Few of the whites escaped this ferocious onset, and the
shell-delivering howitzers remained in Cudjoe's hands.
Despairing of conquering the forest-born Maroons by the arts of civilized
warfare, the British were driven to try a new method. In 1737 they brought
from the Mosquito coast a number of Indians, who were fully the equal of
the negroes in bush fighting. These were launched upon the track of the
Maroons and soon ran them down in their mountain fastnesses. From Nanny
Town the seat of war shifted to another quarter of the island, but at
length the Maroons, finding their new foes fully their match in their own
methods, consented to sign a treaty of peace with the whites, though only
on the terms that they should retain their full freedom.
The treaty was made in 1738 at Trelawney Town, the Maroons being
represented by Captains Cudjoe, Accompong, Johnny, Cuffee, and Quaco, and
a number of their followers, "who have been in a state of war and
hostility for several years past against our sovereign lord the king and
the inhabitants of this island.
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