1825. 



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" Why does black man sharpen axe? to kill white chap 

 man." The instant Christian became aware of the w ^^ 

 plot, he seized his gun and went in search of the De ^ 

 blacks, but with a view only of showing them that 

 their scheme was discovered, and thus by timely in- 

 terference endeavouring to prevent the execution of 

 it. He met one of them (Ohoo) at a little distance 

 from the village, taxed him with the conspiracy, 

 and, in order to intimidate him, discharged his gun, 

 which he had humanely loaded with powder only. 

 Ohoo, however, imagining otherwise, and that the 

 bullet had missed its object, derided his unskilf ill- 

 ness, and fled into the woods, followed by his ac- 

 complice Talaloo, who had been deprived of his 

 wife. The remaining blacks, finding their plot dis- 

 covered, purchased pardon by promising to murder 

 their accomplices, who had fled, which they after- 

 wards performed by an act of the most odious 

 treachery. Ohoo was betrayed and murdered by 

 his own nephew ; and Talaloo, after an ineffectual 

 attempt made upon him by poison, fell by the hands 

 of his friend and his wife, the very woman on whose 

 account all the disturbance began, and whose inju- 

 ries Talaloo felt he was revenging in common with 

 his own. 



Tranquillity was by these means restored, and 

 preserved for about two years ; at the expiration of 

 which, dissatisfaction was again manifested by the 

 blacks, in consequence of oppression and ill treat- 

 ment, principally by Quintal and M'Coy. Meeting 

 with no compassion or redress from their masters, a 

 second plan to destroy their oppressors was matured, 

 and, unfortunately, too successfully executed. 



It was agreed that two of the blacks, Timoa and 



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