270 THE LIFE OF

vood, eager for peril and combat, lost his life in the flowers"
youth, in the dishonorable cause of slat ry.
 Bandsof insurgents, inflamed by victory, occupied the Ig
chA&is of mountains which run through the southern pro 'i
Thie formed communication, one with another, and at thA
convenience and their pleasure rushed down into the plains'
torrents which carried away whatever was before them. Demo:
Jines put hinimelf at th,- head of that great niovement. Tl
powerful Lhiefs, Geffrard andl Can I', pa,.ed from the Nortlii
the South. They joined Ferrou, and in unison hastened acfl
the mountains to ravage the fertile land& of0 Cavaillon, of Sail
Louis, and uf Cay.vs. Then they Iarrried dr-vaitation over tlihM
of Jrimie.
 These events threw Lonsteruati'n into the soul of Rocham
beau. The insurrection threatened to plu k out of his hai
the southern provinces. He had at first sent six hundred im
to Laplume for the defence of C'aye-s: but that weak suppI
proving insufficient, he immediately directed toward Jdrdmi
vessels which were bringing tiroin France a reinforement d
two thousand m.-n. One. moitVy uof these men r-a'nhed Jerdnl
and witlhut da-lay prepared to ,et out tor th-ir destinati
But from the p-dak of his ro-.ks Fi.rrou saw them, watch
them, and prepared to cut them to pieces. Scar'e.ly were ti
French ten miles from .Jirtmie, wh,-n they f:il into an ambi
cade. After a saneuinary eonffli.t, they were routed. A fright
ful slaughter ensued. Th. few that escaped hurried back I
Jdremie,. awhtre thc-y spread there titlost alarm.
 The other moiety, who landed at Tibur-in, were also taken I
an ambuscade and cut tu piecre- near Coteaux. The few w 
escaped took refuge in Cayes-, into whiih siL hundred odb
soldiers had thrown themselves, who were to have formed;'
junction with the two defeated divisions. '
 Wherever the insurre,:tion reigned, seaffoilds were erected
The citiess of Cayes and Jcrimie n er- afflicted with numerdi
executions, whii.h drew more closely the hundi between I
blacks and the colored population, and more and more seciml|
success to the cause ofI freedom.