There had been a savage struggle for mastery, till the strangers made alliances and were granted territory between the mountains and the sea.

But they were only a handful and Philip was sent back for further colonists and for a cargo of arms and seeds and implements.
The French court was in no humour for his tale, being much involved in its own wars.

It may be that he was not believed; anyhow he got no help from his king.

At his own cost and with the aid of friends he fitted out his ship for the return.

After that the curtain falls.