Fourgeoud entertained the w h o le with afeaft, as: he was
$eafed to callit, at the. headquarters • an old ftahte laft»
thorn, with.broken panes of gjafs,. harnging over our heads,
which Iexpedted every moment to drop into the foug;,
And here he acquainted us, with evident marks o f fatis-
faction, that he had at laft put a fiiaal end to the expedition
; hayings not with ftanding. there wa» fp. little, bloode
d , perfedtly aecorapliflied his aim- in rooting, out. the
rebels, fey.doftroying. twenty-one TO.wtis. pr v i images,,
and dsmoliflaing two Hund-Red: fields with vegetable^
of - every.kind, on which, they depended fos-fubfifteoc© *
^fo,; that the intelligence was now con firm ed j ; that, the
negroes were to a man fled- over, the River Marawwa^
where they and their friends were fettled,, and- pçot-e<ded:
by the. French, colony o f Cayenne* who not only' gavo
them flaelter, but fupplied them with erery thing they
wanted. On which good news wh aH heaBdiy eongcato-s
lated him» and drank further prosperity, to the colony o f
Surinam with three cheers the futurn fafefy o f which
now depended;on the nq,w- cordon or path of cb.cumYat-
lation, defended by the troops, o f the Society, and the. corps
o f black foldiers or rangers.
In Dr. Firmes works, Colonel. Fourgeoajd. and.
troops are twice mentioned as. the faviours o f the eg*
lony ; and by the Abbé Reyrml they are. noticed as r yerv
brave and valiant corps* compliments to which they are
with truth entitled. And what. , cannot but redound to
his. honour, is, that at the time he impofed fuch hardfhips
Sfhips on his own troops, he never deliberately put a
negro' captive to death-, nor -éven, i'f he could
av©M it-j delivered thëm into the hands of Juftice; well
Showing) fh&t d?hrle it Was his duty to expel them,
nothing-but the a o f t barbarous uïage and tyranny had
driven th d è poor jie&jblëTö -this k-ft extremity. Indeed
1 myfidf, Whbih during the firft three years he perfec
t e d with unremitting rffevei%, muft db him thé juf-
tice to lay, that he was indefatigable <in doing his duty;
and ithar, thn-ugh ’ eböfhlèd-, I bélieyé Mm at bottom to
have been an undaunted and very braWe -owi-gEr .
Hé fhrtheriaeqnahitod ns, -that the wefllk^with a frelh
fiapply of pFOvTfions from Holland, had; been ©aft on thé
lee-fbore in the Texel Roads, on e ©f them having
©pper eabmftoveaway, with the focond mate and three
&f her men waihed -overboard ; .he -added) however, that
part o f the -fto-res had been faved, and loaded on board
two bi-landers, which were this Vbry day arrived in the
River Surinam. And now, fo much in particular was I
become his favourite, that he even made me his confidant;
and declared, that he propofed keeping the laft ar-
rived troops, however faft they were dying away (and
who had lately loft a man by ftraying in the woo<fs)ven-
camped for many months after'©nr departure. lie then
began to tell me what officers he meant, i f poflible, to
ruin on their return, and which, by Ms recommendation,
he intended to promote: but here I look the liberty to
flop him fliort, by declaring, upon my honour, that thofe
very gentlemen Mould be apprifed by myfelf of their impending
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