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for the blacks to risk a conflict with them, it was ne- chap 



hi. 

 cessary to concert a plan, in order to separate Mills 



and M'Coy. Two of them accordingly secreted 

 themselves in M'Coy's house, and Tetaheite ran and 

 told him that the two blacks who had deserted were 

 stealing things out of his house. M'Coy instantly 

 hastened to detect them, and on entering was fired 

 ^.t ; but the ball passed him. M'Coy immediately 

 communicated the alarm to Mills, and advised him 

 to seek shelter in the woods ; but Mills, being quite 

 satisfied that one of the blacks whom he had made 

 his friend would not suffer him to be killed, deter- 

 mined to remain. M'Coy, less confident, ran in 

 search of Christian, but finding him dead, joined 

 Quintal (who was already apprised of the work of 

 destruction, and had sent his wife to give the alarm 

 to the others), and fled with him to the woods. 



Mills had scarcely been left alone, when the two 

 blacks fell upon him, and he became a victim to his 

 misplaced confidence in the fidelity of his friend. 

 Martin and Brown were next separately murdered 

 by Menalee and Tenina ; Menalee effecting with a 

 maul what the musket had left unfinished. Tenina, 

 it is said, wished to save the life of Brown, and fired 

 at him with powder only, desiring him, at the same 

 time, to fall as if killed ; but, unfortunately rising 

 too soon, the other black, Menalee, shot him. 



Adams was first apprised of his danger by Quin- 

 tal's wife, who, in hurrying through his plantation, 

 asked why he was working at such a time ? Not 

 understanding the question, but seeing her alarmed, 

 he followed her, and was almost immediately met 

 by the blacks, whose appearance exciting suspicion, 

 he made his escape into the woods. After remain- 



