The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844

part volunteer citizens, which left St. John's, the capital of the island,

with instructions to explore the interior, and traverse every portion of it in quest of the Indians, and to bring some back with them; but to use no cruelty, unless absolutely necessary. After traversing the internal wilds for some ten days, the expedition discovered smoke in the distance, and in a few hours ...