Chap. III. of the ENGLISH in AMERICA. z6§ 
rably afflided with the Flux, by their eating Oranges 
and other green Fruit, having no Water to moifteri their 
Mouths with. After four Days March the Army came 
to the Place where they might firft: have been put on 
Shore, but by that time the Enemy had fummoned 
in the whole Country to their Afliftance ; and even now 
many of the Soldiers had no more than oneDay^s Provi- 
fions of the three that had been promifed them from the 
Ships. 
Colonel Buller being fent with his Regiment to a parti- 
cular Station near Hind River ^ and ordered not to ftir from 
thence until the reft of the Army joined him, he was 
fo far from complying with thofe Commands from the 
General, that he marched away under the Guidance of 
Cox^ who was now arrived from the Fleet ; infomuch 
that for want of the faid Guide, the General miftaking 
the Way, marched ten or twelve Miles about ; and Buller 
having fuffered his Men to ftraggle, they fell into, and 
fuffered much by, the Ambufeades laid by the Enemy* 
The Hardfhips the Forces had undergone for want of Pro- 
vifions, and their being denied what Plunder they might 
happen to take at St. Domingo., fo exafperated them, that 
the Seamen who had been firft fent afhore, and foon after 
thofe on the Land, were in a general Mutiny : However, 
in this Condition they forded the River Hind.^ with a Re- 
folution to march to the Harbour, that fo they might 
be furniftied with Provifion and Ammunition from the 
Ships, but they were Strangers to the Way, neither had 
they any Water to drink. At length Colonel Buller., and 
Cox the Guide, joining them, promifed to conduft them 
to a Place where they might be fupplied with Water. 
But fome of the faid Colonel’s Men having rambled about 
for Pillage, encouraged the Enemy to lay Ambufeades 
for them in their March, who, falling upon the Forlorn, 
routed them, and killed feveral OfRcers ; but they were 
foon after beaten back with Lofs, and purfued within 
Cannon-fhot of the Town ; yet when the Aeftion 
was over, many Men, as well as Horfes, perilhed with 
Thirft. 
A Council of War being called to confider of the Con- 
dition of the Army, it was foiind that many of the Men 
had eat nothing for four Days together, unlefs it were 
fome Fruits they gathered in the Woods ; and that they 
were without Water, the Spaniards ]\ 3 .Ying ftopped up all 
their Wells within feveral Miles of the Town. Neither 
knew they the Country, or how to get to their Ships, 
for Cox the Guide was llain in the laft Skirmifh ; how- 
ever, after mature Confideration, it was refolved to 
march to the Harbour in the beft Manner they could, 
and at length arriving there, they ftaid three or four Days 
to furnifh themfelves with Provilions and other Neceffa- 
ries, and then advanced with a Mortar Piece, in order to 
reduce the Fort •, but the Enemy having laid an Ambuf- 
cade, they charged the Van, which was to have been 
led by Adjutant General Jackfon, very vigoroufly, and 
were anfwered in like Manner •, whereas Jackfofs. Party 
running away, and the Paifage through the Woods be- 
ing very narrow, they fell upon the General’s own Re- 
giment, who, to no purpofe, endeavoured to ftop them 
with their Pikes for they firft difordered that Regiment, 
and foon after Major General Hayneses-. Mean while the 
Enemy followed very eagerly, and giving no Quarter, 
the faid Major General, and the beft of his Ojfficers, who 
preferred Death before Flight, fell in the Aftion. 
At length the General’s own Regiment making head 
againft them, as alfo that of the Seamen, commanded 
by Vice Admiral Goodfon, they, with their Swords, for- 
ced the Runaways into the Woods, rather chufing to kill 
them than they fliould diforder the reft ; which the Ene- 
my perceiving, they retreated, and our Men kept their 
Ground, though the Shot from the Fort killed many of 
them. The Troops, neverthelefs, were fo very weak and 
difheartened, that not many of them could be brought 
to play the Mortar againft the Fort ; and though the Ge- 
neral was reduced to a very low Condition, by the Flux, 
he caufed himfelf to be led from Place to Place to 
encourage them •, but fainting at laft, was forced to leave 
the Care to Major General Fortefeue, who foon found 
that he could prevail no more than the General himfelf. 
