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To replace Montmagny, the Order sent two new lieutenant governors. The more prominent of the two was Charles de Sales, a relative of St. [[Francis de Sales]] who proved popular with the inhabitants of the island. Shortly before his death in 1660, Poincy signed a treaty of peace with the English and the Carib people of Saint Christopher, but the peace did not last.[ De Sales succeeded Poincy as governor. In 1666, after the Knights had formally given up their control of the islands, fighting broke out between the French and the English on the island. In a battle at Cayonne, de Sales was killed, but the French held on to their settlements.][Cf. {{Citation| last = Du Tertre| first= Jean Baptiste| date = 1667| title = Combat de Cayonne| type = Engraving| work = Histoire generale des Antilles habitées par les François ... Tome II| publisher = Chez Thomas Iolly, au palais, en la Salle des Perciers, à la Palme, & aux Armes d'Hollande| publication-place = Paris| via = [[John Carter Brown Library]] Archive of Early American Images| language = fr| url = http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/v3d505| access-date = 1 November 2014}}] |
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To replace Montmagny, the Order sent two new lieutenant governors. The more prominent of the two was Charles de Sales, a relative of St. [[Francis de Sales]] who proved popular with the inhabitants of the island. Shortly before his death in 1660, Poincy signed a treaty of peace with the English and the Carib people of Saint Christopher, but the peace did not last.[ De Sales succeeded Poincy as governor. In 1666, after the Knights had formally given up their control of the islands, fighting broke out between the French and the English on the island. In a battle at Cayonne, de Sales was killed, but the French held on to their settlements.][Cf. {{Citation| last = Du Tertre| first= Jean Baptiste| date = 1667| title = Combat de Cayonne| type = Engraving| work = Histoire generale des Antilles habitées par les François ... Tome II| publisher = Chez Thomas Iolly, au palais, en la Salle des Perciers, à la Palme, & aux Armes d'Hollande| publication-place = Paris| via = [[John Carter Brown Library]] Archive of Early American Images| language = fr| url = http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/v3d505| access-date = 1 November 2014}}] |
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By the early 1660s, frustration was growing that the colonies were not turning a profit. The Order still owed money to France for the initial purchase of the islands, and on Malta the knights debated whether they should sell them back. [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], much more interested in colonization than Mazarin, was now in power in [[Louis XIV of France|King Louis XIV's]] court, and he applied pressure to the Knights to sell. In 1665, the Knights sold their colony to the newly formed [[French West India Company|Compagnie des Indes occidentales]]. |
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By the early 1660s, frustration was growing that the colonies were not turning a profit. The Order still owed money to France for the initial purchase of the islands, and on Malta the knights debated whether they should sell them back. [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], much more interested in colonization than Mazarin, was now in power in King [[Louis XIV]]'s court, and he applied pressure to the Knights to sell. In 1665, the Knights sold their colony to the newly formed [[French West India Company|Compagnie des Indes occidentales]]. |
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