 | Thomas Coke - 1811 - 560 pages
...woods, when a supplication for mercy was brought him from the enemy, and 260 of them soon afterward surrendered, on no other condition than a promise...was spilt after the dogs arrived in the Island"— 'Edwards, Vol. I. p. 568-9. is a point which hardly at present admits of any controversy ; and that... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1819 - 644 pages
...but a short way in the woods, when a supplication for mercy was brought him from the enemy, and 260 of them soon afterwards surrendered on no other condition...up. It might be supposed therefore, that no question could have arisen whether the treaty was observed or not, on the part of the Maroons. Nevertheless... | |
 | 1836 - 562 pages
...other condition than a promise of their lives. 'It is pleasing to observe,' add.s Bryan Edwards, ' that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived in the island.' The war, as is well known, terminated with the expatriation of the Maroons in June, 1796, to Halifax... | |
 | 1848 - 874 pages
...surrendered, on no other condition than a promise of their lives. 'It is pleasing to observe,' adds Edwards, ' that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived in the island.' Those who had actually borne arms were soon after transported to Halifax in North America, and ultimately... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...on no other condition than a promise of their lives. " It is pleasing to observe," adds Edwards, " that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived the island." Those who had actually borne arms were soon after transported to Halifax in North America,... | |
 | 1848 - 638 pages
...on no other condition than a promise of their livee. " It is pleasing to observe," adds Edwards, " that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived in the island." Those who had actually borne arms were soon after transported to Halifax in North America, and ultimately... | |
 | Frederick Albion Ober - 1900 - 332 pages
...Maroons than they hastened to sue for peace. " It is pleasing to observe," says the ancient historian, " that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived in the island." A pacification was arranged within a week, or on the 21st of December, 1796, and in June of next year... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1904 - 384 pages
...trained soldiers. At any rate, they immediately sued for peace, and, as an old historian tells us, " It is pleasing to observe that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived in the island." Peace was made within a week, and in the next year the chief offenders were sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia,... | |
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... surrendered on no other condition than a promise of their lives. It is pleasing to observe, that not a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived in the island. 