Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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Page 144
... creek , which they do by riding astride on the floating trunk , the one behind the other , in which manner they are ... Creek . This in my ears was a wel- come sound ; and giving him a calabash , and the best part of a bottle of my rum ...
... creek , which they do by riding astride on the floating trunk , the one behind the other , in which manner they are ... Creek . This in my ears was a wel- come sound ; and giving him a calabash , and the best part of a bottle of my rum ...
Page 164
... Creek , and almost opposite to another creek called Cassivinica : the Bottle Creek communicating with the Comewina and Pirica , as the Wana Creek does with Cormoetibo and Rio - Marawina . Here the troops were lodged in temporary houses ...
... Creek , and almost opposite to another creek called Cassivinica : the Bottle Creek communicating with the Comewina and Pirica , as the Wana Creek does with Cormoetibo and Rio - Marawina . Here the troops were lodged in temporary houses ...
Page 295
... Creek in Upper Cormoetibo ; and Colonel Seyburg , with an equal number , was ordered to the Creek Pinenburg , in Upper Cottica . The latter returned about midnight with two canoes , which he had found hauled ashore , on the opposite ...
... Creek in Upper Cormoetibo ; and Colonel Seyburg , with an equal number , was ordered to the Creek Pinenburg , in Upper Cottica . The latter returned about midnight with two canoes , which he had found hauled ashore , on the opposite ...
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amongst animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp canoe Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colour command Cormoetibo Creek Devil's Harwar Dutch enemy Europeans expence extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hands head Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Lolkens Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched morning mouth mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night o'clock occasion officers orange colour ordered Oronoque Ouca Patamaca perfectly Pirica plantains plantation planters poor pounds sterling pounds weight present Quaco rangers rebel negroes received river Cottica river Surinam round rowed Savannah sent Seramica settlement ships shot sick situation slaves Society troops soldiers Somelsdyk species spot sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree vessels Wana Creek whole woods wound Zelandia