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great promifes tempwhe regldores or commanders of the Brazilians to join with them, 

 but they were fo far from hearkening to them, that they fent all the letters written upon 

 that account, both by Kamaron and the reft of the rebellious ring-leaders, without 

 opening, to the council, thereby to avoid all fufpicion of keeping any correfpondence 

 with the enemy, Peter Potty being a near kinfman of Kamaron j and ever fmce that 

 time they have behaved themfelves fo well upon all occafions, and have done filch 

 confiderable mifchiefs to the Portuguefe, by plundering and killing them, wherever 

 they could meet with them, that we had not the leaft reafon to miftruft the fincerity 

 of their intentions. 



The faid Mr. Linge did alfo fend word November the 4th3 that the enemy had at- 

 tempted nothing as yet ; and from November 14, that a party of three hundred of our 

 people being joined by fome Brazilians of Parayba, had engaged eight hundred of the 

 enemy's troops, whom after a fmart engagement they put to the rout, with the flaugh- 

 ter of a good number of their men. The Brazilians being encouraged by this fuccefs, 

 did over-run all the flat country, and meeting with a good number of Portuguefe, who 

 were merry-making upon St. Martin's eve in the fugar-mill of Andrew Dias de Tigeire- 

 da, they attacked them fo furioufly, that after a flender refiftance they put them all to 

 the fword, even the fon of the faid Tigeireda himfelf, and a prieft, without giving 

 quarter to any body, except to a very beautiful maiden ; who, though almoft diftradted 

 at the death of her father, and fome of her other relations, that lay wallowing in their 

 own blood, had fuch a pow&rful influence upon the hearts of thefe barbarians, that they 

 brought her a prifoner fafely to the fort of Parayba. 



The 2ift of November towards the evening, three hundred and fixty foldiers (twenty 

 of whom were taken from the Receif ) fet fail in fmall boats to the bay of Traican, and 

 continued their march the fame night, under the command of Lieutenant Berge, Juf- 

 tice Hoek, and the receiver-general of Pernambuko, towards Kunhao, in order to 

 attack the enemy that were lately come into Rio Grande from Parayba ; but thefe 

 enemies having got fome intelligence of our defigns, were retired from Kunhao to a 

 retrenchment among the bbgs, which being acceflible but in one place, they fo warmly 

 faluted our forces that would have forced them from thence with their fliot, that they 

 were obliged to retreat, with the lofs of fome dead and wounded, to the caftle of Keulen, 

 partly to refrefli their men, partly to prevent their penetrating deeper into the council. 



The 4th of December it was refolved to fend the fliip the Overyflel, and the yacht 

 called the Sprew, towards the Bahia a-cruizing, to get intelligence of their naval 

 ftrength thereabouts, and to endeavour to take fome prizes. The 5th of December 

 the great council fent for all the commanders of the Brazilians, to inform them, that 

 they had received confiderable fupplies of powder, ball, and all other forts of ammuni- 

 tion, by the fliip called the Swan, with letters from Holland ; that they were equipping 

 a confiderable fleet for their relief, at which the Brazilians were extremely rejoiced ; 

 the Portuguefe commanders having made it their bufinefs to perfuade them, that no 

 fuch thing was expefted from Holland. 



The fame evening a Brazilian deferter declared, that all the Dutch were killed by 

 the rebellious inhabitants, and their wives and children made flaves. The fame thing 

 was confirmed by a negroe deferter, concerning Captain Bochholt ; who having taken 

 fervice with the enemy, and being afterwards fufpeded by them, had caufed him to be 

 murdered, as they had done with all the reft of the Dutch in their fervice, who were 

 flain in their way to the Bahia. 



The 7th of December, it was refolved in council, to eredl four companies of fuzileers, 

 the fame being found by experience to be more ferviceable at this jundure, for which 



purpofe, 



