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:atier provisions found there. I made complaint to him; he
-promised me to put a stop to these robberies and to punish se-
verely those who had been guilty of them. Fearing that my
house in the mountains inspired only distrust, I determined to
remove to that very house which had just been pillaged, and
almost totally destrcoy.d, but two hundred paces from the town.
I left my wile in the house whikh I had prepared for her. I
Swas now occupied in laying out new plantations to replace
those which bad been deotroyed, and in preparing necessary
materials lor reconrirui:ting my buildings. But every day I
experiencedl new robberies and new vexations. The soldiers
came to my house in such large numbers that I dared not have
them arre-ted. In vain I bore my complaints to the com-
mander. I received no satiathctiin. Finally, I determined,
though Gen. Le.liere had] not done m,:- the honor to answer my
two former letters upon this silnjic-t, to write him a third, which
I sent to him at the Cape I.yi ny son Placide, Ibr greater secu-
rity. This, like the others, elir.it-d no reply. But the chief of
the staff told me that he would make his report. Some time
after, the commander, having come to see me again, one after-
noon, t;und me at the head of my lahorers, employed in direct-
ing the work of reconstruction. lie himself saw my son Isaac
drive away z-veral soldiers who had just come to the gate to cut
down the bananas and figs. I repeated to him the most ear-
Snest complaint-. I -Itill promised to top the.e disorders. Dur-
ing three wrceks that I stayed in this place, I witnessed daily
new ravager.; every day I r-eceivr.- visits from people who came
as spie.s but they were all witneOes that I was engaged solely
in domestic labor. Gen. Brunet himrelf came, and found me
occupied in the same manner. Notwithstanling my conduct, I
received a letter from Gvn. L. I.l.:r'. whii.h, in place of giving
me satisfaction in regard to the f.cmplaints whi,'lb I had made to
him, a..uu-ed ure ot keeping armed nimn within the borders of
Enncrr. anld oJdered me to seirn them away. Persuaded of my
innocen..t, and that evil-dispo 'd people had deceived him, I
replied that I had too much honor to break promises which I