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lights which the mutineers had imprudently with them), and imme- 
diately after to rush upon them with the bayonet. 
“ I had just given these orders when Major Wright arrived, and 
informed me that the mutineers had halted within fifty or sixty 
yards of Major Kinnard’s post, and had sent forward to offer the 
conditions on which they would surrender. The negotiations were 
intentionally protracted until daylight on the 24th, which having 
terminated in the unconditional surrender of the whole party, the 
attempt to rescue Colonel Broughton became unnecessary. 
“ The first proposals sent to me by the mutineers were, ‘ that 
grievances must be redressed, and a promise given that the soldiers 
should have regular issues of spirits from the stores to which I 
sent word by Major Wright, ‘ that 1 would grant no terms ; 1 could 
not treat with rebels, and that if they did not instantly surrender, I 
would put every man to the sword.’ 
“Major Wright soon after returned, and told me the mutineers 
hoped I would grant terms ; and it was suggested by some persons 
around me that , the life of Colonel Broughton would be in great 
danger if the attack were made. To this suggestion I replied, that 
the mutineers having possession of the Lieutenant-Gfovernor would 
be no security to themselves ; and I returned them a second 
message, apprizing them of this resolution, and that I would 
instantly order them to be fired upon, and the whole destroyed, if 
they did not submit. Upon receiving this reply, they began to 
waver, and they finally proposed to Majors Wright and Hodson 
that all they would now ask was my promise of pardon ; but this I 
positively refused, and at the same time informed them, if they did 
not yield unconditionally, that Major Kinnard had now received 
my orders to put the whole of them to death. It was now daylight, 
and, seeing a superior force opposed to them, they at length 
surrendered, saying they would trust to my mercy. 
“ Of about two hundred men that sallied at night from James- 
town, upon this mad and desperate enterprise, only seventy-five 
remained together in the morning.” 
The mutineers were then confined as prisoners at High Knoll, 
where on the following day (Christmas-day) nine of them, being 
ringleaders in the matter, were tried by court-martial and sentenced 
to death. Within a very short time after their sentence six of these 
were hung at High Knoll. 
