The one that "He would command his
Cimaroons which hated the Spaniards, especially the soldiers extremely,
to spare his life; which he doubted not but they would do at his
charge." The other was, that "seeing he was a soldier, and assured him,
that they should have that night more gold, besides jewels, and pearls
of great price, then all they could carry (if not, then he was to be
dealt with how they would); but if they all found it so, then it might
please our Captain to give unto him, as much as might suffice for him
and his mistress to live upon, as he had heard our Captain had done to
divers others: for which he would make his name as famous as any of them
which had received like favour."
Being at the place appointed, our Captain with half his men [8 English
and 15 Cimaroons], lay on one side of the way, about fifty paces off in
the long grass; JOHN OXNAM with the Captain of the Cimaroons, and the
other half, lay on the other side of the way, at the like distance: but
so far behind, that as occasion served, the former company might take
the foremost mules by the heads, and the hindmost because the mules tied
together, are always driven one after another; and especially that if we
should have need to use our weapons that night, we might be sure not to
endamage our fellows.
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