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under command of fuch as were well acquainted with that country, who ajl unanimoufly 

 reported, that they could meet with no foldiers, mulats, or any other vagabonds there- 

 abouts. 



The 1 2th of June, the director Moucheron fent further advice, that he had been cre- 

 dibly informed, by letters dated the 8th of the fame month, from Rio St. Francifco, 

 that Kamaron and Henrico Dias, with fix companies of Brazilians, mulats, and negroes, 

 were paffed the faid river ; and that jufl as he was concluding his letter, two inhabitants 

 of the Algoas had given him to underfland, that fome of them had been at their houfes 

 for fome meal ; the copies of which letters he fent to the council, who did now not in 

 the lead queftion, but that their defign was upon the Dutch Brazil, efpecially fmce they 

 were forewarned by feveral letters from St. Antonio, that the inhabitants thereabouts 

 feemed to prepare for a revolt. 



The council finding their projeft of taking Vieira by craft, not to fucceed, becaufe 

 he and the fecurities of his father-in-law, Francifco Beringel, and Bernardin Karvalho, 

 could not be cajoled into the Receif, under pretence of renewing their former contract, 

 and looking upon him as the chief rmg-leader of this revolt, they ordered Joachim Den- 

 niger, a lieutenant, with a good number of foldiers, to the mill and houfe of the faid 

 John Fernandes Vieira, to bring his perfon from thence to the Receif. Accordingly 

 Denniger advanced with his foldiers towards the evening near the mills, which he fur- 

 rounded, and about midnight unexpectedly entered both the houfe and mills, making a 

 mofl ftri£t fearch throughout all the rooms and corners, but to no purpope. In the 

 morning he withdrew at fome diflance, but returned the next night, when, after having 

 made another fearch, but in vain, he was informed by one of his Turkifh Haves, and 

 fome negroes, that neither Vieira, nor his father-in-law Beringel, had flept in their houfes 

 thefe laft three weeks ; that fometimes they came thither on horfeback, but after a very 

 Ihort flay went their ways again. Denniger likewife fearched the houfes of Antonio 

 Kavalkanti and Antonio Biferra, but to as little purpofe as thofe of the former, being 

 informed by their negroes, that they had abfconded for fome weeks before. 



In the mean-while, the council fent divers parties abroad, under the command of 

 Hans Catner, Slodinifki, and Cunraed Hilt, all which, after their return, agreed in this, 

 that there were no enemies there as yet, efpecially not in the Matta, where they met 

 with nobody but thofe that were employed in manuring the grounds. 



The great council finding themfelves altogether difappointed in their hopes of taking 

 Vieira, refolved to fecure, immediately, the perfons of Francifco Beringel, Vieira's father- 

 in-law, Bernardin Karvalho, and his brother Sebaftian Karvalho, Lewis Bas, Amaro 

 Lopez, and John Peflba, being perfons fufpeded to have a hand in the confpiracy, in- 

 habiting the Vergea. In the more diflant provinces were ordered to be feized, 



In St. Amaro, Antonio de Bulbous. 



In St. Antonio, Amador d'Arouja ; Pedro Marinho ; Antonio del Raflo. 



In Pojuka, Korneo de Morals ; Father Frey Lewis ; and Francifco Dias del Gado» 



In Serinham, John Albuquerq, fon-in-law of Pero Lopez de Vera. 



In Porto Calvo, Rodrigues de Barras Pimentel. 



In Iguaraka, John Pimenta. 



In Itamarika, Father Lawrence d'Alkunha. 



And in Rio Grande, John Leftan Navarro. 



But it being mofl of all to be feared that the inhabitants of Parayba, who were 

 much indebted, would revolt before all the reft, Mr. Paul de Linge was fent thither 

 immediately in the quality of director, with full power to ad; both in that and the cap- 

 tainfhip of Rio Grande, as he fhould find it mofl expedient for the company, with ex- 



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