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 292
... poor emaciated soldiers : indeed the number able to partake of this bounty was at present very small . On the following day a reinforcement of one hundred men arrived from Magdenberg , in Comewina ; and from the Society post Vreedenberg ...
... poor emaciated soldiers : indeed the number able to partake of this bounty was at present very small . On the following day a reinforcement of one hundred men arrived from Magdenberg , in Comewina ; and from the Society post Vreedenberg ...
Page 307
... poor Quaco , who was very ill , at Devil's Harwar , under care of the surgeon ; and that evening we encamped opposite the mouth of the Cormoetibo Creek . On the following morning early , having crossed the River Cottica , the troops ...
... poor Quaco , who was very ill , at Devil's Harwar , under care of the surgeon ; and that evening we encamped opposite the mouth of the Cormoetibo Creek . On the following morning early , having crossed the River Cottica , the troops ...
Page 315
... poor woman was pregnant , and Chapter 23 under great alarms , but was tenderly treated by Medlar , who was always a humane and well - disposed gentleman . He had , however , unluckily lost two of his best men , one Schoelar , a corporal ...
... poor woman was pregnant , and Chapter 23 under great alarms , but was tenderly treated by Medlar , who was always a humane and well - disposed gentleman . He had , however , unluckily lost two of his best men , one Schoelar , a corporal ...
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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