SOUTH AMERICA. 
179 
but that he remembers little or nothing of his grand- THIRD 
o o .TOURNKY 
father. 
They are very jealous of their liberty, and much 
attached to their own mode of living. Though those 
in the neighbourhood of the European settlements 
have constant communication with the whites, they 
have no inclination to become civilized. Some 
Indians who have accompanied white men to Europe, 
on returning to their own land, have thrown off 
their clothes, and gone back into the forests. 
In George-town, the capital of Demerara, there 
is a large shed, open on all sides, built for them by 
order of government. Hither the Indians come with 
monkies, parrots, bows and arrows, and pegalls. 
They sell these to the white men for money, and too 
often purchase rum with it, to which they are won¬ 
derfully addicted. 
Government allows them annual presents in order 
to have their services, when the colony deems it 
necessary to scour the forests in quest of runawa}" 
negroes. Formerly these expeditions were headed 
by Charles Edmonstone, Esq. now of Cardross-park, 
near Dumbarton. This brave colonist never returned 
from the woods without being victorious. Once in 
an attack upon the rebel negroes’ camp, he led the 
way, and received two balls in his body; at the 
same moment that he was w r ounded, tw r o of his 
Indians fell dead by his side ; he recovered after his 
life was despaired of, but the balls could never be 
extracted. 
Since the above appeared in print, I have had the 
N 2 
