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 104
... carry the medicines , beef , bread , spades , axes , rum , & c .; the sick also are carried . The three last of all being one corporal and two men at a distance , to give the alarm in case of an attack , as the others had orders to do ...
... carry the medicines , beef , bread , spades , axes , rum , & c .; the sick also are carried . The three last of all being one corporal and two men at a distance , to give the alarm in case of an attack , as the others had orders to do ...
Page 148
... carry his linen , fresh provisions , and spirits , when he had either . These boxes served not only as cupboards , but as chairs and tables in the camp . On a march they were carried on the head of a negro : I must observe , moreover ...
... carry his linen , fresh provisions , and spirits , when he had either . These boxes served not only as cupboards , but as chairs and tables in the camp . On a march they were carried on the head of a negro : I must observe , moreover ...
Page 281
... carry it off as a trophy , and I have used it ever since . Here we like- wise found three skulls fixed upon stakes , the ... carried away during the action . To reprimand them for this inhuman diversion would have been useless , as they ...
... carry it off as a trophy , and I have used it ever since . Here we like- wise found three skulls fixed upon stakes , the ... carried away during the action . To reprimand them for this inhuman diversion would have been useless , as they ...
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