaign, which formed the first military lesson given to the
colonists. In the ferment of the public mind, innume