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were also presented with hats trimmed with silver lace. 

 In 06lober 1784 the Arawak Chiefs were convened at 

 Fort Zeelandia to arrange for pursuing some runaways 

 who had wounded a white man and afterwards escaped 

 to the Orinoco. It was then resolved to establish a 

 new post on the Moruca (the former having become 

 dilapidated) and to man it with forty or fifty Indians; 

 no one was to be allowed to go beyond this post with- 

 out a pass from the Governor. It will be interesting 

 to note that when troops were expe6led from Holland in 

 April 1792, it was proposed to station some of them at 

 this post, which we may presume was done. 



In 1795, there was a great insurre6lion on the West 

 Coast, where the slaves were joined by the Bush Negroes 

 from the savannah between the Hobabo and the Boera- 

 serie. A large body of Indians was employed who 

 scoured the whole country aback of the plantations and 

 broke up the camps of the runaways for a time. Some of 

 these people came from the Corentyne, and in September 

 of the same year the Court of Policy awarded them 

 5»5oo guilders in gold joes. The expenses of putting 

 down this insurre6lion were so great that an extra- 

 ordinary tax had to be imposed. We may here note 

 in connexion with the rewards to the Burgher Officers 

 engaged that they each received 250 guilders and a 

 piece of land either on the West Coast of Essequebo 

 or in the Pomeroon. The year following over ;^2,ooo were 

 given to the Indians in goods, and about ^^700 in cash. 



In a former paper* we have given an account of some 



of the raids on Bush Negroes which were carried out 



after 1795. The result of these and the continual de- 



* Charles Waterton and his Detnerara friend. Timehri, Vol. iv , N.S, 



