. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. I, 'm SOUTH AMERICA. 193 iueliiiation to become civilized. Some IiulimiN who have 'i'lnnu nccompanied 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, theri^ in a large shed, open on all sides, built for them by order of gover
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. I, 'm SOUTH AMERICA. 193 iueliiiation to become civilized. Some IiulimiN who have 'i'lnnu nccompanied 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, theri^ in a large shed, open on all sides, built for them by order of government. Hither the Indians come, M'ith moiikieN, parrots, boM's and arrows, and Pegalls. They Hell tlwHH to the white men for money, and too often purchase rtnn with it, to which they are wonderfully aiUlicted, Government allows them annual presents in t>rder to have their services, when the colony deems It net'esHary to scour the forests in (piest of runaway negroes, For- merly these expeditions were headed by CharU's l<)diiion- stone, Esq., now of Cardross-park, near Uumbartou. This brave colonist never returned from tlie woods witltout being victorious. Once, in an attack upon the rebel ne- groes' cauip, he led the way and received two balls In his body ; at tlie same moment that he was wounited, two of his Indians fell dead by his side ; he recovered al'fer his life was despaired of, but the balls could never be extracted. I do not believe that there is a single Indian In <â¢/'- cidnrai derant Dutch Guiana who can read or M'rUe, nor am I aware that any white man has reduced their langnagt* to the rules of grannnar; some may have ujade ii short manuscript vocabulary of the few necessary words, but that is all. Here and there a white man, and some few 2c Kl^' V. mm % .:;i 4. ^^'i ^^iif :/ â if'^L \'-}--hm. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
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