3 1 8 The Discoveries 
lately given an Example, by killing feveral j and they 
further told me it was by very large Prefents the French 
ever got in their Favour again, but they refolved never 
to put it in their Power, or of any Europeans, to hurt 
them ; They adviled me to think what they faid was 
“ an A6l of Friendfhip. This being all I could get 
from them, I difmifled them with fuch Prefents as his 
Grace oroered for that Service, with a Difcharge of 
Cannon ; and received in Return, as regular Vollies of 
tt Shot as I ever heard. In the Night the Wlnchelfea 
diove from her Anchors, which as foon as I perceived, 
^ and had received Capt. hVatfon from the Shore, I got 
tinder Sail, and flood to the Man of War ; this is a 
faithful Report of all I John Braithwaite can recolledt.” 
12 . Mr. Uring having read the above Report of Cap- 
tain Braithwaite, he judged there was like to be little 
good done at ^ St. Vincent, and the fecond Scheme 
on St. Lucia being laid afide, he determined to unload 
all the Stores, and difciiarge the Vellels, and propoled 
to Lieutenant General Matthews, to do it 2 X. Antigua-, 
which he faid he thought could be done with more Eafe 
hnd Security, and in much lefs Time, and would fave a 
great deal of Charge and Trouble, and lefs Hazard than 
2 .tSt. Chrifiophers the Lieutenant General anfwered, that 
in his Houfe at St. Chrijtophers was room enough to hold 
all the Duke’s Stores, and fhould coil his Grace nothing ; 
and, that as he had the Government of that Eland, he 
had fuch an Influence over the People, that the Duke’s 
Servants would be more fecure there, and that he could 
better provide for the Officers, than at Antigua ; and 
furthei faid, that the Servants could be kept together in 
Charles Fort, where they might have an Opportunity to 
difcipline them againfl any new Undertaking ; and ac- 
cordingly afked Leave of General Hart to difcipline them, 
which was granted. Mr. Urmg taking Notice of the 
Advantages tJiat the Lieutenant General propofed, and 
feeing him fo very earneft for the Stores to be lodged at 
St. Chrijtophers, agreed to it, and accordingly ordered 
them down thither, during their attending riie GriffiA% 
Return from her Errand to S/. Vincent and Martinico. 
Mr. Ufbig frequently vifited the Tranfports, to fee 
things were in good Order; Lieutenant General Matthews 
went in tne Charles and Freemafon, to St. Chrijtophers, 
with them ; and as foon as they arrived at that Eland, he, 
in Concert with Mr. Uring, cantoned the Olfcers in 
feveral Places, as there was Conveniency, and they were 
ordered to their refpeftive Qiiarters. They had now four 
Veffels to unload at the fame Time, and at a confider- 
aole Diftance, and a diffcult W^ay to carry the Stores to 
the Store-houfes. Mr. Uring ordered fuch a Number of 
Servants afhore from the Veflels, as he thought ufeful 
for carrying up the Stores •, and Off cers were appointed 
at different Places in the Avenues, to keep the People 
from running into the Country ; but notwithflanding all 
the Care they could take, great Part of them were gone 
by Night. He ordered more afliore next Day, and 
continued^ landing the Stores, Cannon, Arms, Ammu- 
nition, iFc. and as the Cafles very often came to Pieces 
in getting up to the Store-houfes, Mr. Uring, for the moft 
Part, flood by till they were repaired, and was, at leafl, 
thirty times a Day from the Landing-place to the Store- 
houfes, in order to prevent any Embezzlement, and to 
haflen the Work. The Officers thinking the Work too 
hard for them all Day, though they generally ftood in 
one Place, Mr. Uring divided them, the one half to at- 
tend in the Morning, and the other in the Afternoon ; 
though he was obliged to attend the whole Day, in order 
to preferve the Stores, which he hoped was in a good 
Meafure done ; the Goods landing from fo many Veffels 
at one and the fame Time, fo many Sorts loofe, as well as 
in Calks, made it no eafy Matter to keep an exadl Ac- 
count. 
