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^ A company of soldiers who had taken post at the mouth of 

 Canje river, was attacked by a party of the mutineers, who 

 having covered themselves in some underwood and bushes, 

 obliged the troops to retire, with the loss of one killed and two 

 wounded. During the afternoon of the lOth May, several of 

 the insurgents from the fort Surrendered themselves prisoners^ 

 and in the evening a proposition was sent to surrender the fort, 

 on conditions which were however refused. Just as the troops 

 "ivere forming themselves to make arrangements for the attack, 

 another courier arrived to say, that the mutineers would give 

 themselves up as prisoners, and stand their trials by court mar- 

 tial. This was accordingly acceded to, and upwards of three 

 hundred men surrendered, only five of whom were found 

 .guilty on their trials, and shot. The captain, who commanded 

 .the insurgents, could not be tried in the colony, but was sent 

 to Holland for that purpose, where he was found guilty and 

 executed. The Indian auxiliaries were gratified by presents 

 of cutlery, were hospitably entertained, and contentedly dis- 

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