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; A CHRONICLE
REBELLION IN JAMAICA,
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD,
1865.
AND it came to pass in the eighteen hundredth and
sixty-fifth year, in the twenty-eigth year of Victoria,
Queen of Great Britain, and on the eleventh day of
the Month called October, there ruled in the land .
of Jamaica Edward John, surnamed Eyre, and he did : ... ',
rule the land with iron hand doing that which seem-
ed evil in the sight of some, but good in the sight of
others who gained great gain thereby. And by
reasons of the evil that was done there arose a riot
and disturbance in the land, at Morant Bay in the
Parish of Saint Thomas in the East.
AND it was said by Eyre the Governor and those
\ with him, that the rebellion was caused in this wise.




THERE was in Jamaica one George William
surnamed Gordon, a coloured creole, and one among
the wise men of the land. And he was possessed of
much substance being one of the Law-makers of the
land and was a man of great talk, and made at ałłs,
times great prayers and much supplications.
AND there was also one Underhill, a wise scribe
of the sect of the Baptists who dwelt in England, but
nevertheless had journeyed to Jamaica to view the
land and to spy out the nakedness thereof, and had
written many things concerning it and the inhabitants
thereof. --
NOW this Gordon did say in the Meetings of the
Law-makers, and whithersoever he went—“Behold
the people are oppressed on every side and their cry
goeth on high.” And being a man of very great speech
he did say many other bitter things, and put the folks
together by the ears at Saint Thomas in the East;
especially Ketelhodt the Custos with whom he made
inquisition in law. And Gordon was regarded with an
evil eye for nearly all the rulers of the land hated him.
AND (as it is said) he counselled one Paul Bogle
a man of some substance and one who had his own Tem-
ple and who did follow the calling of a Native Baptist
priest, saying “Lo I shall raise a mighty commotion in
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the land and will appoint thee Captain over mine host;
speak thou in the ears of the people of Saint Thomas in
the East saying, thus saith Gordon “Behold the wise
men of the Council and your rulers have sorely op-




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pressed you and have withheld the good from ye even
as Underhill the scribe hath written, and have cast ye
into prison, and the plantermen have withheld from
ye the reward of your labour: ye are naked and can-
not be clothed, hungry and cannot find bread, thirsty
and have not where with to drink save the water of
the streams. Arise, therefore, brethren and let us pun-
ish our oppressors who deny us judgment in the jug-
tice halls. Yea even Ketelhodt the foreign Custos,
Cooke the High Priest, Stephen the Scribe, (his son)
Shortridge one of the head plantermen, Black Price
the friend of Ketelhodt, and Hire and all those that
are in Authority, and those who are not with us. And
we shall send unto Victoria our Queen and say unto
her—“Lo we have been sorely oppressed beyond what
we could bear and we have risen and fought our op-
pressors, but we have not been disloyal unto thee and
thy government. Now therefore we pray thee hearken
unto the voice of our supplication and forgive us these
things and have mercy upon us, seeing we fear thine
anger.” And Gordon spoke this saying, (it was said,)
whithersoever he went, even unto the Parish of Were.
NOW Underhill the Seribe did write unto Card-
well one of the Counsellors of Victoria the Queen
who ruled over the affairs of Jamaica, saying—“Be-
hold the coloured people are in great want in Jamaica
and are much oppressed and cannot get justice meted
out to them—the severe drought hath burnt their fields
and destroyed their flocks and herds and the earth
hath not yielded her increase. Clothes they have not,



*or food, but taxes are placed upon them heavily.
Save them or they perish." -
AND Cardwell wrote unto Eyre the Governor,
and Eyre the Governor copied what he had written
and sent it to the Custodes or Chief Rulers, and to
the High Priests and Scribes of the parishes of Jamai-
ca; even the writing of Underhill. And the Custodes
and Rulers, the High Priests and Scribes, answered
unto Eyre the Governor saying—“Behold Under-
... hill hath spoken evil : the people are no longer in
bond service, they may labour whithersoever they
please, and if they labour well they will be greatly
rewarded. Butlo l they are lazy and content to labour
but little, therefore their reward can not be great.”
And Eyre the Governor reported these writings unto
Cardwell, and Cardwell told Victoria the Queen. r
NOW the laboring men and many more did meet
and gather themselves together in divers parishes,
and did speak many things of their condition, and
made resolutions in writing which they delivered
unto Eyre the Governor that he should send them
unto Victoria the Queen, which he did accordingly.
AND Victoria the Queen did send unto Eyre
the Governor saying, “Make proclamation unto the
people in this wise—“Thus saith Victoria the Queen.
I have heard your supplications, and they are vanity,
for if ye will labour more diligently, ye and the hus-
bandmen will reap exceeding great reward and be J



