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That the Maroons should, on their knees, ask the 

 king's pardon. 2dly, That they should fix their future 

 residence in such part of the island, as the legislature 

 should point out : And 3dly, That they should deli- 

 ver up all the fugitive negro slaves that had joined 

 them. On these conditions it was stipulated and 

 agreed, that their lives should be granted them, and 

 that they should not be transported from the island ; 

 and they were allowed ten days to collect their fami- 

 lies and perform the treaty. 



So great however was the terror of these wretched 

 people, arising trom the consciousness of their enor- 

 mities, or their unaccountable infatuation, that only 

 twenty-one of their number surrendered by the time 

 limited; and thirteen others three days afterwards. 



On the 1 lth of January, therefore, orders were is- 

 sued from the commander in chief to general Walpole, 

 to march without further delay against the rebels. 

 These orders were punctually obeyed ; but from re- 

 gard to humanity, the Spanish dogs were ordered in 

 the rear of the army. The effect, however, was im- 

 mediate. General Walpole had advanced but a short 

 way in the woods, when a supplication for mercy was 

 brought him from the enemy, and two hundred and 

 sixty of them soon afterwards surrendered on no other 

 condition tlian a promise of their live*. It is pleasing 

 to observe, that not a drop of blood was spilt after the 

 dogs arrived in the inland. 



Some of the young men, however, still held out, 

 and it was not until the middle of March that the 





