Litchfield enquirer., 1839-09-26

and interesting account o. private e.en,l
nation Of Cinquez, Cor yingua. rs il should Ds
spelledo and one Of his comrades named
Bowie, which took place on Tuesday morn
Ing. During the Investigation it was ascer'
tanned that the prisoners speak six dialects
andrthose in whose behalf Mr. I. y acting
are very DESTROYS Of obtaining the assistance
of native Africans who were born near tnt
sources of the Niger. or in Mandingo. OF whs
can converse readily in the SusOos KISS
Maudingo or Gallinas dialects Several O
the prisoners continue sick-two dangerous
~ so. One Of thesick men, yoOah, writes ~
some unknown Language. which docs not e sP ?,
pear to be Arabic. Mr.. Tappan states tna'
both yingua and Bowie "appeared to Havc
some idea Of a good Spirit. and also ), =. "a
evil Spirit. They said, " God IS goOa .aSe
If they told lies. the evil spirit Wousu 49,
Them soYneuhere. they did not Know Wnefe'
Jin0na hnl heen asked if he did not Know
sfhaS Cad would punish him If he did not
sneak the truth, ahd he replied, yes ana
added. in his own language. me yen no a.s
me tell the truth" Jingua said ne knew
tbat if they do good they will go to God. and
If they are bad the evil one will get them
On being asked where God was, he pointed
upwards"
OF the result of the examination we are
compelled for want of room to limit our ex-
tracts. twill be found by them that wrong
impressions have gained currency in relation
to some of the facts connected with this nov
ell affair. as
sJingua repeated that he left his father,
mother, wife and three children in Africa,
and Bowles said he left his mother, three bro
theirs and three sisters at his native place.
They stated that they had been in battles IN
their own country, using niuskets, but mad
never been kidnappers. would never take
NO r,f nysa said IinNlla. Da1t
would always defend myself. Bowie said
his oldest brother was in debt, and they sold
him to pay il. They have no money tnere'
said he, and trade away men instead OF mo-
i1ey. They often trade people away TO the
Epaniards for powder and guns. Bowie SAID
there was great slavery 10 0aliinas, This
IS the place where Don Blanco, the great
slave trader, pussues his hellish business. i
They stated that they were brought down
! the country to the coast. and were chained
when put on board the SLAYER. which was
brig. II was crowded with slaves there be-
! ing 200 men, 500 women, and "plenty OF
children. Jingua here got down on the
floor 10 show us how they were slowed on
board, then moved about on his knees and
as he rose put his hand on the top OF his head,
TO indicate how low the deck was. They
said their sufferings were great on the pas
sage, and several Of their number had died.
They stated that they were nearly two
months going TO Havana. There they were
put ashore at the city in the night, and iron
ed hand and foot. Besides this every two
were chained together at the wrist and BY
The Am;ataii Il was IN The evening. and they
sailed abont milnight. Their irons were
shcv ,taIren M. \ Some sient below. and the
rf.at an deck. Two 81 the Gpaniards on
board were armed vim mnskets. The cap.
tair, ~ IA achonner v,as verv er,,el he beat
lhem N, ma haad Syerv hard with any thing
he conlas catch. and he Kent them almost
staryed. [The fact stated IN the examina-
don before J0dee Judson, that the captain
sought TO auell their rising by ordering the
cabin boy to throw biscuit among them,
,reerns Y, confirm this.l They say there was
~ norson an bonrd thS schooner beside them.
ssives ana comrades, and Inc captain, the
two Spaniards, The cabin boy, The cook, and
lwO uisn who acted as guard. The cook
was mulatt0, and the cabin boy is q negro.
Jinaua and Bowie both said thew were down
Al the hold. and did not see the 1ight.
Antonio. who ear sneak onlv IN the Span.
ish lanc,,ace. which Ire African Interpreter
well ynderstands. said he was rather over
fourteen wears III are, that he was born Al
Havana, and had been q servant Of the Can
tain Of the Amistad He had been attached
me had made reculas Trims f,ori, Havana 81
Princine Win siayes. iii vW;rar. Ts ,r..'l ths
Msrshai hera go sh.t IL s.s'..r,,e Es,'iS
80 ~ A,,..;...,s IN. 80 49, NV
4sraSs f,srs $3.50. h.;s. 4, n, 1872, ~ W.
IA Lave sras he " " go -. ~
,crs h,sds,, "a ~, dsrss - ~ ~ ~ ~
s,sInoarv T.c.,, osI.sr $780, 49,. $500 y
Shss $3.50, h,,;it ~ 80 a.,:aa..sss, ~
serJaJ n. sisS.r /. s;rs ~ ~. ss.,sa e ~
IN si,i M ana verv Iarrs 80 Ia la
S Saago W. wortn eoout @cUUU; Inc negroes
- ~ uuLing a,I Wea!nsfA ana
some Of lne GOODS are much damaSeds 50 that