8. He was particularly emphatic in his orders forbidding trade with New England vessels. George Durant, with a large majority of the people, was determined to thwart him in this matter. Governor Miller, on the other hand, was so determined in enforcing his orders that he in person boarded a Boston vessel and arrested the skipper. 1678. 9. Thereupon John Culpepper, with his followers, seized Miller, and having put him in prison, assumed the government himself. He imprisoned all the deputies of the Lords Proprietors. The king's revenue, also, amounting to fifteen thousand dollars, was appropriated by him; Culpepper, like Gillam, the skipper who had caused the outbreak, was from New England. 1680. 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? 7. How did the new Governor manage affairs? 8. What trade did he forbid? By whom was his command thwarted? What violent act was done by Miller? 9. What was done to Miller? Who assumed the government? 10. When did Eastchurch arrive at Carolina? How did he find matters? To whom did he go for aid, and with what success? 11. What became of Miller and Culpepper? 12. What do the events of this lesson teach us? CHAPTER XIV. LORD CARTERET ADDS A NEW TROUBLE. A. D. 1680 TO 1704.