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the trees, to ferve as an example of what others 

 had to expeft who fhould venture on a fimilar 

 expedition *. 



The government and the colonifts having 

 difcovered, from this fatal experience, that the 

 Bufh negroes were more formidable than had 

 been expeded ; and finding that regular Eu- 

 ropean troops were not the beft fitted for 

 this kind of fervice, raifed a corps of ne- 

 groes from among the mod faithful of the 

 flaves; and alfo engaged in their intereft a 

 party of Indians from the woods, who, happily 

 for the planters, hold the Bufh negroes in great 

 abhorrence. 



Well provided and equipped, this fecond 

 expedition, commanded as above-mentioned, 

 feparated into two parties, and boldly advanced 

 into the wood to form a combined attack, 

 Upon their march they paffed the dead bodies 

 of the Dutch foldiers tied to the trees at the 

 fides of a narrow path. Not deterred by this 



* Upon this occafion one of the officers was carried 

 out of the wood by a faithful Have, who, afterwards, re- 

 fufed to accept his freedom as a reward ; and only begged 

 to have a Giver medal to wear on days of feftival, 



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