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 141
... night awaked out of my sound sleep by a sentinel , who was sent by the colonel's orders to disturb me , with a charge of having whistled or spoke . On the 3d we arrived once more at the Wana Creek . Here , after a fatiguing march , I ...
... night awaked out of my sound sleep by a sentinel , who was sent by the colonel's orders to disturb me , with a charge of having whistled or spoke . On the 3d we arrived once more at the Wana Creek . Here , after a fatiguing march , I ...
Page 289
... nights encampment . No. 4. The spot where we heard the firing and shouting of the rebels on the night of the 17th . No. 5. The latitude where the troops were joined by the black corps or rangers . engagement . No. 6. The night's ...
... nights encampment . No. 4. The spot where we heard the firing and shouting of the rebels on the night of the 17th . No. 5. The latitude where the troops were joined by the black corps or rangers . engagement . No. 6. The night's ...
Page 351
... night - owl of Guiana regularly paid us his nocturnal visits , even in the apartment where we lay , pouring out his melancholy hootings , until he was killed by one of my black attendants . This bird is here called Ooroocoocoo , from ...
... night - owl of Guiana regularly paid us his nocturnal visits , even in the apartment where we lay , pouring out his melancholy hootings , until he was killed by one of my black attendants . This bird is here called Ooroocoocoo , from ...
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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