INTRODUCTION. 295 for Barbadoes, from whence he expected a chap vm . speedy passage to Great Britain.* 1723. The powers of the governor, and the contro- versies in which he had engaged concerning their extent, now devolved on the lieutenant governor. The house of representatives per- sisted in asserting their control over objects heretofore deemed within the province of the executive; but their resolutions were generally- negatived by the council. This produced some altercation between the two branches of the legislature, but they at length united so far as to pass a resolution, desiring their agent in England to take the best measures for protect- ing the interests of the colony, which were believed to be in danger from the representa- tions made by governor Shute. During these contests in the interior, the frontiers had suffered severely from the depre- dations of the Indians. The French had ac- intrigu» • of * he quired great influence over all the eastern J^ 11 ^ tribes. Jesuit missionaries generally resided ,ndians " among them, who instructed them in religious and other subjects, and obtained a vast ascen- dency in their councils. After the cession of Nova Scotia to Great Britain, father Ralle, a missionary residing among the savages of that province, exerted, very successfully, all his address, to excite their jealousies and resent- a Hutchinson.
