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Ills companions had In attempting to prevail 
on me to give them old iron. Neither 
my prefents, nor the promifes I made of 
leaving him at liberty to depart in cafe he 
Ihould not find his fituation agreeable with 
me, had any efFed: upon him. He v^itiiftood 
my folicitations with fo much firmnefs, that 
I loft all hopes of having any influence over 
him : I know the whites too well," faid 
he to me ; they have done ns much hurt, 
*^ and ftill continue their injuries: were I 
fimple enough to follow you, in vain (hould 
" I require you to fulfil your promifes : I 
fhould never be permitted to fee my coun- 
try again." From the very ju ft prejudices 
entertained by his nation, who in the time 
of peace had fometimes frequented Bruyntjes- 
Hoogte, he was afraid of being treated in the 
fame manner as the planters who inhabit that 
part of the country treat their ilaves : and had 
he, from an attachment towards me, yielded 
with a good grace, and confented to follow 
me, he was not affured, he faid, that I 
fhould always have it in my po,wer to protect 
him, and to fend him back fafe. I did every 
thing I could to dtftroy this prejudice, tell- 
ing him that he ought not to confound all 
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