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 66
... party , consisting of about thirty men , entirely cut to pieces . So alarming a piece of intelligence could not fail to throw the whole colony once more into the utmost confusion and con- sternation . The above gentleman , whose name ...
... party , consisting of about thirty men , entirely cut to pieces . So alarming a piece of intelligence could not fail to throw the whole colony once more into the utmost confusion and con- sternation . The above gentleman , whose name ...
Page 105
... party of his soldiers to pick up the poor marines I had lost the day before , and of whom they brought with them seven , carried in hammocks tied to poles , each by two negroes , the other three having scram- bled back to Devil's Harwar ...
... party of his soldiers to pick up the poor marines I had lost the day before , and of whom they brought with them seven , carried in hammocks tied to poles , each by two negroes , the other three having scram- bled back to Devil's Harwar ...
Page 186
... party of poor Indians , suspecting them to have assisted the estates in making their defence ; also that at Paramaribo , an insurrection was discovered among the negroes , who had determined to join the rebels , after first having ...
... party of poor Indians , suspecting them to have assisted the estates in making their defence ; also that at Paramaribo , an insurrection was discovered among the negroes , who had determined to join the rebels , after first having ...
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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