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 225
... arrived with Fourgeoud in 1773 , made the negroes shove off the boat in my Chapter 16 presence , when I was not a stone's cast from it , and left me on the beach , to my utter surprize and mortification . I knew Fourgeoud had swore that ...
... arrived with Fourgeoud in 1773 , made the negroes shove off the boat in my Chapter 16 presence , when I was not a stone's cast from it , and left me on the beach , to my utter surprize and mortification . I knew Fourgeoud had swore that ...
Page 292
... arrived . On the 5th , therefore , the hogs and sheep were slaughtered , and , for the first time in his life , he ordered one pound per man , bones and all , to be dis- tributed among the poor emaciated soldiers : indeed the number ...
... arrived . On the 5th , therefore , the hogs and sheep were slaughtered , and , for the first time in his life , he ordered one pound per man , bones and all , to be dis- tributed among the poor emaciated soldiers : indeed the number ...
Page 318
... arrived this day , who had exchanged from the Society troops into Colonel Fourgeoud's regiment of marines , and confirmed to us the above unhappy news . About this time , after having starved four months , my remaining stores arrived at ...
... arrived this day , who had exchanged from the Society troops into Colonel Fourgeoud's regiment of marines , and confirmed to us the above unhappy news . About this time , after having starved four months , my remaining stores arrived at ...
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