[en] The installation of the Jesuits at the start of the 18th century allowed the gathering together of the indian populations around their missions. That of the river Sinnamary was one of the most flourishing, up until its' disparition c. 1759-60. From this moment onwards, we are able to follow the evolution of the new settlement of Sinnamary and the chaotic relations between the colonists and the indians with more ease. The continual exchange of correspondance between the home-country (the Minister of the Navy and of the Colonies, Choiseul) and the local administration (the Governer Fiedmond) allows us to seize the misunderstandings which existed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The new colony was under a trial period and was subjected as such to researches, inquests and reports on the organisation of the town, the relations with the Indians and the Blacks (slaves who had revolted against their Dutch masters) and on the ideal implantation for the settlers ... Life, however, carried on rather badly for this mixed and varied population jailbirds, Canadian immigrants fleeing the English ... ) of wide ethnic origins : Creoles, Germans and French ail rubbed shoulders with the increasingly distant Indians. They developed an economy based mainly on agriculture (cotton growing and turtle rearing) and crafts. The administration was very, not to say too present (police, colonial security, hospital). Little by little, the demographic force of the Creoles won over the low birth-rate of the white settlers. The arrival of a boat-load of politicians bannished by the French Revolution (including some famous names) and non-juring priests at the end of the 18th century provided the only contingent of any consequence (albeit ephemeral and derisory) for a colony which was still looking for its' lifes' ideals in the middle of the 19th century.

[es] La instalación de los jesuitas al principio del siglo XVIII permitió reunir a las poblaciones indigenas alrededor de sus misiones. La de Sinnamary es una de las mas florecientes hasta su desaparici6n hacia 1759-60. A partir de esta fecha, podemos seguir mas facilmente la evolución dei nuevo pueblo de Sinnamary y las relaciones caóticas entre los colonos y los indigenas. Los intercambios Résumé frecuentes de correspondencia entre la metrópoli (ministerio de la marina y de las colonias, Choiseul) y la administraci6n local (el gobernador Fiedmond) permiten comprender mejor los desacuerdos existentes de un lado al otro dei Atlantico. La nueva colonia se ensaya y, como tal, es el objeto de investigaciones, de encuestas y de informes sobre la organización dei burgo, sobre las relaciones con los indigenas y los mulatos (esclavos sublevados contra los patrones holandeses) y sobre el establecimiento ideal para los colonos ... Pero sin embargo la vida se perpetua mas bien mal entre esta poblacion heterogénea (amnistiados, inmigrantes canadienses huyendo de los ingleses), de culturas multiples: criollos, alemanes, franceses, al lado de indigenas cada vez mas distantes. Asi se desarrolla una economia principalmente agricola (cultivo dei algodón , custodia de tortugas), artesanal, don de la administración esta muy, incluso demasiado, presente (policia y seguridad de la colonia, hospital). La fuerza demografica de los criollos suplanta poco a poco la escasa natalidad de los primeros colonos blancos. La lIegada en los primeros anos de un contingente de hombres pollticos exiliados por la Revoluci6n (entre los cu ales figuran grandes nombres) y, de sacerdotes rebeldes, proporciona el unico contingente consecuente, tan efimero e insignificante, para una colonia que busca todavia un ideal de vida a mediados dei siglo XIX.