[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] 166 THE INDIAN TRIBES was one of accommodation on the part of the Abenaquis and their allies, many of whom sympathized with King Philip and eagerly shared his fate. Nor were they disheartened when, on the I2th of August, 1676, that great leader gave up his life. In that re markable struggle for the restoration of the Indians to independ ence, one of the branches of the formidable alliance, the Pen-nacooks, was crushed and its fugitives, bleeding and torn, sought refuge in the friendly villages of their kindred on the Hudson. Reference has already been made to the immediate subsequent history and organization of these fugitives as the Sckaticooks* After their settlement, the authorities made no little effort to in crease their number by inducing those who had found refuge elsewhere to remove to the lands assigned, and in this were par tially successful. At the close of the French war of 1698, and subsequently, these efforts were renewed;2 meanwhile a very considerable number of them had reached Canada, and were encouraged by the French to invite their brethren of New York, as well as their old Mahican allies, to unite with them. The result of these efforts was the organization of what was known as the St. Francis Indians. Meanwhile an element other than that of war had been introduced to divide the Indian tribes. With the French, reli gious zeal and commercial ambition walked hand in hand, and the banner of the cross became the pioneer of that of France.