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of Maroons),* remained in their retreats within the 

 mountains; where they not only augmented their 

 numbers by natural increase, but, after the island be- 

 came thicker sown with plantations, they were fre- 

 quently reinforced by fugitive slaves. At length they 

 grew confident enough of their force to undertake de- 

 scents upon the interior planters, many of whom 

 they murdered, from time to time, without the least 

 provocation ; and by their barbarities and outrages in- 

 timidated the whites from venturing to any considera- 

 ble distance from the sea coast. 



In 1663 the lieutenant-governor, Sir Charles Lyt- 

 tleton, and his council, issued a proclamation, offer- 

 ing a full pardon, twenty acres of land, and freedom 

 from all manner of slavery, to each of them \vho 

 should surrender. But I do not find that any of them 

 were inclined to accept the terms offered, or quit 

 their savage way of life. On the contrary, they were 

 better pleased with the more ample range they pos-- 

 sessed in the woods, where their hunting grounds 

 were not yet encroached upon by settlements. They 



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* The word signifies, among the Spanish Americans, according to Mr. 

 Long, Hog hunters: the woods abounding with the wild boar, and the 

 pursuit of them constituting the chief employment of fugitive negroes. 

 Marra.no is the Spanish word for a young pig. The following is the de- 

 rivation, however, given in the Encyclopedia, article Maron: " On ap- 

 pelle marons, dans les isiles Francoises les negres fugi ifs. Ce terme vient 

 du mot Espagnol Sitnaran qui sLnifieun Singe. Les Espagnols crurent 

 ne devoir pas faire plus d'honneur a leurs malheureux enclaves f ugitifs> 

 que de les appeller singes, parcequ'ils se retiroient comir.e ces animaux aux 

 fonds des bois et n'en sortcient que pour cueillir des fruits qui se trou- 

 voient dans les lieux les plus vo;sins de leur retrait." The reader \vi!l 

 accept which of these derivations he likes best. 