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prosperous even as my own people. If ye compass
double work assuredly you will earn double pay."
And Eyre the Governor did as he was commanded,
and the writing was called “The Queen's Advice.”
And it seemed the thing displeased the people inas-
much as they said—“Evil men here have told our
Queen to say this unto us.”
AND Paul Bogle went forth unto the people by
stealth and did even as (it is said) Gordon had com-
manded him, saying—“Victoria our Queen hath been
counselled by evil men here as to our condition ;
arise brethren and let us punish this man Eyre, Ket-
elhodt the foreign Custos, and the other ruling men
. and divide the land for an inheritance among us, and
take unto ourselves their women for wives and hand-
maidens and for bond-servants, and their cattle, their
jack asses and she asses, their sheep and their goats,
and they shall be as spoil unto us.” And there was
much discontent among the people, and Ketelhodt
the Custos reported these things unto Eyre the Go-
Vern OT.
BUT the words of Paul Bogle prevailed and they
pleased the people, and they gathered themselves to-
gether and appointed leaders unto themselves, even
Paul Bogle and Moses his Brother, and many more.
And they went forth from Stoney Gut their strong-
hold on the eleventh day of the month of October
unto Morant Bay the chief City of the Parish of Saint



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Thomas in the East, whilst Ketelhodt the Custos and,
the Rulers thereof were sitting in Council. And as they
went they made an exceeding great noise of drums
and horns and of shoutings. And Ketelhodt and the
men in Council were sore dismayed, and entreated:
the people but they heard them not.
AND Ketelhodt the Custos had called out the
Volunteers, in number twenty, under Hitchins their
Captain, and the watch, in number about twenty,
also, under Alberga their Chief. And they kept guard.
before the Hall of Justice in which the Rulers were
assembled.
AND when the Volunteers came forth they
fought valiantly as though they were mighty warriors,
but they being so few in number and having but
ten rounds of cartridges, while the rebels were in ex-
ceeding great multitude, they prevailed over the
Volunteers and slew Hitchins their Captain and
many of them, and put the remnant to flight. And they
slew, also, Ketelhodt the foreign Custos, Alick sur-
named Cooke, and Alfred his brother, Charles sur-
named Black Price, Herschell the Priest, Alberga the
Hebrew the chief of the Watch, and they sorely and
grievously beat old Stephen surnamed Cooke, the
High Priest of the State Church, and father of Alick
and Alfred and Brooks, his sons.
AND they burned with fire the Judgmeut Hall
of the Town and the school thereof, and did plundar



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smany of the dwellings of the inhabitants, and did
gather much spoil, and there was much discomfiture
among the people and many fled and hid themselves
in the bushes and caves in the fasti.esses of the
monntains. And some sickened and died thereof,
AND they sorely wounded Georges the Custos
of Saint David but he escaped from their hands and
HT,
fled unto the house of the figh Priest where he was
hidden by the woman folk, (for he was comely of per-
son) and he wrote from thence unto Bowerbank the
Custos of Ringston saying “Lo I am grievously
wounded with two bullets in my leg and I am the
only white man left alive in the parish to tell these
things; come up therefore quickly and help us.”
AND straightway Bowerbank the Custos sent
messengers unto Eyre the Governor, even where he
dwelt at Flamstead, which is in the mountains of
Port Royal.
AND Eyre the Governor who was then busy with
his fowls and chickens and small stock, arose and gird-
ed up his loins and took horse and went to Spanish
Town the chief city of the land, and sent a decree
unto his Wise men and Conncillors that they should
meet him in Kingston. And when the Council was met
he arose and said—“My people, the affliction is
grievously sore in the land let us go up and confound
the doings of the rebels at Morant Bay. Lo! George
Gordon's talk hath raised a revolt around.”

