 | James Biggs - 1811 - 334 strani
...La Vela de Coro, the city of Coro, and other places ; all of which we have just evacuated. L «•, The Spaniards would have nothing to say to us. They...viewed him as a marauder whom .they were to fly from, orxlestroy, instead of a deliverer to be made welcome. There was no sign of any partisans of his in... | |
 | James Biggs - 1811 - 356 strani
...in the service thirty dollars per month, which is four times more than is now offered to new re107 The Spaniards would have nothing to say to us. They...country- They viewed him as a marauder whom they were t<^ fly from, or destroy, instead of a deliverer to be made welcome. There was no sign of any partisans... | |
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August 13th, 1806, Miranda and his men took to sea towards Aruba. " The Spaniards would have nothing to say to us ", wrote Biggs the next day on board the Leander. " They had no thoughts of accepting our proffer of liberty; and we could not oblige them... 