The whole Care of every thing, as well as the Stores, 
was upon Mr. Uring. However the Goods were landed 
and flored, and after the Ships were unloaded, he fearched 
every Ship by Warrant, to fee if there remained any 
thing belonging to the Duke of Montague on board 
them, which the Mailers faid there did not : Several 
Provifions were found on board the Charles and Freemafon, 
md Settlements Book I 
which were put afliore. When every thing was land- 
ed out of the feveral Ships, his next Care was to put 
them in good Order ; many of the Cafks being broken, 
they would not hold the Weight in them, therefore they 
llarted them into other found Cafles and Cheils, which i 
were made for that Ufe. He alfo caufed all the Provifions ^ 
to be turned out of the Store-houfes and looked over, ' 
and fuch as were in Cafles, or wanted Pickle, were put into i 
better, and new pickled; and he directed the worfl: to be : 
firfl fpent. He fitted up a Smith’s Shop, kept the Smiths ; 
and Armourers at Work, and cleaning the Arms, The ; 
Men were difciplined, fo that they could do their Ex- ■ 
ercife very well, and made as regular Fires as the Kino-’s i 
Troops. ° ■ 
Mr. Uring paid off feveral of the Seamen belonging ; 
to the Grijfn Sloop to eafe the Charge, and ordered fuch i 
Servants on board her as were Seamen, and as miany ) 
more as he dared trufc. By that Time they had put ; 
things into tolerable Oraer, the Hopewell arrived, with t 
about ninety Servants and feveral Officers, a great Quan- - 
tity of Provifions, with Cannon, Ammunition, and war- ■ 
like Stores, which were alfo landed ' under the Care of { 
Mr. Uring, who had Letters by this Ship from the Duke = 
of Montague ; which informed him that his Grace was in i 
Treaty for five hundred Englijh Families, and five hun- - 
dred Irijh, which he intended to tranfport to St, Lucia as s 
foon as poflible. The Hopewell brought from Barba- • 
does a Number of live Sheep, which had been carried I 
thither by the Leopard, which was arrived at that Hand, 
laden with Boards, Plank, and Frames of Houfes, for : 
the Ufe of the Colony. 
When Lieutenant General Matthews returned to An- -I 
tigua, he left Mr. Uring his Houfe to live in, where was y 
Room for moft of the Officers. He fent then to acquaint : 
them, that he had Conveniency for them, and defigned ii 
to keep a Table for their Entertainment, confidering it ; 
would be much more convenient and left Charge to his :i 
Grace, for them to keep together, than be feparated. All l! 
the Servants that were not lent to the Planters were lodged 1: 
in the Out-houfes, and due Care was taken both of the 
Sick and the Well, to have their Provifions at proper * 
times, and well ordered. Mr. Uring feldom went to Din- -i 
ner before he faw all the Sick provided, and well ferved 1; 
with frefli Meat and Broth, which was for the moft Part :i 
four times a Week, and thofe that were fick, every Day. . 
The Lame, though there were a great many of them, he 
dreffed himfelf for feveral Days, when he had no Sur- • 
geon. The Servants were all v/ell fupplied out of the li 
Duke’s Stores, with Cloathing and Neceffaries, though li 
they often ftray’d about the Country and fold them, and i' 
then complained to the Planters that they were naked ; .1 
for which they were puniffied and again fupplied. He r 
frequently fent out the Sergeants with Parties, to bring in i 
the Stragglers, and had no little Trouble to keep them in . 
a tolerable Decorum ; he alfo put up Advertifements at 
all the Port Towns, to warn the Mafters of Ships from i. 
entertaining or carrying any of them off the Eland ; and I, 
in the beginning of May fent Captain Kmg in the Griffin r 
Sloop to Barbadoes, to bring down the Runaways from ii 
thence, and fuch Letters as were lodged there from the rt: 
Duke of Montague for him ; and after her return he or- -i 
dered Captain Watfon to careen her, in doing of which l 
ffie funk. 
Mr. Uring having Notice thereof, went to fee her Con- • 
dition, and hired two Sloops to w^eigh her, and the Grif- • 
fin was made again fit for the Sea. Mr. Uring having ; 
been informed that many of his Grace’s Servants had 1. 
made their Efcape to St. Eujtatia, he wrote feveral Let- •: 
ters to the Governor of that Eland, by Officers of the i). 
Dukes, which were fent for that purpofe, to acquaint :: 
him therewith, and to defire him to fecure them, that :■ 
they might be returned to St. Chrijtophers, and accord- 
ingly two Men were brought back from thence. Ele : 
had ordered the Griffin Sloop to Antigua, to lie there du- • 
ring the hurricane Months ; when he had a Letter from i- 
Lieutenant General Matthews, which advifed him that the r 
Duke of Montague had impowered him to have the foie r 
Difpofal of all his Affairs in the Wejt Indies, and fent him u 
a Copy thereof. Mr. Uring then obferved his Direflion, 
until 1: 
