(5, p. 33.)

While the natives alluded to (in Note 4) retained the lands they had taken possession of in peace, they gave little or no occasion for anything of alarm. But as they had broken faith with the Land Commissioner, in not leaving the land at the expiration of the time agreed to, after they had received a goodly sum for their good-will—the militia was kept up for some time lest some outburst should occur to endanger common good. Many of the mili- tia were so well pleased with their employ that they seemed to wish it always to last, so that some of the serjeants talked of getting “uniform jackets,” to replace the “blue serge shirts,” about the time they were first disbanded.