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 42
... sent from the Brazils to Amsterdam , after which they were also executed in Texel roads on board the Westelingwerf man of war , which schip was that sent out with us from Holland : their bodies were afterwards gibbeted in iron harness ...
... sent from the Brazils to Amsterdam , after which they were also executed in Texel roads on board the Westelingwerf man of war , which schip was that sent out with us from Holland : their bodies were afterwards gibbeted in iron harness ...
Page 91
... sent me by my best friend at Paramaribo , I found means to impart , not only to my officers , but also to my drooping soldiers , some relief . But this cheering sun - shine could not last long : and the day following we were as much ...
... sent me by my best friend at Paramaribo , I found means to impart , not only to my officers , but also to my drooping soldiers , some relief . But this cheering sun - shine could not last long : and the day following we were as much ...
Page 397
... sent numbers to the other world . During this short space of tranquillity I constructed in miniature my cottage in which I lived at the Hope , on an oblong board of about eighteen inches by twelve , which being entirely made of the ...
... sent numbers to the other world . During this short space of tranquillity I constructed in miniature my cottage in which I lived at the Hope , on an oblong board of about eighteen inches by twelve , which being entirely made of the ...
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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