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AND there arose in the council one O'Connor,
Captain of all the host, and he spake out “Go to O
Eyre, let thy Soul live for ever; wherefore art thou
frightened and dismayed. Peradventure there is no
rebellion in the land but a mild row' such as I have
ere this seen in Ireland. Let some men of the 2nd West
go and spy the land ; their presence alone will dismay
the negroes.” And Eyre the Governor answered and
said unto him “Go then and let thy captains and thy
warriors get ready, and I will e'en myself go down,
peradventure we may meet this Paul Bogle and his
host and slay them.”
AND when they had thus counselled they decreed
that Martial Law should prevail in the County of
Surrey in all the parishes therein save the City and
parish of Kingston. And Martial Law was proclaim-
ed, making every soldier a judge to execute life or
death against the negroes, and all the black people that
were met with were treated as rebels accordingly.
AND straightway O’Connor got ready several of
his band from camp, called first West India Regiment,
in number about one hundred. And they had for
captain over them one Ross ; and they departed in the
evening from Kingston in one of the ships of Victoria
called the Wolverine and went down to Port Royal,
and next morning went on to Morant Bay.
AND not many days after Eyre the Governor
and Heslop the chief of the counsellors well learn-

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ed in the law; Andrew surnamed Lewis, the Captain
of a band ; Ramsay the Provost, a stern man with ti-
ger spiritand a terror to the negroes; Lake and Young,
scribes of the Colonial Standard and Gleaner News-
papers, and eleven other mea, went, down to Morant
Bay in a Gallic ship of vapoir called the Cara-
velle, which had come to Arnold surnamed Malabre,
the Merchantman.
AND it came to pass that the Wolverine arrived
in safety at Morant Bay with the men of war; and
when the host of Paul Bogle saw the smoke of the
Steamer they were discomfited and sore afraid and
great fear came upon them and they fled
AND in those days as there was peace and
guietness in the land before these things, so there were
but few trained men of war, neither had they ships
as heretofore ; and it was even so that the transport
ship “Urgent” did come unto Port Royal to carry
the few trained warriors from thence unto Barbadoes.
But Eyre the Governor again took council with his
Wise Men and they wrote unto the Governor of Barba-
does in this wise saying—“Ilo : the people have risen
in arms against us, send thou over unto us help or we
perish.” And Eyre the Governor also sent by the
steamer Plantagenet to the Isle of Nassau and to the
city of Halifax in the land of Nova Scotia, that they
should send over help unto him. And not many days
after, the steamer Plantagenet did return to Jamaica

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with the warriors of the Second West India Regiment
having Whitfield the Colonel thereof, and also the Ur-
gent did return from Barbadoes with two hundred
and fifty warriors of the Third Buſs, and they did
all land in good order and condition.
AND there dwelt in those days in the land of
Jamaica other men of the race of Ethiopia called
Maroons, mighty hunters of swine, and dwellers in the
fastnesses of the mountains; children of those who had
fled from bondage in the time of yore. And it was
said that Bogle and his band did send Messengers un-
to them saying—“Arise, yo are of our people; skin for
skin, join yourselves unto us and let us slay and kill
and divide the spoil.” But the Maroons hearkened
not unto the evil which was spoken by the messen-
gers, but answered and said unto them——“'The Kings
and Queens of England did give unto our fathers the
land wherein we dwell for an inheritance for ever, and
they made a covenant with us; and Victoria the Queen
and Eyre the Governor have kept unto it and have
been faithful as their fathers swore unto us, where-
fore should we turn aside from them? Get ye hence
lest in our wrath we slay ye.” And the Messengers
departed and returned unto them that had sent them,
and told them the words of the Maroons ; so the
rebels took council among themselves that they should
go forth to battle without the Maroons, and they did
so accordingly.

