SETTLEMENTS ON THE DEMERARY, &C. 



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CHAPTER X. 



FORMER SERVICES OF THE INDIANS TO THE COLONY ON 



THE BERBICE INCIPIENT SETTLEMENTS ON THE ABARY, 



THE MAHAICONY, AND ESPECIALLY THE MAHAICA — 

 SALUBRITY OF THAT SETTJLEMEJN T PROFITS OF COTTON- 

 PLANTING SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE ACCOUNTED 



FOR PROGRESS OF SETTLEMENT ON THE RIVER POMA- 



ROON ON THE CAPOYA CREEK RAPID INCREASE OF 



AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 



T HIS late occasion is far from being the only one in which 

 the Caribbees have testified a strong predilection for the 

 planters on the Berbice, and for the general interests of subor- 

 dination. In the year 1763 an insurrection happened among 

 the slaves of this colony, v^ho rebelled to the amount of several 

 thousands, and massacred a considerable number of the white 

 inhabitants, while the rest fled to fort Nassau, where, fearing 

 their communication with the sea coast might be obstructed, 

 the then governor, by the advice of his counciJ, precipitately 

 blew up the fort, and retired, with the white inhabitants, on 



