, 1866-01-05

'ClmarrOneS corrupted into MarOOns),
which means IA wild people, The word
is so used in Cuba and the old Spanish
South American States, At the time
that Colonel Guthrie undertook their
paciica'ion in 1873 Cudjoe, "a fugitive
slave, had united all The wanderers in
the forest under the old Spanish nam Of
Cjmarr0nes or Maro0us. Their depre-
dalions on the inland plantations had
been checked by a line Of forts and bar
racks, with bodies Of rangers Scourging
the reversible wood from time to time
with trained dogs. The original Maroons
the negroes who had held the fas'ness-
es Of The interior from after the expulsion
ct the SpaniardS-wtra the tree on
which the iactitioos gratis Of the runa-
ways had established themselves. The
Old stock hli been absorbed Ivy The new
growth, and the primitive t:unk was
lost IN the cIIngIng parasites. The Ma
rOOn settlements were in the eastern and
midland mountains. The strength Of Tho
men consolidated under CuIjoe, the ia
nous chief of l74O, was u body Of Cara
manteeS, first gathered frOM a rebellion
that hld orcurred in 1000, and afterwards
augmented Ivy runaWays Of He me VA.
ton. The camp of th~s. flgiGves was
in the peculiar mounIaiu ho,'ows cal ed
cockpit>,-a line Of precipitOuS valleys
in the centre If the island, unitrd by
narrow dcfilrs, that linked thtm in mini
cate labyrInthS, unassailab'e as hiding
places. Colonel john Guthrie, dufing
the ADMINISTRATION Of Sir Edward TIE
Iawny in 1889, merits the record on his
tomb, still existing 1T Cross Paths in
WeStmorlini, rs the man who's cOUtdgc,
So"duct, aud perseverance clF.cled The
reduction of the rebel regloe>,' aud TO
whom the living owed their quiet, peace,
and safety When he penetrated tle<e
maze>, and effected, by address and coai-
dence, the submission which me aces
could not ext0rt, it was evident that no
garrison could oyeraWe or keep in RS
traint the hOrdcS that 0cCupiel them.
Nnlhing was more obvious than that OF
rendering them Subsrrvient by treaty to
police purposes III the forest. From
this time the llaroous were organized rs
a holy of frnciblrs, moving between the
stations called NJ ,rnon Towns as a mount
ed police, to bring in runaWays The
TreIawny Town Mlroons under Cudine
gave in Immediately their adhesion to
The Government on condition that they
should remain Il separate Municipality
wholly under officers of heir own body,
save only in respect of The resident SUI
perintrndeut, who should be- an Euro
pean stranger. The Accomporg Ma
rooms OF S.. Elizabeth, the Scolt'S-haIl
Maroons Of st, Mary's, and The Moore
town MaroonS of the eastern mountains,
accepted the same pacifcation. From
that time to 1895 nothing occurred 10
ilnprach their 6IeIify. During the adj
mlniStration of the Earl Of BalcarreS the
rebel ion of the TreIawny-t0wn Maroons
in l795-thr most formidable menace to
the tr"nqnithty of tue country, nntvee-
dent to the insurrrction of I93O-was on
ly brought to an end by the dreaded pre-
partition for hunting down the rpvoIiers
with dogs, under The guidance of Chas-
SrurS from Cuba. The traditions of the
old dog wars as they called the old time
chevles for runaways, whatever might
have been the brutality of'them, wQuld
hard y have frightened the rebels Mo
terms. An accident, however, showeA
that now, by the aid of 6ercer dogs lhanN
Those of old, they might he extermiiated.
One of the hounds had been ~unmuzzled
by his Chasseur master to allow him 10