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field-piece, was posted in a commanding situation. At Major 

 Pierie's gate I found the advanced party : and there, with the 

 troops T had with me, I occupied a strong position ; and with the 

 advance, proceeded to the ravine, taking possession of the only 

 pass by which, on that road, the mutineers could advance to 

 Plantation-house. 



Having made these arrangements, I sent Lieutenant Thorn to 

 inform the Governor of the position I had taken up. Some time 

 after, a servant of Colonel Broughton's came in with intelligence 

 of the approach of the mutineers, and of their having taken his 

 master prisoner. I immediately sent Lieutenant Thorn to the 

 Governor to inform him of this, and of my intention to withdraw 

 my party in advance, with my reasons for so doing. Major 

 Wright soon came to me ; and while consulting on the measure 

 proposed, Mr. Baildon, who had been sent to me from tlie Gover- 

 nor on the same subject, came up. Major Wright went to meet 

 the mutineers, who were then near the place I before occupied in 

 the ravine. Four men, as an advance from the rabble, fell into 

 my chain of sentinels, answering, when challenged, " Friends of 

 Colonel Broughton," saying, " They wished to propose terms to 

 the Governor:" and having them sufficiently within the pass, I 

 challenged them from the edge of the hill, and ordered them to 

 halt. A correspondence between them and the Governor, through 

 Majors Wright and Hodson, brought on day-light ; during which 

 time the detached parties joined me on the brow of the Iiill, look- 

 ing down on the mutineers, who were within pistol shot. When 

 all had joined, the front extended from Major Pierie's garden 

 wall, to the fence running parallel with it, in an oblique direc- 

 tion ; shewing the mutineers only the right. Presuming on their 

 number, they became clamorous, and made a shew of advancing 

 Having then sutficient light to discover the rabble below, I 



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