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AND Eyre the Governor also sent a messenger
unto the Maroons, to wit Fyffe their Colonel, saying
“Behold your fathers have ever been loyal unto the
fathers of Victoria the Queen, and ye have always
hearkened unto our voice and not gone astray after
vain talkers nor have turned from the path of loyalty.
And now certain vain and seditious men have stirred
up strife among the people of Saint Thomas in the
East, yea even from Morant Bay unto Manchioneal,
by the way of the sea as thou goest unto Port Anto-
nio, by way of Mulatto River and to Chigoe Foot
Market. And they have slain the rulers and the
Captains and the Priests and the Scribes, and havé
burned with fire the Judgment Hall, and have made
desolate their habitations and have taken much spoil.
Arise, therefore, and join us and I will appoint over
you a leader, even Fyffe your Colonel, my messenger
to lead you to battle, and ye shall receive exceeding
great reward.” And the Maroons answered and said
“Lo your servants will go up and do battle against
the evil men, and we shall slay them and their wives
and their little ones and drive the remainder of them
from among the people.” Alld Eyre the Governor sent
unto them cloths of serge and shirts of blue flannel
wherewith to clothe themselves, and arms and ammu-
nition; and they went forth with blowing of horns
and dressed in leaves, and did battle against the re-
bels. And they captured Paul Bogle the rebel chief,
and many others as they fled into the caves of Mount
Cunha-Cumha and elsewhere.

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AND it cane to pass whilst these things were
done the inhabitants of Kingston were troubled in
spirit and discomfited, for they feared their lives and
substance were in danger. And they cried unto their
Ruler Custos Bowerbank, saying, “Deliver us O Cus-
tos or we shall perish.” And straightway Powerbank
and O’Connor and the elders of the city took council
and called out Volunteers in n imber aboutsix hundred,
and gave unt them rifles and bayonets and swords
and revolvers even for footmen and horsemen, and
they appointed over them Captains and Lieutenants
and Quarter-masters, Sergeants and Corporals; and
they commanded them to guard the city and the outlets
thereof and to go up and down the streets thereof, by
night, and they appointed also special Constables over
whom dark haired Nairne the Inspector was chief.
AND in the said city of Kingston were many dis-
contented men whom Bowerbank the Custos and
Nairne the inspector seized and sent to Camp to be
put in the custody of Prenderville the Provost and
Anton the Major, there, for safekeeping, from whence
several were put on board the ship of war at Port
Royal called the Aboukir, and from thence were sent
to Morant Bay there to be judged by the Judges in
Court Martial. And there were divers men from Hayti
and other lands, namely, Crosswell the learned Jew,
Soloque that had been ruler of Hayti, and his kinsmen
Lamothe and Solomon that had been captains there

