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troops were employed, and the whole of the militia called out, so serious 
had become the danger to the island from this guerilla warfare. The 
Maroons, active, hardy and brave, and knowing every pass and the most 
suitable places for lying in wait, made the task of reducing them one of 
great difficulty and danger. To the white forces were added loyal 
negroes, known as “black shot,” mulattoes and Indians, the latter brought 
from the Mosquito shore. Attacks were made constantly on the pro- 
vision grounds of the Maroons, and a harassing war was carried on 
against them, but at great loss of life to the attacking parties. To avoid 
long marches and facilitate the attacks, posts were established in situations 
as near as possible to the Maroon settlements, and, when possible, in such 
positions as to prevent them from obtaining access to their provision 
grounds. These posts were garrisoned by white and black troops and 
baggage negroes. ‘Their duty was to make excursions, scour the woods 
and mountains, and destroy the provision grounds and haunts of the 
Maroons. To assist in these duties, every barrack was furnished with a 
pack of dogs to track the enemy and prevent surprises at night. Both 
sides became tired of the conflict, and it was only a question of time 
which should first hold out the offer of peace to the other. The constant 
alarms, the hardships of military service, and the intolerable expense 
without any adequate results, urged the white inhabitants to secure 
peace on any terms. The famine to which the Maroons were exposed, 
hemmed in, as they were on all sides, with their provisions destroyed and 
access to water rendered almost impossible, drove the Maroons in the same 
direction, so that they were tempted to surrender unconditionally. For- 
tunately for them, their desperate state was not known, and the extreme 
step of an unconditional surrender became unnecessary by Governor 
Trelawney proposing overtures of peace. On the Ist of March, 1738, as 
the result of negotiations, a treaty of peace was concluded between the 
Governor and Cudjoe, acting for the Maroons, by which it was stipulated 
that to one body of them should be assigned in perpetuity 1,500 and to 
another 1,000 acres. The second clause of the treaty provided for their 
perpetual freedom; the sixth that Cudjoe, his adherents and successors 
were to assist in hunting down all rebels on the island; the seventh that 
they were to assist in repelling invasion. Other clauses provided for the 
redress of grievances and injuries committed on or by Maroons; they 
were to apprehend fugitive slaves, for whom a reward of thirty shillings 
each was to be paid, afterwards increased to three pounds. Laws and 
regulations were from time to time passed for the government of the 
Maroons. As the ostensible cause of the last conflict that preceded their 
deportation to Nova Scotia was the violation of the treaty by the 
flogging of two of the Maroons, it may be as well to examine its terms. 
By the eighth clause it was agreed that in the event of injury being done 
to any of the Maroons, application should be made to the commanding 
