1 06 T^he Dijlrejfes and Adventures 



the Mines which was the Reafon, that, as 

 loon as they were able to crawl, they with two 

 others, namely, Thomas Locker and Thomas 

 Robinfbn, ftole out of the Town by Night , 

 and that, by Means of the Indians and Ne- 

 groes, who handed them with 'em from one 

 to another, and all the Way dire&ed them 

 after us, till they had got thus far, but that 

 they had avoided coming hither by the Way 

 of St. Michael's, for fear of being fent to 

 the Mines. They faid, they had fufFered 

 very much, on Account of not undeftanding 

 what was fpoken to them, or being under- 

 flood, and that the other two, that fet out 

 with them, being not able to travel far, they 

 had left them by the Way, with fome In- 

 dians, who would take care of them. We 

 defired to know, if there was no Inquiry 

 made after us, when we left St. Qetersl 

 they faid, there were Indians fent to fearch 

 for us j but, at their Return, they reported 

 they could hear nothing concerning us. This 

 we knew could proceed only from the good 

 Nature of thofe People, for nothing would 

 have been eafier for them, had they been fo 

 minded, than to have overtaken us. 



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