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whom was her daughter Betie, were taken 

 prifoncrs. When Betie was carried to the 

 Ille of France* fhe juftified herfelf before the 

 fupreme council, by proving that her mo- 

 ther alone had been the caufe of the mafia* 

 ere of the French. She fhewcd, at the 

 fame time^ that her conne«^ion TPiih Gofle 

 had endangered her Ufe y and that fhe could 

 no longer be ia fafety at St. Mary, as flie liad 

 loft, by her attachment to the French, and 

 the efibrts wluch fhe had made to fave them, 

 the confidence and afFedion of the iflanders* 

 The fupreme council of the Ifle of France, 

 coavinced of the innocence of this young 

 woman, fent her to her brother John 

 Harrep at Foulepointe, with confidcrable 

 prefents, requeuing her to employ every 

 means poffible to re-eftablini peace and con- 

 cord between the natives of jthat dill:ri(ll 

 and the French. Thefe people, terrified by 

 the ravages exercifed at St. Mary, had re- 

 tired 