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over the host; one Benuzzi the Italian surnamed the
Painter-man, and very many others, for it was said
they did speak evil in the ears of the people as they
did in Hayti, and that Crosswell and Lamothe had sent
succour unto the rebels at Port Antonio in the ship
called the Oracle, (which they had not done); there-
fore they put Soloque and his kinsmen and Lamothe
and Solomon in the ship of Tarshish and they depart-
ed thence; but Crosswell the learned Jew, inasmuch as
he had tarried long in the land and had his substance
and his wife and his sons and daughters, and his he-
asses and she asses, his buggy, his gelding, his Doctor
Shop and his Wharf, they allowed him to remain, he
giving surety for his good behaviour until the month
of February. As for this Benuzzi, as he had not the
where withal to pay, he would have remained in prison
until this day; but he found favour in the eyes of
Prenderville the Provost and he was allowed to go
whithersoever he would ; and divers others were sent
to Camp, some of which were hanged, and others re-
ceived many stripes and were released from their
bonds.
AND Eyre the Governor having now returned
to Kingston in the ship of war “Wolverine,” Nelson
the Brigadier was left as Chief over the host. And he
pursued the enemy from Morant Bay unto Stoney
Gut, even unto Manchiomeal by way of the sea and
from thence to Chigoe Foot Market, and he smote
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them hip and thigh with the edge of the sword from
the rising of the sun, (killing them like fun, as was
said) albeit no man opposed him. And he took cap-
tives about one thousand, and divers witnesses testi-
fied against them and they were delivered unto Ram-
say the Provost who cast them into prison and they
were judged, some to be hanged and some to be
“catted,” and which Ramsay the Provost did with
exceeding great glee.
AND whilst these things were being done Gor-
don remained at his house round about Kingston
(being ill of a fever) and his mind was sore troubled ;
and he went unto Fiddes the physician, a man cun-
ming in herbs and medicaments, and Fiddes said unto
Gordon—“Gordon my friend” and Gordon said “Here
am I Fiddes 7" And Gordon told Fiddes of the evils
that were upon him and how the rulers and the people
said he had stirred up strife and sedition among them
and that he had not done this evil. And Fiddes
answered Gordon saying—“Thou hast well spoken,
hearken thou unto me; let us go up even now unto
O'Connor the Captain of all the host and yield thyself
unto him, peradventure if thou hast not dome this
evil it may be well with thee.” And Gordon said “Is
thy servant mad that he should dream of murder *
And Fiddes said—“As the Queen liveth, go up with
me.” And the words of Fiddes prevailed and they
went unto O'Connor, the Captain of all the host, and
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Gordon was made captive even by Eyre the Gover-
“Thou art the traitor I was seeking
nor who said
for. Lo! I have caught thee.” And straightway Bower-
bank took Gordon and put him on board the Wol-
verine to go unto Morant Bay to be judged by the
Judges. And divers false witnesses testified against
Gordon, how he had called the people together and
did write evil placards and many other acts and deeds,
and Gordon was adjudged with seventeen others and
delivered over unto Ramsay the Provost, who hung
Gordon under an arch for a gallows; and the gallows
of Gordon exceeded in height by many cubits. And
Gordon, being killed, slept with his fathers and trou-
bled Eyre the Governor no more.
AND there was in the land the Captain of a thou-
sand, named Hobbs, leader of the band called the 6th
Royal Regiment, and he gathered his mighty men of
war and unto him joined one Jackson, a servant of Wic-
toria the Queen and an old Indian General, and they
arose and left New Castle and went over the mountains
of Port Royal unto Monklands in the parish of Saint
David as thou goest to Chigoe Foot Market. And at
Monklands they made captives and slew many of the
people, in number more than two hundred—and they
journeyed thence towards Stoney Gut, called the for-
tified city of the rebels; and behold their journey was
sore and grievous to them although no man opposed
them ; the windows of heaven were opened and great
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floods came, but by means of beef and rum and biscuits
they were kept alive, and they came unto Stoney Gut.
But behold when they came thereat the rebels had
fled. So they burned the city and the temple that Paul
Bogle had therein, whereof he was the priest, and car-
ried away the lamp as an offering unto Eyre the Go-
vernor and he kept it as a trophy and as a token of
victory, and it remains in Spanish Town at a house
called the “Queen's House” until this day. And Hobbs
and his men returned unto Monklands, and at that
same place, Hobbs captured a little negro boy, even
the armour-bearer of Paul Bogle, and Hobbs tied him
with a cord to the trappings of his horse, and held a
revolver to his head, as the saying of Hobbs was that
“they should understand each other.” And by this
means he compelled him to point out, right or wrong,
of the people who clave unto Paul Bogle. And so the
little negro boy, by means of the pistol was made to
point out many men, and told Hobbs they were the
Generals and Captains and leaders of the rebel host.
And Hobbs who desired to stand well with the plan-
ters took these men and shot them unto death and
flung their bodies into the brooks and the rivers and
gave their bodies to be a prey unto the John Crow Wul-
tures.
AND there was a saying of Paul Bogle ; Let his
tabernacle be made desolate, let every man's hand be
against him, and of his cocoanuts and cames let not
another take. And the saying remained until this day.

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AND Hobbs went unto Somerset and there met by
night a large body of people, about 300 in number, and
when he would have captured them they fled into the
gullies and defiles of the mountains whither he durst
mot follow them, but he heard their voices close at
hand, yet neither could he capture any nor see them.
And he waxed wroth, and he wrote unto O'Connor
the Chief saying—“The rebels have treated us coward-
Fy, inasmuch as they have liot stood up against us, nor
given us a chance of having a shot at them.” There-
fore Hobbs ranged over the surrounding country and
burnt the houses, and desolated the fields from whence
the people had fled, and he returned unto his place
through Monklands unto Newcastle.
NOW all the rest of the acts of Hobbs, and his
might, and how he warred, and how he wrote, how
he presided at a Missionary Meeting, how he made
those he called rebels hang each other, how he was
Chairman at the Examination of the Collegiate School
in Kingston; and how he catted the people and made
his men sing psalms, and all his other doings, are they
not written in the pages of the “Colonial Standard,”
“The Guardian,” and the “Gleaner *
WHILST these things were being done, the
Court Martials that Eyre and his Council had appoint-
ed, continued to sit and to judge the people. And many
innocent were brought thither from the far parishes
where there was no \lartial Law yea, even Bruce the

