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CHAP. the 0egrpflakes rife up in »rebellion^agginit mafiefswho
XXVII. ^ treat them with fo much fe verity ?
. As I do riQt^g|aS]gcl that I hgve described'' inyvbat raanr'
mer thefe- infurgenf s- generan^ .attach, the eftate&j I canupt
introduce, it on a more proper occafion.
Having lain during, th# night lurking in the bullies
that furround the efhte, they-always appear a little be-
' fore ddy-bxeak, when unexpectedly, falling on and maf-
faering the Europeans, they plunder the d^fimgdk@fu£%
wMehitfcey next fet on fires and* then paryy n it th e nggio
women, whom they load with the fpoil, and treat with
the utmoft infolence fhould they make oppolition f *
And mow farewell, I hope, ye wretched abjedts, who
have not made the leaft confpicucms figu're :iih thefe '
I Ihajaldnh#imare^peadyito apa-~
logiize to the reader, had I not-been induced to make*
cruelty afhamed of itfelf, and humanity gain Aground.:
that atlaft, in fame meafure, my motive mkybe crowned
with fuccefs, I moft fincerely wifb, abhorring, .every
adhof barbarity from the very bottom o f toy. foul.
* Why, ChriJHans, rage dine kjfol^nce and fcpra,
r Why burft thy vengeance on tljp wretch forlorn ? \
* For minute particulars-1 cannot do
better than refer the curious-to Mr. Belknap’
s Hiftory of New Hampjhire ; where
he defcribes the infurredlion of the
American1 Indians^ which aire ahnoft-
perfedtly-firnijar-t$ thofe of fhe African
negroes.
The
E X P E D I T I O N T O f S U P I N A M , 5„
’ 1 *rki jffj **• . ch a p
W i t y th i down w ith chains, in prifon glooms confin’d t - x x v i i .
ty em% I .... * _J
wail tbit®,
Wjthcptjohe friend, ^ e n O A f l ^ y ^ M ^ t y ^ n f ig , -
8 <c 'R^ll’dthe w ild e y e j a^djgnawM the.afigui/h’d tongue.^ --,,
■ the 24th ot Auguflt'Igave
*9 ffie Governor for my bov’s eman-
I B B Q ancl^mi the ptfi of Othoben l , fawtwith. equal
h&, lu-d ^urP^iz| the following advertifement polfell rip,
“ Tb'a^ i f any o ^ g o u ld give in a lawful obfe&ioV w'fiy
a ^ua4er^?^nJ n 4 ]° tv t4 e'^ n, ° f Captain
ƒƒ, Sfedman, mould not tye. preferred, with the bleffipg o f
f^eejlomv fuch^erfon pr if^ o ^ iy 9 ^ p ^ S $ efp re D 9
*\ """J < 9p#A°/?F £rW ^ !han I ran with
fnews to my +goo<^lriencl^ Mr who af-
‘^fhat the^dbovkwls no more than a"form, put
“ ’» P^Sic^ on the fumipfitio^f' my producing'the' bail
^roin ‘my
m £ayin&; ^ in-my requeft to thp Governor of
“ t^e c^QnyjWi thout beiqg utter pne gfliable'
M reply,1 retired to, the,company pf Jpanna, who, wiki a
AfnEMlto t^atjAlmny certainty'orje
<( ^ay would be free;’’ nor did ihe ever fail in giving
, wh^Jt^yer dclpcrate were my expectations..
,
,,; -AbPrit t|n<itime we we^e |nformVd, that in'the ^frecfit
papf.r an impertinent libel had appeared againtf the good
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