. The storied West Indies . id, as the shells came whizzing into thetown, and, bursting, scattered death on every baud. Da buckra man firs he fire big ball arter you, andden de big ball heself fire nudder arter yon ! Dis buckra more cunnin dan tudder! As stealthy and cunning as American Indians, theseforest-born Maroons skulked through the woods onall sides of the noisy troops, but always out of sightuntil the right moment for delivering their fire withmost fatal effect. Finding that they could not subdue the Maroonsby methods used in civilized warfare, the Jamaicansin 1737 resolve
. The storied West Indies . id, as the shells came whizzing into thetown, and, bursting, scattered death on every baud. Da buckra man firs he fire big ball arter you, andden de big ball heself fire nudder arter yon ! Dis buckra more cunnin dan tudder! As stealthy and cunning as American Indians, theseforest-born Maroons skulked through the woods onall sides of the noisy troops, but always out of sightuntil the right moment for delivering their fire withmost fatal effect. Finding that they could not subdue the Maroonsby methods used in civilized warfare, the Jamaicansin 1737 resolved to import some Indians from theMosquito Coast, and as these last were greater adeptsat bushfighting even than the wild negroes, they soonran them down and brought them to bay. Tn 1738,the scene of war having shifted to another portionof the island, a treaty of peace was concluded withthe Maroons at Trelawney Town, under CaptainsCudjoe, Accompong, Johnny, Cuffee, Quaco, andseveral other negroes, their dependents and adher-. M 218 THE STORIED WEST INDIES ents, who have been in a state of war and hostility,for several years past, against our sovereign lord theking, and the inhabitants of this island, wherebythey were assured their liberty forever, granted alarge tract of land in the mountains, and permittedunrestricted trade with the whites. On their partthe Maroons agreed to maintain the peace, to returnall runaway slaves that should seek an asylum withthem, and to render aid in quelling local insurrec-tions and repelling any foreign invader. In 1760they were put to the test when a terrible outbreak oc-curred of the fierce Koromantyn blacks, who com-mitted fearful atrocities. A party of Maroons cameto the assistance of the whites, and made great showof zeal, ranging the woods for several days, andfinally appearing with a large number of ears,which they averred they had cut from the heads ofnegroes they had killed, but which, it was later ascer-tained, they had procured from bla
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