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 111
... live only on salt provisions , had begun to flag from the beginning , till he was sent home to Paramaribo in this drooping condition . On the sixth of October the fever had left me , and the ring - worms began to abate ; but the misery ...
... live only on salt provisions , had begun to flag from the beginning , till he was sent home to Paramaribo in this drooping condition . On the sixth of October the fever had left me , and the ring - worms began to abate ; but the misery ...
Page 219
... live mostly upon crabs and water . If it should seem strange to have called these people happy , let it be recollected that their wishes are confined to their enjoyments , and that no Indian was ever heard to com- plain that he was ...
... live mostly upon crabs and water . If it should seem strange to have called these people happy , let it be recollected that their wishes are confined to their enjoyments , and that no Indian was ever heard to com- plain that he was ...
Page 362
... live , Mee saloby you , langa alla mee hatty , so langa me leeby . ” — “ A pleasing tale , ananassy tory . ” — “ I am very angry , me hatty brun . " - " Live long , so long until your hair become white as cotton , Lebee langa , tay ...
... live , Mee saloby you , langa alla mee hatty , so langa me leeby . ” — “ A pleasing tale , ananassy tory . ” — “ I am very angry , me hatty brun . " - " Live long , so long until your hair become white as cotton , Lebee langa , tay ...
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Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition,: Against the Revolted Negroes of ... John Gabriel Stedman No preview available - 2017 |
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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