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physician, and Phillips the Maroon, from Vere, Levien
the chief scribe of the “County Union,” from Mon-
tego Bay, and divers persons from Spanish Town, the
city of Eyre the Governor, and from other places.
And all these were sent to Morant Bay to be hanged,
if Nelson would so please Eyre the Governor.
NOW the Scribes that had been sent from King-
ston with Lake and Young, wrote all these things
unto them that had sent them forth. And among the
sayings of one was, “That the bodies of the slain were
packed in holes like unto Sardines in a tin, and the
stench of them was great, and stank in the nostrils
of the dwellers thereabouts, insomuch that he feared
it might bring on some pestilence.”
NOW after sundry days, that is to say in the self
same month of () ctober, Eyre took council with him-
self, for he saw that the rebels had been subdued, and
their Chief slain ; wherefore he issued a decree unto
the People proclaiming pardon and a general amnesty
to all those who, having arms to lay down would
lay them down, accordingly, and who had not been
guilty cf murder, nor had set fire to dwellings and
canefields. Nevertheless the Seldiers and the Courts-
Martial continued to hang and flog, even as though
no decree was issued. For the idea of an amnesty
displeased Hosack, as the saying went forth from
him that, “Rebellion was Hydra-headed, one head
springing up as often as another was cut off.”
AND great rewards were offered unto the Ma-
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roons for the capture of Paul Bogle and other rebels,
but they refused to take it, and said, “What we have
done was but our duty to do, as we (and our fathers)
covenanted with Victoria, the Queen and her fore-
fathers to do.” Therefore it seemed good unto Eyre the
Governor to do honor unto them ; and he decreed
and sent writings unto the Maroons that they should
come with Fyffe their chief into Kingston and Spanish
Town, and from thence unto Accompong Town in the
parish of Saint Elizabeth ; there to greet their fellows
who dwelt in that part of the land. And he gave
orders unto all the Rulers in Kingston and Spanish,
Town, and to all the villages they should pass through,
that they should do great honor unto them, and kill the
fattest saltfish (and prepare the saltest pickled pork
according to the feasting of the tribe), and they should
welcome them with banquets and rejoicings. But
this came not from his pocket for the country had to
pay the bill thereof.
AND as Eyre, the Governor, was determined to
do something for his friend Fyffe, he wrote him say-
ing—“Lo take thou the lion's and the chief share of
Bogle's head money.” But Fyffe being more of a
gentleman than his Tempter refused, saying - “No I
I will have no blood money to sully my hands.” And
Eyre was vexed at this reply but halted not in his
determination with the Miaroons, so he conferred fur-
ther with his Chiefs and acted by their counsel.
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ACCORDINGLY Bowerbank, the great Custos
of Kingston, commanded that the Volunteers of Foot
and Horse, and they that drew great guns, should
assemble on the high road as thou goest from King-
ston unto Morant Bay, to do honor unto the Maroons,
and should march with them to the Court House and
there disport themselves ; and the host of the Volun-
teers assembled straightway, in number about six
hundred, and much people. And it came to pass
that about mid-day a blowing of cow horns and shout-
ings were heard, which were the horns and shoutings
of the Maroons ; and behold the Maroons came with
Fyffe at their head riding in front upon a gallant
horse, and he had around his hat green leaves as had
his companions. And as for the Maroons what with
the strong rum they had drank, and with laughter at the
folly of the Governor and the people whose relatives
they had shot dead in the woods, they shouted and
leaped for joy. And the saying passed from one to
another of them—“Which are the greatest asses; the
Negroes whose fathers and brothers we have shot, or
the Governor and his Chiefs who have provided for
us such a savory repast Let us thank God we are
neither Niggars nor Buckras.
AND the Host of the Volunteers presented arms,
and the people shouted with a great shout, and the
horsemen went before the Maroons, and the rest of
the Volunteers (fools) followed after, the Maroons being
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in the midst. And they went along to the Court House,
where was assembled Eyre, the Governor, and the
Rulers of the people, and, (to their shame be it writ-
ten) many of the chief women. And Eyre the Gover-
nor spoke unto the Maroons saying, “Behold you
have been faithful unto Viotoria the Queen as your
forefatheps were, and haye hunted out the Rebels from
the mountain fastnesses and from their strongholds as
you do the swine, and have burned with fire their has
bitations, and laid desolate their fields, and in fact
have done many great acts and deeds, and ye have
taken no reward, but nevertheless great shall be youp
reward from Victoria our Queen.” And the Maroons
shouted, and cried with a loud voice, “O Gover-
nor, we for ever will be faithful unto Victoria the
Queen, her children, and her children's children for
ever.” And they went up into the hall of Justice
where a feast was prepared for them, and there was
music and great rejoicings. And the Volunteers,
each of whom boasted he had shot his half-dozen re-
bels for his own share of the glory, made feasts, and
all the people were merry that day,
AND the Maroons journeyed next to Spanish
Town the chief City, and from thence to Accompong
Town through the Parishes of Clarendon and Man-
chester, and whithersoever they went they were
greeted with tomfoolery and rejoicings, and they
returned by way of the parish of Saint Ann's unto