It was refolved foon after, at a Council of War, that 
fince the Enemy had guarded every pafs, and that the 
Army were under very great NecelTities for Water, they 
flrould march to a Place where they had been informed 
a Supply thereof, and of other Neceflaries, had been 
put on Shore for them from the Ships. But in that 
March the Soldiers accompanied their Officers no farther 
than till they found them in Danger, and then left themg* 
infomuch that the Commiffioners owned, in a Letter they 
wrote to the Governor at Barbadoes, that had not the Ene- 
my been as fearful as our own Men, they might, in a 
few DaySj have deftroyed the whole Army ; and withal 
they let him know, that thofe who had occafioned the 
greateft Diforder, were thofe of Barbadoes arid St. Chrif- 
tophers^ infomuch that they, the faid Commiffioners, who 
were Venn, Winjlow, and Buller, had refolved to leave 
the Place, and try what could be done againft the Illand 
of Jamaica. 
21. The Army was accordingly in little Time embark- 
edi but the Sick and Wounded were kept on the bare 
Decks for forty eight Hours, without Meat, Drink, or 
dreffing, infomuch that Worm^ bred in their Sores •, and 
even while they were on Shore the Provifions fent to them 
were not watered but candied with Saltf notwithftanding 
they had not Water fufficient to quench their Thirft. 
Nay, after this Misfortune on Shores Venables averred 
that Penn gave Rear Admiral Blagge Orders not to fur- 
niffi them with any more Provifions of what kind fo- 
ever, fo that they eat up all the Horfes, Dogs,^ and Aftes, 
in the Camp, and fome of them fuch things as were in 
themfelves poifonous, of which about forty died ; and 
before the Forces were embarked. Adjutant General Jack- 
fon was tried by a Court Martial, and not only fenten- 
ced to be cafhiered, and his Sword broken over his Head, 
but to do the Duty of a Swabber, in keeping clean the 
Hofpital Ships ; a Puniffiment fuitable to his notorious 
Cowardice. The Fleet and Troops arriving at Jamaica, 
Orders were ifllied by General Venables, that where ic 
ffiould be found any Man attempted to run away, the 
next Man to him ffiould put him to Death, or that if he 
failed fo to do, he ffiould be liable to be tryed for his 
Life ; and now all the Troops being ready for Service 
they advanced towards the Fort, which they rtiade them- 
felves Mafters of with little Lofs ^ and next Mornirig 
when the Sun rofe, they began to march towards the 
Savanah, which Was near the Town, when fome Spani- 
ards came towards them, and defired to treat ; but the 
General refufed fo to do, unlefs they would fend them 
a conftant Supply of Provifions, then much wanted ; 
which they punftually did, according fo the Promife they 
had made. The Articles agreed on at laft were thefe,> 
viz. I ft. That all Forts, Arms, Ammunitions, and Ne- 
ceflaries for War, and all kinds of Shipping in any Har- 
bour in the Hand, with their Furniture, i^c. as alfo all 
good Wares, Merchandize, Cfc. ffiould be delivered up 
to General Venables, or whom he ffiould appoint, for the 
Ufe of the Proteftor, and the Commonwealth of Eng- 
land. zdly. That all and every of the Inhabitants of the 
Hand (except fome that were particularly named) ffiould 
have their Lives granted, and as thofe who inclined to 
ftay had leave fo to do, fo was it agreed to tranfport 
the others to New Spain, or fome other of the Dominions 
belonging to the King of Spain in America, together with 
their Apparel, Books, and Papers, they providing them- 
felves with Victuals and Neceflaries. 3dly, That all 
Commiffion Officers, and none others, ffiould be per- 
mitted to wear their Rapiers and Poniards, qthly, All 
Artificers, and meaner Sort of People, ffiould be permitted 
to remain on the Hand, and to enjoy their Goods, provid- 
ed they conformed themfelves to the Laws which ffiould 
be eftabliffied* 
By thefe Means the noble Hand of Jamaica was fub- 
dued, and though the Spaniards continued to lurk in 
fome Parts of the Hand for feveral Years afterwards, 
and once made a bold Attempt to recover the Place ; 
yet Colonel forced them to withdraw, and reduced 
the whole Hand fo effeftually, that at the Reftoration 
the Spaniards yielded it to the Crown of Great-Britain, to 
which it has belonged ever fince and is, beyond Quefti- 
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