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stronger man'd and another one to be established at 

 Waterton's one at Schuylenburch's, (Phcsnix) and 

 others up the river; immediately on this a part of /?«y;«. 

 zigt. Waller's, and Harlem Negroes went off and an 

 attack was made on ye post of a dozen men at Schuy- 

 lenburch's, which fail'd w''. a loss on the side of ye 

 runaways only. The same night they af tempted burning 

 Krain'S (Nouvelle Flandres) but were prevented by 

 his own Negroes, (thev) went to Clay'S, {L Union) 

 which Negroes could not prexent thei • burning ; there 

 the dwelling house was saved ; every Bu Iding on Rotter- 

 dam the same night was conj umed, a id an attempt at 

 Harlem but miscarried. Clay'S negroos remain trus:y, 

 but all Rotterdam, men, women and children, went off; 

 this happened I think a week ago. I; is supposed, as 

 the whites were so much alarmiid and It ft those Estatis, 

 that (therefore) those depredations and attempts hcve 

 taken place, and the cause of {the) Rotterdam negrces 

 going awav (was) owing to a villain of a driver of Hrr- 

 lem, (who took off some of yt negroes) who told them 

 they would all be put to death by the Indians, as 

 no white Person was with them ; thif may not be so 

 improbable as several of (the) Rotterdam negroes have 

 come in since. No lives have been lost since (ihe 

 affair), at Clakke'S, except tie poor Cockney sold er 

 we knew at this Post, who was shottgoi ig between so ne 

 of the Posts. You may well suppose how alarmed he 

 Colony must be at this Crisis. :^einforc.^ments of Indians 

 were dayly expe6led ; a few soldiers frDm Berbice h;.ve 

 arrived, and Dispatches sent over land to Surinam for 

 what assistance can be given from there. In this inter- 

 mediate time I have not heard of any thing alarming 