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their own homes of Scott's Hall, Moore Town, and
Charleston in the parishes of Metcalfe and St. George.
But even yet the folly was not over.
FOR, though there was nothing whatever to be
afraid of the Volunteers under their Captains went
up and down the city of Kingston, and guarded the
outlets thereof for thirty days, and when the thirty
days were accomplished Eyre, the Governor, and his
Councillors and the Princes of the people thanked
them and said—“Ye have done well, return to your
homes in peace.” But Bowerbank, the Custos, and
Fingzies, the Captain, and divers other Captains said
unto the Volunteers—“Ye shall not thus depart, but
rather ye shall stay and guard the city and do
more tomnoddysm in the streets thereof.” But the
Volunteers grumbled one to another among them-
selves, saying “Lo, even Eyre the Governor hath dis-
missed us, why, therefore, should we be troubled ,
any more ?”
AND there arose a man of mighty stature, one of
Fingzies band, and he said—“Let Bowerbank the
Custos and Fingzies the Captain come unto me and I
will tell them I'll see them jamned first.” But Fingzies
the Captain and Bowerbank the Custos heard him not,
or peradventure they would have cast him into prison
there to remain until he should have paid shekels of
gold and shekels of silver. And one who stood near by
rebuked him and said—“Beware how thou speakest,
for Fingzies the Captain is an austere man, and an
angry one, and Bowerbank the Custos is a powerful
man, and a ruler of the people, and they suffer not
that men speak evil of them in the gates, and they
will wax wroth and thou shalt be put to shame in the
face of the people.” And the Volunteer answered and
said, “Yea, let it be even so; they may do with me as
it seemeth good unto them, I fear them not.”
BUT the next day whilst Bowerbank the Custos,
and Fingzies the Captain, thought on these things, it
was shown unto them that they had not done what
was lawful and right. So they sent unto the Volun-
teers and said unto them—“Depart and go unto your
homes until the meat rebellion, then we shall require
A you.” And the anger of the Volunteers was ap-
peased for they knew that that time would never be;
and they returned unto their homes and dwelt there
in peace, and peace prevailed in the land.
AND Eyre the Governor wrote just as much of
all these things as he thought safe, unto Victoria the
Queen. And Cardwell her scribe wrote back in re-
turn saying—“Well done thou good Governor, great
_º things are in store for thee.” For as yet he knew
— . not ulti-
AND after all these things the ship of war called
the Duncan came up into Kingston harbour, havin
* on board Hope, the Admiral and Chief of the navy of T-
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Victoria in the West Indies. And it being Christmas
time many of the inhabitants of Kingston and else-
where went on board, and were shown all the cun-
ning works of the ship, and they made merry and
there were great rejoicings; and peace was restored in
the land, for the rebellion was forgotten in cham-
paigne, and music, and gallivanting. -
Now, as for the trials of the Political Prisoners,
and for the coming of the Royal Commission, and
for the “great things” in store for Eyre the Gover-
nor, and how the great “Bulls of Bashan” roared
at home, and how the Calves of Kingston answered
them—these things are yet to be written, and will be
recorded, in the SECOND part of the true CHRO-
NICLE OF THE REBELLION.
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Here endeth the FIRST PART of Gur TRUE
CHRONICLE.